WBOC-LD
{{Short description|Television station in Cambridge, Maryland}}
{{distinguish|text = full-powered sister station WBOC-TV}}
{{Infobox television station
| name =
| callsign = WBOC-LD
| city = Cambridge, Maryland
| location = Cambridge–Salisbury, Maryland
| country = United States
| logo = WBOC-LD Logo.png
| logo_size = 200px
| branding = {{ubl|Telemundo Delmarva; Telemundo 42|Noticias WBOC en Telemundo Delmarva (news)}}
| affiliations = {{ubl|42.1: Telemundo|31.3: NBC|16.3: Antenna TV}}
| digital = 22 (UHF)
| virtual = 42
| owner = Draper Holdings Business Trust
| licensee = WBOC, Inc.
| founded = {{start date and age|2011|12|15|p=y}}
| airdate = {{start date and age|2017|10|02|p=y}}
(in Georgetown, Delaware; license moved to Cambridge in 2020)
| callsign_meaning = We're Between the Ocean and the Chesapeake
| former_callsigns = W42EI-D (2011−2017)
| sister_stations = TV: WBOC-TV, WRDE-LD
Radio: WBOC-FM, WCEM-FM, WTDK, WCEM, WAAI, WZBH, WGBG-FM, WRDE-FM{{Cite web|url=http://wbocradio.com/|title=Home|website=WBOC Radio|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-11}}
| erp = 15 kW
| haat = {{convert|248.5|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| facility_id = 187976
| coordinates = {{nowrap|{{coord|38|30|18|N|75|38|36|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}}} (CP)
| website = {{URL|https://www.telemundodelmarva.com/}}
}}
WBOC-LD (channel 42) is a low-power television station licensed to Cambridge, Maryland, United States, serving the Salisbury, Maryland market as an affiliate of the Spanish-language Telemundo network.{{cite web|url=http://www.wboc.com/story/36476874/new-tv-station-for-delmarva-wboc-to-launch-a-telemundo-affiliate|title=New TV Station for Delmarva: WBOC to Launch a Telemundo Affiliate|website=wboc.com}} It is owned by the Draper Holdings Business Trust alongside dual CBS/Fox affiliate WBOC-TV (channel 16) and low-power NBC affiliate WRDE-LD (channel 31), as well as eight radio stations. Telemundo Delmarva shares studios with sister station WRDE-LD in Milton, Delaware,{{cite web |last1=Telemundo Delmarva |title=Telemundo Delmarva Moves to Delaware! |url=https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=423204405815752 |website=Facebook |access-date=5 October 2021}} and WBOC-LD's transmitter is located near Laurel. WBOC-LD's programming is repeated on Salisbury-licensed WSJZ-LD (channel 34), with transmitter near Millsboro, Delaware.
History
On October 20, 2017, WBOC launched a new channel to be the area's Telemundo affiliate. In November 2017, WBOC-LD secured carriage on Delmarva area cable systems including Comcast Xfinity in Delaware and Maryland and Verizon Fios in Delaware.{{Cite news|url=http://www.wboc.com/story/36891254/wboc-fox21-return-to-verizon-fios-lineup|title=WBOC & FOX21 Return to Verizon FiOS Lineup|access-date=2017-11-26|language=en}} Also in November, a standard definition simulcast of WBOC-LD started being broadcast on WBOC-TV on channel 42.2. That simulcast ended on August 13, 2018.{{Cite news|url=http://www.wboc.com/story/38874130/wboc-classics-back-on-channel-162|title=WBOC Classics Back on Over-the-air Channel 16.2|access-date=2018-08-13|language=en}}
In February 2018, the station began producing local news and weather updates in Spanish airing multiple times a day. The newscasts utilize the studio, graphics, music and talent{{citation needed|date=December 2018}} of sister station WBOC-TV. Beginning in April 2019, a simulcast of WBOC-LD started being broadcast on WSJZ-LD on channel 42.3; that facility had been acquired by Draper in 2017.{{cite web |last1=Federal Communications Commission |title=Broadcast Actions |url=https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-348013A1.pdf |website=FCC EDOCS |publisher=FCC |access-date=September 16, 2021}} In May 2019, a simulcast of WRDE-LD began being broadcast on a new subchannel.{{Cite news|url=http://www.wboc.com/clip/14828415/wrde-now-available-over-the-air-in-hd|title=WRDE Now Available Over-the-Air in HD|access-date=2019-06-17|language=en}} In December 2019, a simulcast of WBOC-LD's Telemundo subchannel started being broadcast on WRDE-LD.
The station moved its license from Georgetown to Cambridge in 2020. In 2021, WBOC-LD moved from digital UHF channel 42 to UHF channel 22. On July 26, 2021, WBOC-TV's Antenna TV subchannel was moved to WBOC-LD and began broadcasting on channel 16.3.
Technical information
=Subchannels=
The station's signal is multiplexed:{{cite web |last1=Chief Engineer |title=Re: Channel Number Corrections |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wboc_Email_September_2021.png |website=WBOC Email September 2021 |date=15 September 2021 |access-date=16 September 2021}}
| class="wikitable" | ||||
| Channel
! Video ! Aspect ! Short name ! Programming | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42.1 | rowspan=2|1080i | rowspan=2|16:9 | Telemun | Telemundo |
| style="background-color: #E6FFF7;"
| 31.3 | WRDE | NBC | ||
| 16.3 | 480i | 4:3 | WBOC-CL | Antenna TV |
{{legend|#E6FFF7|Simulcast of subchannels of another station}}
The same channels are broadcast on WSJZ-LD, but with different minor channel numbers: 42.2, 31.4, and 16.4.
Telemundo Delmarva is also rebroadcast as channel 42.2 from WRDE-LD, which is co-sited with WBOC-LD at the Laurel tower, and WRUE-LD, broadcasting from a site northwest of Pocomoke City. WBOC Classics is broadcast as channel 16.5 from the former but not the latter.
{{#section:WRDE-LD|lptvtable}}
References
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External links
- {{officialwebsite|https://www.telemundodelmarva.com/}}
- {{FCC-LMS-Facility|187976|WBOC-LD}}
{{Salisbury TV}}
Category:Television channels and stations established in 2017
Category:2017 establishments in Delaware
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