WCBZ-CD explained

Callsign:WCBZ-CD
Branding:Your TV22
Digital:18 (UHF)
Virtual:22
Location:Columbus, Ohio
Country:United States
Owner:Columbus Broadcasting Corporation
Erp:15 kW
Haat:96.20NaN0
Class:CD
Facility Id:1104
Licensing Authority:FCC

WCBZ-CD (channel 22) is a low-power, Class A television station in Columbus, Ohio, United States, affiliated with the digital multicast network Cozi TV. The station is owned by the Columbus Broadcasting Corporation.

History

WCBZ-CD was founded as W22AE in Marion, Ohio, on April 17, 1989. The station then changed its call letters to WBKA-LP in 1995. In 2004, the station was acquired from low-power broadcaster Crawford Broadcasting by Metro Video Productions, and was granted Class A status, thus changing its callsign to WBKA-CA.

In 2008, the station was acquired by Studio 51 Multimedia Productions, Ltd., and began operating as TV 22 Marion, offering comprehensive coverage of the events in the Marion County area, as well as other original programming. In August 2009, the WBKA-CA call sign was changed to WMNO-CA (for "Marion, Ohio").

In 2015, the station was purchased by Positive News Network, Inc., at which point it took on its current network affiliation.

In 2017, the call sign changed again to WCBZ-CD (for "Columbus Broadcasting") to better reflect its new ownership by Columbus Broadcasting Corporation.

In Marion, WCBZ-CD had been carried on Time Warner Cable (now Charter Spectrum) channel 3 (with cable box) or channel 96 (without cable box), but the station was removed from the Marion channel lineup on May 8, 2018.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WCBZ-CD[1] ! Channel! Res.! Aspect! Short name! Programming
22.1 COZI Cozi TV
22.2 Grit Grit
22.3 Mystery Ion Mystery
22.4 Get Get
22.5 16:9 Catchy Catchy Comedy
22.6 CTV Independent
22.7 Story Story Television
22.8 Weather Local weather

Analog-to-digital conversion

WCBZ-CD (as WMNO-CD) shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 22, on January 7, 2015, and "flash-cut" its digital signal into operation to UHF channel 28, using virtual channel 22.

Notes and References

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