WBXC-CD

{{short description|Class A TV station in Champaign–Urbana, Illinois}}

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{{Infobox television station

| callsign = WBXC-CD

| logo =

| branding =

| location = Champaign–Urbana, Illinois

| country = United States

| city =

| analog =

| digital = 18 (UHF)

| virtual = 18

| subchannels =

| affiliations = {{ubl|18.1: Heartland|for others, see {{section link||Subchannels}}}}

| founded = {{start date and age|1994|11|16}}

| airdate =

| callsign_meaning = Box Channel (former affiliation)

| owner = Gray Media

| licensee = Gray Television Licensee, LLC

| former_callsigns = {{ubl|W46CH (1994–2001)|WBXC-CA (2001–2015)}}

| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|Analog: 46 (1995–2015)|Digital: 46 (2015–2019)}}

| former_affiliations = {{ubl|The Box (until 2001)|MTV2|America One (until 2015)|Sonlife (2015–201?)|Buzzr (201?–2022)|The Country Network (2022–2023)}}

| erp = {{ubl|15 kW|3 kW (STA)}}

| haat = {{ubl|{{convert|86.4|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}|{{convert|86.9|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} (STA)}}

| facility_id = 70428

| class = CD

| coordinates = {{coord|40|6|40|N|88|14|35|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=WTBM-CD}}

| licensing_authority = FCC

| website =

}}

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.{{Cite web |last=Jackson |first=Adam |date=March 18, 2022 |title=Gray Grows Its LPTV Stable Once Again |url=https://rbr.com/gray-grows-its-lptv-stable-once-again/ |access-date=January 26, 2025 |website=Radio & Television Business Report}}

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

class="wikitable" \|+Subchannels of WBXC-CD{{cite web\|url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WBXC#station \|title=RabbitEars TV Query for WBXC \|website=RabbitEars.info \|access-date=January 26, 2025}} ! scope = "col" \| Channel ! scope = "col" \| Res. ! scope = "col" \| Aspect ! scope = "col" \| Short name ! scope = "col" \| Programming
scope = "row" \| 18.1 \| rowspan="5" \| 480i \|\| rowspan="2" \| 4:3 \|\| HeartLA \|\| Heartland
scope = "row" \| 18.2 \| SonLife \|\| Sonlife
scope = "row" \| 18.3 \| 16:9 \|\| OUTLAW \|\| Outlaw
scope = "row"\| 18.4 \| rowspan="2" \| 4:3 \|\| Buzzr \|\| Buzzr
scope = "row" \| 18.5 \| Indepen \|\| 365BLK

class="wikitable"

|+Subchannels of WBXC-CD{{cite web|url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WBXC#station |title=RabbitEars TV Query for WBXC |website=RabbitEars.info |access-date=January 26, 2025}}

! scope = "col" | Channel

! scope = "col" | Res.

! scope = "col" | Aspect

! scope = "col" | Short name

! scope = "col" | Programming

scope = "row" | 18.1

| rowspan="5" | 480i || rowspan="2" | 4:3 || HeartLA || Heartland

scope = "row" | 18.2

| SonLife || Sonlife

scope = "row" | 18.3

| 16:9 || OUTLAW || Outlaw

scope = "row"| 18.4