WRCZ-LD: Difference between revisions

{{Infobox television station

| callsign = WRCZ-LD

| city = Ocala, Florida

| logo =

| branding =

| digital = 35 ([[UHF]])

| virtual = 35

| subchannels = [[#Digital channels|(see below)]]

| translators =

| affiliations =

| location = [[Ocala]]–[[Jacksonville, Florida]]

| country = United States

| owner = [[DTV America|DTV America Corporation]]

| licensee =

| founded = February 22, 2011

| airdate = {{start date and age|2016|6|23}}

| callsign_meaning = Disambiguation of former W35CZ translator calls

| sister_stations = [[WJXE-LD]], WODH-LD<ref name="rei" />

| former_callsigns = W35CZ-D (2011–2016)

| former_affiliations = [[The Country Network]] (2016-2017)<br>[[Comet (TV network)|Comet]]<br>[[Cheddar (TV channel)|Cheddar]]<br>[[America's Auction Network]]

| former_channel_numbers =

| erp = 7 [[Kilowatt|kW]]

| haat = {{convert|333|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| facility_id = 185536

| coordinates = {{nowrap|{{coord|30|16|34.4|N|81|33|51.3|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|display=inline, title}}}}

| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]

| website =

'''WRCZ-LD''', [[virtual channel|virtual]] and [[UHF]] [[Digital terrestrial television|digital]] channel 35, is a [[Low-power broadcasting#Television|low-power]] [[Grit (TV network)|Grit]]-[[network affiliate|affiliated]] [[television station]] serving [[Jacksonville, Florida]], United States that is [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Ocala, Florida|Ocala]]. The station is owned by the [[DTV America|DTV America Corporation]], which also owns [[WKBJ-LD]] (channel 20) from [[Live Oak, Florida|Live Oak]].

The station's transmission tower is located in the Brackridge neighborhood of Jacksonville's southeastern suburbs just off [[Florida State Road 115]].

==History==

While licensed to [[Ocala, Florida]], the station's [[construction permit]] was issued under the callsign of '''W35CZ-D''' on February 11, 2011. The current '''WRCZ-LD''' calls were adapted on February 17, 2016.<ref name="rei">{{cite web|title=Digital TV Market Listing for WRCZ|url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WRCZ|website=RabbitEars.Info|access-date=April 25, 2017|language=en}}</ref>

In February 2016, DTV America Corporation, the station's owner, decided to relocate the station to the Jacksonville [[media market|market]] before putting it on the air on June 23, 2016. This made the station DTV America's fifth television station to sign on in the state of [[Florida]], and the organization's second station in the Jacksonville market as DTV America already signed [[Buzzr]]-affiliated, [[Live Oak, Florida|Live Oak]]-licensed [[WKBJ-LD]] on the air in that market.

In April 2017, [[Cheddar (TV channel)|Cheddar]], a news TV channel, started broadcasting over the air with DTV America affiliating five stations including WRCZ-LD with the network. [[Dunkin' Donuts]], a Cheddar advertiser, was handing out free digital antennas at events in the stations' markets to publicize the over the air launch.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bouma|first1=Luke|title=A Cup of Coffee With a Side of Antenna TV? - Cord Cutters News|url=http://cordcuttersnews.com/cup-coffee-side-antenna/|access-date=April 21, 2017|work=Cord Cutters News|date=April 18, 2017}}</ref>

==Digital channels==

The station's digital signal is [[multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:

{| class="wikitable"

|-

! [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]

! [[Display resolution|Video]]

! [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]

! Short name

! Programming<ref name="rei" />

|-

| 35.1

| rowspan=7| [[480i]]

| rowspan=7| [[4:3]]

| rowspan=7| WRCZ-LD

| [[Grit (TV network)|Grit]]

|-

| 35.2

| [[OnTV4U]]

|-

| 35.3

| MMN

|-

| 35.4

| Binge TV

|-

| 35.5

| Carz & Trax

|-

| 35.6

| Timeless TV

|-

| 35.7

| [[Jewelry Television]]

|}

==References==

{{reflist}}

==External links==

*[http://www.dtvamerica.com/ DTV America] [http://dtvamerica.com/stations/ Station list]

*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|185536|WRCZ-LD}}

{{Jacksonville TV}}

{{DTV America}}

{{Other Florida Stations}}

[[Category:Low-power television stations in Florida|RCZ]]

[[Category:Television stations in Jacksonville, Florida|RCZ-LD]]

[[Category:Innovate Corp.]]

[[Category:Grit (TV network) affiliates]]

[[Category:Cozi TV affiliates]]

[[Category:Comet (TV network) affiliates]]

[[Category:Ion Mystery affiliates]]

[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 2016]]

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