WCBD-TV

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Not to be confused with KCBD.
WCBD-TV
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HAAT581 m (1,906 ft)
Transmitter coordinates32°56′25″N 79°41′44″W / 32.94028°N 79.69556°W / 32.94028; -79.69556
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Websitewww.counton2.com

WCBD-TV (channel 2) is a

SC 703) in Mount Pleasant, and its transmitter is located in Awendaw, South Carolina
.

History

The station signed on the air as WUSN-TV on September 25, 1954. The station was originally owned by Drayton Hastie. It aired an

Charleston metropolitan area), calls also taken to coordinate with new sister station KCBD in Lubbock, Texas. Media General
bought the station from State Telecasting in 1983.

In May 1994, Great American Communications announced that it would sell four of its six television stations to

Jacksonville affiliate WJXX when it signed on in February 1997.[6][7] As a result of the affiliation deal, WCBD became an NBC affiliate for the second time in its history on August 19, 1996, fifteen days after that year's Olympic Games
(which were carried by WCIV locally) ended.

On January 27, 2016, Media General announced that it had entered into a definite agreement to be acquired by Nexstar Broadcasting Group for $4.6 billion. The combined company would be called Nexstar Media Group and own 171 stations (including WCBD-TV).[8] The deal was completed on January 17, 2017.[9]

News operation

WCBD spent most of the 1970s and 1980s in last place until Media General bought the station in 1983. Since then, it has been a solid runner-up to longtime leader WCSC. WCBD offers more than 30 hours of news per week. Each newscasts focus on WCBD's signature elements that have become a staple in the Lowcountry: "Storm Team 2," "CrimeTracker," "2 Your Health," "Cool School/Cool Teacher of the Week," "Count on 2 Sports," "Count on 2 Traffic" and "Count on 2 Investigators."

WCBD airs a newscast Saturday nights at 7, but unlike WCSC and WCIV, does not offer a broadcast at the same time on weeknights. The first HD telecast was on July 29, 2012, making it the last

Lowcountry station to go HD.[10] WCBD started a weekend morning newscast that airs on Saturdays and Sundays at 9 a.m. In addition to its main studios, WCBD also operates a bureau located on Assembly Street/SC 48 covering the Capitol
in Columbia, an operation shared by its sister Nexstar stations in and around the state.

WCBD-DT2 has two original newscasts produced by WCBD: News 2 at 7 on the CW weekday mornings, and WCBD News 2 at 10pm on The CW on weeknights. Previously, the subchannel carried a repeat of the 6 p.m. edition.

Notable current on-air staff

Notable former on-air staff

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's signal is

multiplexed
:

Subchannels of WCBD-TV[11]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
2.1 1080i
16:9
 WCBD-HD NBC
2.2 720p eCBD-CW The CW Plus
2.3 480i ION Ion Television
2.4
4:3
 Laff Laff
4.4 480i 16:9 StartTV Start TV (WGWG-DT4)
  Broadcast on behalf of another station

Analog-to-digital conversion

WCBD-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 2, on June 12, 2009, as part of the

UHF channel 50,[13] using virtual channel
2.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WCBD-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "WCBD's new call" (PDF). Broadcasting. November 22, 1971. p. 51.
  3. Hollinger International. May 23, 1994. Archived from the original
    on October 11, 2013. Retrieved June 1, 2013.
  4. The Free Library
    .
  5. ^ "Fox Television Stations last week closed its deal to acquire WBRC-TV Birmingham". Broadcasting & Cable. Cahners Business Information. July 24, 1995. Archived from the original on January 9, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
  6. Cahners Business Information. April 22, 1996. Archived from the original
    on January 9, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  7. ^ Patton, Charlie (August 21, 1997). "Jags fans in lather over TV". The Florida Times-Union. Morris Communications. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
  8. ^ "Nexstar Broadcasting Group Enters into Definitive Agreement to Acquire Media General for $4.6 Billion in Accretive Cash and Stock Transaction". Archived from the original on January 30, 2016. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  9. ^ "Nexstar Completes $4.6B Acquisition of Media General". January 17, 2017.
  10. ^ "Market Eye: The Battery Is Fully Charged – Broadcasting & Cable". www.broadcastingcable.com.
  11. ^ "RabbitEars TV Query for WCBD". www.rabbitears.info.
  12. ^ "List of Digital Full-Power Stations" (PDF).
  13. ^ "CDBS Account Login". fjallfoss.fcc.gov.

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