WBGS-LD
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HAAT | 207.9 m (682 ft) |
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Transmitter coordinates | 37°3′49.2″N 86°26′6.7″W / 37.063667°N 86.435194°W |
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Public license information | LMS |
Website | Website |
WBGS-LD (channel 34)[1] is a low-power television station in Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States, affiliated with the Spanish-language network Telemundo. Owned by Gray Television alongside ABC/Fox/CW+ affiliate WBKO (channel 13), it also functions as a translator for the main subchannel of its full-power sister station. The two stations share studios on Russellville Road (US 68/KY 80) near Interstate 165 in Bowling Green, and both stations' transmitting facilities and shared tower space is located on KY 185 (Richardsville Road) in unincorporated northern Warren County.
History
First incarnation
The
W14DG first broadcast the signal from a former
That tower also previously served as WCZU-LD's transmitting site for its first two months on the air.Technical difficulties and sale to Gray Television
On February 15, 2016, W14DG-D went
As a UHF translator of WBKO
On February 4, 2021, the station's call letters were changed to W34FG-D. The station, reallocating its digital signal to UHF channel 34, would return to the air as a WBKO translator five months later on July 1, 2021. Since WBKO is broadcast on the
Telemundo affiliation and new callsign
On September 1, 2022, the station began identifying as WBGS-LD. However, the new callsign was not officially adapted until September 18.[1] Also on September 1, the station was converted into a separate operation as Bowling Green's first-ever Telemundo affiliate.[10] This is part of Gray Television's agreement with that network, which was initially announced on May 3, 2022, to launch Telemundo-affiliated stations, most of which are adjuncts to Gray's pre-existing stations, in 22 additional markets in the southern United States, including Bowling Green, and to renew existing affiliations on 12 other stations.[11][12] The relaunch as a Telemundo affiliate made WBGS-LD the first station in the Bowling Green market and the entire Commonwealth of Kentucky to ever affiliate with that network. WBGS-LD also became the third Spanish-language television station in the state, and the second in Bowling Green after WDNZ-LD (virtual channel 11) began offering Estrella TV on one of their subchannels. However, while the simulcasts of WBKO-DT2 and WBKO-DT3 were discontinued, the DT2 subchannel of WBGS-LD retains the status as a WBKO translator by continuing the simulcast of that station's main channel. On January 30, 2023, Heroes & Icons was added onto the LD3 subchannel;[13] an LD4 subchannel launched as an affiliate of the Home Shopping Network the next day.
Programming
WBGS-LD clears the entire Telemundo programming schedule, with the sole exception of the 5 p.m. CT timeslot, when it simulcasts a half-hour local newscast with fellow upstart Telemundo affiliate WTNX-LD of Nashville. All other subchannels clear the entire schedules of their respective networks.
Technical information
The station's signal is
Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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34.1 | 720p | 16:9 |
WBGSTEL | Main WBGS-LD programming / Telemundo |
34.2 | WBGSABC | ABC (WBKO) | ||
34.3 | 480i | WBGSHI | Heroes & Icons | |
34.4 | WBGSHSN | HSN |
Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
---|---|---|---|---|
34.1 | 720p | 16:9 |
WBKO-HD | Laff (2016) Silent (2016–2021) ABC (WBKO simulcast, 2021–2022) |
34.2 | WBKO-FX | Fox (WBKO-DT2 simulcast, 2021–2022) | ||
34.3 | 480i | WBKO-CW | South Central Kentucky CW (WBKO-DT3 simulcast, 2021–2022) Silent (2022–2023) |
Coverage area
During its time as a Laff affiliate, W14DG-D could only be picked up in the central portions of the market upon inception, because the signal is oriented to the southwest from the transmitting site near Windyville. Locations within range of the signal include much of Warren County, including Bowling Green, as well as much of central and southern Edmonson County, including communities like Chalybeate, Asphalt, Wingfield, and Windyville. Coverage was limited in areas north of the transmitter, like in Lindseyville and Sweeden.
After the station increased its transmitter power to 15,000 watts as it returned to the air as a WBKO translator, W34FG's signal coverage expanded significantly. The signal now mainly covers Warren and surrounding counties, and can be received as far north as Leitchfield, as far west as the Lake Malone area, as far south as Portland, Tennessee, and as far east as the Munfordville and Glasgow areas, thus covering about 70 percent of the parent station's over-the-air coverage area.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Digital TV Market Listing for WBGS-LD". November 1, 2021. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WBGS-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Application Search Details".
- ^ "Spectrum Cable Channel Lineup for Bowling Green". Charter Communications.
- ^ "Channel Lineup and Pricing for Barren, Hart and Metcalfe" (PDF). South Central Rural Telecommunications Cooperative. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
- ^ "Glasgow EPB: Cable Channel Lineup" (PDF). Glasgow Electric Power Board.
- ^ "Coverage Maps WBGS-LD". rabbitears.info.
- ^ "WBGS-LD BOWLING GREEN KY". fccdata.org.
- ^ "APPLICATION FOR TRANSFER OF CONTROL OF A CORPORATE LICENSEE OR PERMITTEE, OR FOR ASSIGNMENT OF LICENSE OR PERMIT OF TV OR FM TRANSLATOR STATION OR LOW POWER TELEVISION STATION". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. July 28, 2016. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
- ^ "WTNZ-LD Update". Nashville DTV News & More. August 29, 2022. Retrieved September 4, 2022. (Editor's note: the cited information is in the comments section.)
- ^ "Gray and Telemundo Expand Affiliation Partnership". TVNewsCheck. May 3, 2022. Retrieved September 2, 2022.
- ^ "Gray and Telemundo Significantly Expand Affiliation Partnership". Globe Newswire. May 3, 2022. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
- ^ "WBKO Adds Another Subchannel". Nashville DTV News & More. December 28, 2022. Retrieved January 31, 2023. (Editor's note: the cited information is in the comments section.)
External links
- Official website (Spanish)