WBXC-CD
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| Founded | November 16, 1994 |
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Call sign meaning | Box Channel (former affiliation) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 70428 |
| Class | CD |
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| Transmitter coordinates | 40°6′40″N 88°14′35″W / 40.11111°N 88.24306°W |
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WBXC-CD (channel 18) is a low-power, Class A television station licensed to both Champaign and Urbana, Illinois, United States, affiliated with the country music-oriented diginet Heartland. The station is owned by Gray Media.
History
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In March 2022, it was announced that Gray Television would acquire WBXC-CD along with three other stations from L4 Media Group.[2]
Subchannels
The station's signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 18.1 | 480i | 4:3 | HeartLA | Heartland |
| 18.2 | SonLife | Sonlife | ||
| 18.3 | 16:9 | OUTLAW | Outlaw | |
| 18.4 | 4:3 | Buzzr | Buzzr | |
| 18.5 | Indepen | 365BLK |
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WBXC-CD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Jackson, Adam (March 18, 2022). "Gray Grows Its LPTV Stable Once Again". Radio & Television Business Report. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
- ^ "RabbitEars TV Query for WBXC". RabbitEars.info. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
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