states branding 56 wbxz buffalo slogan buffalo s superstation channels digital 17 uhf virtual 56 psip subchannels 56.1 cozi tv 56.2 ebru tv 56.4 independent 56.6 amgtv affiliations cozi tv 2014 present owner steven ritchie first air date september 3 1993 call letters meaning we re the box z former affiliation former callsigns w56ds 1997 1998 former channel number s analog 56 1993 2009 former affiliations the box mtv2 hsn unknown 2014 tuff tv retro television network 2014 16 rev n 2014 16 buzzr 2016 transmitter power 15 kw class ld facility id 14317 transmitter coordinates 42 52 48 n 78 52 36 w 42.88000 n 78.87667 w 42.88000 ; 78.87667 website http www.wbxztv.com wbxz lp is a low power television station in buffalo new york broadcasting locally on channel 17 as an affiliate of cozi tv . it broadcast on channel 56 analog until it had to vacate that frequency when the federal communications commission fcc removed it from the broadcast spectrum . it used to be an affiliate of the box from which the station gets its call sign . the station is owned by steven ritchie a local retired police officer 1 who acquired the station from craig fox in december 2013 . 2 the station used to air on channel 56 . after the digital transition the station moved to analog channel 17 the channel had been held by wbuf tv from 1953 to 1959 and wned tv from 1959 to 2009 through a special temporary authority approved by the fcc . the station returned to virtual channel 56 upon digital conversion at which point it also planned to add several digital subchannels from luken communications among them being retro television network pbj and heartland . 2 wbxz lp returned to the air april 17 2014 with test programming ; on may 2 the station indicated it was having trouble securing a carriage agreement with luken mainly because ritchie could not fit the necessary large satellite dish onto the one seneca tower where the station s transmitter is located but also in part due to luken s financial problems and was seeking other options . 3 as of 2014 the station was carrying cozi tv on 56.1 and throwback tv a locally programmed independent station programming mostly public domain series infomercials and other assorted low cost syndicated programs is carried on 56.2 later moved to 56.4 . retro and a new luken subchannel known as rev n would be added to wbxz lp on december 1 2014 . luken s networks were pulled from wbxz on june 28 2016 after technical difficulties . ebru tv and amgtv were added as replacements . references edit no byline june 2 2014 . law enforcement bids farewell to k9 officer steven ritchie . wivb tv . retrieved june 2 2014 . a b pergament alan december 30 2013 . lockport policeman plans new low power tv channels . the buffalo news . retrieved december 30 2013 . pergament alan june 4 2014 . retired lockport officer s tv station is on the air . the buffalo news . retrieved june 4 2014 . external links edit wbxz lp official website query the fcc s tv station database for wbxz biafn s media web database information on wbxz ld fccinfo.com information on wbxz ld v t e broadcast television in western new york including buffalo and niagara falls reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television buffalo stations wgrz 2.1 nbc 2.2 atv 2.3 justice wivb tv 4.1 cbs wkbw tv 7.1 abc 7.2 laff 7.3 escape wned tv 17.1 pbs 17.2 world wnlo 23.1 cw 23.2 bounce wnyb wbnf cd 26.1 15.1 tct 26.2 15.2 tct hd 26.3 15.3 tct family 26.4 15.4 aramaic wutv 29.1 fox 29.2 the country network 29.3 grit wdtb lp 39.1 daystar wnyo tv 49.1 mntv 49.2 gettv wpxj tv 51.1 ion 51.2 qubo 51.3 ion life 51.4 ion shop 51.5 qvc over air 51.6 hsn wbxz lp 56.1 cozi tv 56.2 ebru 56.4 ind wbbz tv 67.1 metv 67.2 this 67.3 metv 67.4 daystar olean stations wvtt cd 25 youtoo america w30bw 30.1 retro tv cable only stations spectrum news buffalo yes msg western new york msg plus spectrum sports sny adjacent locals rochester ny wroc tv 8.1 cbs 8.2 bounce tv whec tv 10.1 nbc 10.2 metv 10.3 10nbcwx wham tv 13.1 abc 13.2 cw 13.3 grit wxxi tv 21.1 pbs 21.2 world 21.3 create wuhf 31.1 fox 31.2 gettv 31.3 comet toronto hamilton cblt dt 5.1 cbc cfto dt 9.1 ctv chch dt 11.1 ind cica dt 19.1 tvo cblft dt 25.1 ici radio canada t l chcj dt 35.1 ctv two cits dt 36.1 yes tv cjmt dt 40.1 omni .2 ciii dt 41 41.1 global ckvp dt 42.1 ctv two cfmt dt 47.1 omni .1 city dt 57.1 city johnstown pa wpsu tv 3.1 pbs 3.2 create 3.3 world wjac tv 6.1 nbc 6.2 metv wtaj tv 10.1 cbs defunct stations wfhw lp 58 ind channel america tlc wbes tv 59 ind new york state television albany schenectady binghamton buffalo burlington plattsburgh elmira new york city rochester syracuse utica watertown pennsylvania broadcast television binghamton new york buffalo new york elmira new york erie johnstown altoona state college new york city philadelphia pittsburgh scranton wilkes barre susquehanna valley harrisburg washington dc youngstown ohio this article about a television station in new york state is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wbxz lp & oldid 729734877 categories television stations in buffalo new yorkdigital low power stationsbuzzr affiliatescozi tv affiliatesretro television network affiliatesnortheastern united states television station stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 july 2016 at 05 38 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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