WBGT-CD


WBGT-CD is a low-powered, Class A MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station licensed to Rochester, New York, United States. It broadcasts a standard definition digital signal on UHF channel 29 from a transmitter in the city's Northwest Quadrant. The station can also be seen on Charter Spectrum channel 18. Owned by Vision Communications, WBGT-CD has studios on Buffalo Road in the town of Gates.
WBGT-CD was formerly also seen over-the-air on analog repeater W26BZ channel 26 in Victor, which is no longer licensed. This broadcast from a transmitter south of Perinton's Egypt hamlet along the Monroe and Ontario County line. This translator was replaced with another, WGCE-CD, some time before 2018; WGCE was spun off to HC2 Holdings in August 2018.

History

WBGT-CD began operations as WBGT-LP on February 2, 1998. For its first ten months on-air, it was an independent station before it became an UPN affiliate in November of that year. The Victor translator was added in 1999, and in 2001, Time Warner Cable added WBGT-LP to its lineup. On January 24, 2006, The WB and UPN announced that the networks would end broadcasting and merge to form The CW, which signed with cable-only WB affiliate WRWB. Several weeks later, MyNetworkTV was announced by Fox as an alternative for UPN or WB affiliates not chosen by the CW. WBGT-LP quickly signed an affiliation deal with MyNetworkTV, and joined the network at its launch on September 5, 2006. Around this time, the suffix was changed from -LP to -CA.
The station has never been added to DirecTV; the station has no must-carry powers as a low-power operation. Eventually, when it signed on its digital facilities, the station's calls were changed to WBGT-CD.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
ChannelVideoAspectPSIP short nameProgramming
46.1480iWBGT-MYMain WBGT-CD programming / MyNetworkTV
46.2480iMYROCIndependent
46.3480iTUFF TVThe Action Channel
46.4480iH&IDabl
46.5480iDECADESDecades
46.6480iQVCQVC
46.7480iMovies!Movies!