WBXI-CD
{{Short description|Television station in Indianapolis}}
{{About|the Class A TV station in Indianapolis|the WBXI that is now WBNG-DT2|WBNG-TV}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox television station
| callsign = WBXI-CD
| branding = WBXI-CD Indianapolis
| digital = 36 (UHF)
| virtual = 47
| affiliations = {{ubl|47.1: Start TV|for others, see {{section link||Subchannels}}}}
| owner = CBS News and Stations
| licensee = CBS Mass Media Corporation
| location = Indianapolis, Indiana
| country = United States
| founded = {{start date|1989|08|23}}
| airdate = {{start date and age|1990|p=y}}
| callsign_meaning = The Box Indianapolis (former affiliation)
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|W47AZ (1990–2001)|WBXI-CA (2001–2015)}}
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|Analog: 47 (UHF, 1990–2015)|Digital: 47 (UHF, 2015–2019)}}
| former_affiliations = {{ubl|The Box (1990–2001)|MTV2 (2001–2004 and 2004–2007)|UPN (via WNDY-TV, 2004)|MTV Tres (2007–2014)|Local Weather (2014–2017)|Decades (2018)}}
| erp = 15 kW
| haat = {{convert|268.6|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| class = CD
| facility_id = 70416
| coordinates = {{coord|39|53|39.2|N|86|12|20.5|W|region:US-IN_type:landmark}}
| licensing_authority = FCC
| website = {{URL|http://wbxica.cbslocal.com/}}
}}
WBXI-CD (channel 47) is a low-power, Class A television station in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, broadcasting programming from the digital multicast network Start TV. Owned and operated by the CBS News and Stations group, the station maintains an office on North Alabama Street in downtown Indianapolis; its transmitter is located on Walnut Drive on the city's northwest side.{{cite web|url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityTechDetails.html?facilityId=70416&applicationId=25076f916e051f26016e18dba7e42d29|title=Facility Details|website=www.fcc.gov/}}
History
The station first signed on the air in 1990 as W47AZ. Originally serving as an affiliate of the viewer-request music video network The Box, the station changed its call letters to WBXI-CA in 2001; that year, the station switched to MTV2 following that network's acquisition by Viacom, which acquired WBXI-CA. For a few months in 2004, channel 47 served as a repeater of then-sister station and UPN affiliate WNDY-TV (channel 23, now a MyNetworkTV affiliate); this ended when Viacom's Television Stations Group (now CBS News and Stations) subsidiary sold WNDY-TV to the LIN TV Corporation, owners of then-CBS (now CW) affiliate WISH-TV (channel 8), in February 2005.
Unexpectedly, Viacom retained ownership of WBXI-CA, before spinning it off to CBS Corporation in December of that year, following CBS' split from the former company; Viacom retained ownership of the MTV Networks; however, the station maintained its MTV2 affiliation.
In 2007, the station switched to MTV2's Spanish-language sister network MTV Tr3s. This would end in 2014 upon the expiration of its last carriage contract, when WBXI would switch to continuous weather information.
On January 1, 2018, WBXI began carrying programming from CBS/Weigel Broadcasting's Decades, with a local hour of the weather loop remaining weekdays at 7:00 a.m. On September 3, 2018, WBXI-CD launched CBS/Weigel's new network Start TV, dropping Decades. Decades shifted over to WSDI-LD2. The station transitioned to ViacomCBS ownership in December 2019.
Technical information
=Subchannels=
The station's signal is multiplexed:
| class="wikitable"
|+Subchannels of WBXI-CD{{cite web|url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WBXI#station|title=Digital TV Market Listing for WBXI|website=RabbitEars.info|access-date=June 20, 2019}} ! scope = "col" | Channel ! scope = "col" | Res. ! scope = "col" | Aspect ! scope = "col" | Short name ! scope = "col" | Programming |
| scope = "row" | 47.1 |
|---|
| scope = "row" | 47.2
| rowspan=3|480i || Catchy || Catchy Comedy{{Cite web |title=Where do I watch Catchy Comedy in Indianapolis? |url=https://www.catchycomedy.com/wheretowatch/affiliate/527 |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=Catchy Comedy}} |
| scope = "row" | 47.3
| Story || Story Television{{Cite web |title=Where do I watch Story TV in Indianapolis? |url=https://storytelevision.com/wheretowatch/affiliate/527 |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=Story Television}} |
| scope = "row" | 47.4
| Movies! || Movies! |
| scope = "row" | 47.5
| 720p || TCT || Tri-State Christian Television |
=Analog-to-digital conversion=
WBXI-CA maintained a construction permit to shut down its analog signal and flash cut its digital signal into operation on UHF channel 47 on September 1, 2015.{{cite web|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101396109&formid=401&fac_num=70416|title=CDBS Print|website=licensing.fcc.gov}} The station turned on its digital signal on August 21, 2015, and ceased operations of its analog signal on September 1, 2015, the mandatory date for Class A stations to cease operations.{{cite web|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=2001732|title=Application Search Details|website=licensing.fcc.gov}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fcc.gov/document/suspension-sept-1-2015-digital-transition-date-lptvtranslato|title=Suspension of Sept. 1, 2015 Digital Transition Date for LPTV/Translato|date=December 9, 2015|website=Federal Communications Commission}}
References
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Category:1989 establishments in Indiana
Category:Catchy Comedy affiliates
Category:CBS News and Stations
Category:Paramount Stations Group
Category:Story Television affiliates
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1989
Category:Tri-State Christian Television stations
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