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WBUI
kW
HAAT401 m (1,316 ft)
Transmitter coordinates39°56′56″N 88°50′12″W / 39.94889°N 88.83667°W / 39.94889; -88.83667
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Public license information
Websitecw23tv.com

WBUI (channel 23) is a

I-72
).

History

The station signed on May 14, 1984, as WFHL and was owned by the local

westerns, and old movies
.

In 1998, the station was sold to Paxson Communications, who renamed the station WPXU. The station replaced most hours of programming with infomercials until it joined the company's Pax TV network at its launch on August 31, 1998. At that point, the syndicated shows aired by previous ownership were dropped entirely. On October 5, WPXU added a secondary affiliation with UPN as did several other Paxson-owned stations.[2]

Knoxville by 2000.[3]

When WCFN (now WCIX) joined UPN in 2002, WBUI became a sole WB affiliate. Gradually from about 2000 until 2005, the station phased out most cartoons and classic sitcoms for more recent sitcoms, talk shows, and court shows. In September 2006 with the merge between UPN and The WB, WBUI (owned by a former WB network executive) took The CW affiliation by default while WCFN joined the other new broadcast television network, MyNetworkTV. On June 20, 2007, GOCOM Media announced its intent to purchase this station from ACME Communications.[4] The sale was approved on September 14 by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) which waived its duopoly rules for the sale.

The Central Illinois

Nexstar Broadcasting's WCIA and WCFN) but ACME claimed it was losing money on WBUI and could not find a buyer that did not require a duopoly waiver. The sale to GOCOM Media officially closed on October 25, 2007.[5]
At that point, the station consolidated its operations from its original studios at North Parkway Court in Decatur into WRSP's facilities in Springfield.

On December 31, 2012, the Sinclair Broadcast Group closed on the purchase of the non-license assets of GOCOM's three television stations (WRSP/WCCU and sister station WBUI) for approximately $25.6 million. Sinclair provides sales and other non-programming services to the stations pursuant to shared services and joint sales agreements.[6] Both WBUI and WRSP were initially operated from separate facilities from WICS/WICD. However, WCCU quickly moved its advertising sales operation from its location on South Neil Street/US 45 in Champaign into WICD's studios. Eventually, WRSP and WBUI also moved from their offices on Old Rochester Road in Springfield and were consolidated into WICS' facility.

Through a previous arrangement with WICS, the ABC outlet's weekday morning

weather forecasts seen on-air (during its airing of The Daily Buzz
) and through its website that were taped in advance. The segments were appropriately titled C-More Weather (owing to its CW affiliation). WBUI no longer offers The Daily Buzz as part of its schedule.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's signal is

multiplexed
:

Subchannels of WBUI[7]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
23.1 1080i
16:9
 CW Main WBUI programming / The CW
23.2 480i Dabl Dabl
23.3 TheNest The Nest
23.4 Rewind Rewind TV
27.3 480i 4:3 Antenna Antenna TV (WCCU-DT3)
  Broadcast on behalf of another station

Analog-to-digital conversion

WBUI shut down its analog signal, over

UHF channel 23, on February 17, 2009, the original target date on which full-power television stations in the United States were to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate (which was later pushed back to June 12, 2009). The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 22,[8] using virtual channel
23.

Towers

  • The 411.8-meter (1,351.0 ft) tall WBUI tower (left tower) near Argenta, Illinois, 2007.[9]
    The 411.8-meter (1,351.0 ft) tall WBUI tower (left tower) near Argenta, Illinois, 2007.[9]
  • The upper portion of the WBUI-TV tower, 2007.
    The upper portion of the WBUI-TV tower, 2007.

Notes

  1. ^ The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says May 14, while the Television and Cable Factbook says May 13.

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WBUI". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Burke, David (September 18, 1998). "'Air exchange' puts UPN on WPXU". Herald & Review. Retrieved April 23, 2012.
  3. ^ Schneider, Michael (February 22, 2000). "Sharing the wealth". Variety. Retrieved April 22, 2012.
  4. ^ "ACME Communications". www.acmecommunications.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2007.
  5. ^ "ACME Communications". www.acmecommunications.com. Archived from the original on July 7, 2011.
  6. ^ "Sinclair Broadcast Group". www.sbgi.net. Archived from the original on August 17, 2013.
  7. ^ RabbitEars TV Query for WBUI
  8. ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved March 24, 2012.
  9. ^ WBUI's tower is actually taller than the WAND tower at right, but is farther away from the point of observation. "Listing 1215843". Antenna Structure Registration database. U.S. Federal Communications Commission..

External links

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