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Not to be confused with WGBH-TV.
WBGH-CD
kW
HAAT203 m (666 ft)
Transmitter coordinates42°3′39″N 75°56′35″W / 42.06083°N 75.94306°W / 42.06083; -75.94306
Translator(s)WIVT 34.2 Binghamton
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Websitewww.binghamtonhomepage.com

WBGH-CD (channel 20) is a

Class A television station in Binghamton, New York, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside ABC affiliate WIVT (channel 34). The two stations share studios on Ingraham Hill Road in the town of Binghamton
, where WBGH-CD's transmitter is also located.

Even though WBGH-CD transmits a digital signal of its own, its

Charter Spectrum
channel 5 (hence the NBC 5 branding).

History

The original

VHF channel 8.[2] W08DL applied for a license to cover the permit in July 1996 and was granted it on August 12.[4]

In September 1995,

syndex laws, while WETM sold regional advertising seen in both markets.[5]

W08DL changed its call letters to WBGH-LP on August 22, 1997;

semi-satellite of WETM.[6][7]
As time went on, WBGH largely separated from the WETM partial simulcast but continued to air that station's newscasts.

In 2000, Smith Broadcasting sold WBGH-LP to the

Seattle, Washington, which also entered into an LMA to take over operations of WETM. With this sale, WBGH's last ties with WETM were severed as Ackerley already owned WIVT (channel 34). WBGH moved its operations into WIVT's studios on Ingraham Hill south of Binghamton.[8]

In 2001, the station upgraded to Class A status, moved to UHF channel 20

Providence Equity Partners;[11] the deal was completed on March 14, 2008.[12]

Newport announced on July 19, 2012, that it would sell twelve of its stations, including WBGH and WIVT, to Nexstar.[13] The sale was finalized on December 3. On September 16, 2013, it was announced that Mission Broadcasting would acquire WICZ and low-power MyNetworkTV affiliate WBPN-LP from the Stainless Broadcasting Company subsidiary of Northwest Broadcasting. Upon the deal's completion, the stations' operations would have been taken over by Nexstar making them sisters to WBGH and WIVT.[14] In March 2015, Mission's purchase of WICZ and WBPN was canceled; as a result, Stainless withdrew the license assignment applications on March 18.[15]

News operation

Further information: WIVT § News operation

Throughout its entire existence, WBGH has never had its own news operation. In the late-1990s as a semi-satellite of WETM, it simulcast that station's local newscasts. After the sale to Ackerley in 2000, WIVT's weeknight newscasts began to be simulcast on WBGH.

Oakdale Mall in Johnson City
featuring unique segments including exclusive musical performances.

On June 5, 2009, WBGH and WIVT announced there would be a consolidation of news operations with WETM after Newport Television made across the board cuts.[16] WBNG reported all but two people from the news staff and all production personnel for the news department would be terminated.[17] The Press & Sun-Bulletin later identified the two personnel remaining as news director Jim Ehmke and news anchor Peter Quinn but also said fifteen other members of the original 28 person staff, including non-news personnel, would remain based in Binghamton. The two stations would continue to be locally operated and maintain engineer staff at the studios on Ingraham Hill Road.[18] WBGH and WIVT then began simulcasting WETM's newscasts with only regional weather coverage of the Eastern Twin Tiers.[19]

A separate newscast specifically focusing on the Binghamton area was brought back to WBGH and WIVT on June 28, 2009, through a simulcast on both stations.

weather forecast (featuring rotating meteorologists
) that is also recorded in advance. Soon after adding the hyper-local Binghamton news, WIVT ceased simulcasting WETM's newscasts making the taped weeknight newscast the only local news shown on the station. However, WBGH continued to air WETM's weekend 11 p.m. newscast until some point in late 2013.

Technical information

Subchannel

Subchannel of WBGH-CD[21]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
20.1 720p
16:9
 WBGH-CD NBC

Analog-to-digital conversion

WBGH shut down its analog signal, over

UHF channel 20, in August 2015, and "flash cut
" its digital signal into operation UHF channel 20.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WBGH-CD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ a b "Application Search Details (WBGH-CD, 1)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c "Call Sign History (WBGH-CD)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
  4. ^ "Application Search Details (WBGH-CD, 2)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
  5. ^
    Advertising Age
    . Retrieved December 20, 2015.
  6. ^ "Application Search Details (WBGH-CD, 3)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
  7. ^ Fybush, Scott (September 11, 1997). "Fire at WVIP". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
  8. ^ a b Fybush, Scott (March 24, 2000). "WFAU Loses A Tower, WFNX Gains A State, NERW Visits California's Coast". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
  9. ^ "Application Search Details (WBGH-CD, 4)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
  10. Eugene Register-Guard
    . June 15, 2002. p. 15A. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
  11. ^ Malone, Michael (April 20, 2007). "Clear Channel Sells Stations". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
  12. ^ "Clear Channel Completes Sale to Providence Equity Partners". Broadcasting & Cable. March 14, 2008. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
  13. ^ "Newport Sells 22 Station For $1 Billion". TVNewsCheck. July 19, 2012. Retrieved July 19, 2012.
  14. ^ Malone, Michael (September 16, 2013). "Nexstar to Acquire Citadel's Iowa Stations for $88 Million". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
  15. ^ Corbett, Dennis P. (March 18, 2015). "Re: Withdrawal of File Nos. BALCDT-20130927A11G, BALTVL-20130927AHH, and BAPDTL-20130927AH1" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
  16. ^ "WBGH to Expand Local News". newschannel34.com.
  17. ^ "Workers Fired At Newschannel 34 | WBNG-TV Binghamton, NY | Local Top Stories". www.wbng.com. Archived from the original on June 7, 2009.
  18. ^ "Elmira Station Consolidates". pressconnects.com.
  19. YNN Binghamton
    . June 5, 2009. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
  20. ^ "Channel 34 Will be Returning June 29th". newschannel34.com.
  21. ^ "RabbitEars TV Query for WBGH". www.rabbitears.info. Retrieved February 1, 2024.

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