united states branding wboc 16 general wboc news news fox21 delmarva on dt2 slogan delmarva s news leader channels digital 21 uhf virtual 16 psip subchannels 16.1 cbs 16.2 antenna tv 21.2 fox affiliations cbs owner draper holdings business trust wboc inc. first air date july 15 1954 ; 62 years ago 1954 07 15 call letters meaning we re between the ocean and the chesapeake sister station s wboc fm former channel number s analog 16 uhf 1954 2009 former affiliations dumont 1954 1956 secondary from 1955 abc secondary c. 1955 1980 nbc secondary c. 1955 1980 upn on dt2 2003 2006 transmitter power 740 kw height 279 m facility id 71218 transmitter coordinates 38 30 17 n 75 38 37 w 38.50472 n 75.64361 w 38.50472 ; 75.64361 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website www.wboc.com wboc tv channel 16 is a cbs affiliate based in salisbury maryland united states . wboc tv is owned by the draper holdings business trust with its main studios in salisbury secondary studios office facilities in dover and milton delaware and transmitter in laurel delaware . the station primarily serves the four easternmost counties of the eastern shore of maryland as well as sussex county delaware . however its signal covers the entire eastern shores of maryland and virginia as well as the southern two thirds of delaware a region known as the delmarva peninsula . wboc also airs fox on its second digital subchannel . this station is branded as fox21 delmarva after its over the air digital channel and is also available on local cable systems . on december 17 2013 wboc began airing antenna tv programming on its third digital subchannel under the wboc classics brand name . contents 1 history 2 digital television 2.1 digital channels 2.2 analog to digital conversion 3 cable and satellite availability 4 local programming 4.1 notable former on air staff 5 references 6 external links history edit wboc tv began operations on july 15 1954 owned originally by peninsula broadcasting which started wboc radio 960 am now wtgm and 104.7 fm now wqhq the first successful radio station on the eastern shore in 1940 . it is the fourth oldest television station in maryland the first outside baltimore and the oldest on the uhf band . it was originally an affiliate of the dumont television network . however around 1955 it picked up a primary affiliation with cbs relegating dumont to secondary status until that network shut down in 1956 . it also picked up secondary affiliations with nbc and abc . 1 the station also featured local programming consisting of variety shows talent contests and children s programs . in 1961 peninsula broadcasting merged with the a.s. abell company which published the baltimore sun and owned baltimore s then cbs affiliate wmar tv . wboc tv gradually increased the cbs programming on its schedule though it continued to cherry pick the highest rated abc and nbc shows either in pattern on schedule with the rest of the network or on a tape delayed basis . for example channel 16 regularly carried the today show and the tonight show from nbc and weekend sports coverage from all three networks . primetime programming consisted of at least one night of all cbs ; other evenings with programs from both cbs and abc ; and others with shows from cbs and nbc . select cbs programs displaced by the scheduling method would air in times outside of primetime . despite carrying today which pre empted cbs numerous attempts at morning news programming and captain kangaroo wboc tv aired all of cbs s other newscasts as well as most of cbs s daytime programming and saturday morning cartoons . the cherry picking arrangement also affected primetime network sports coverage . however delmarva viewers didn t have to worry about missing their favorite shows once cable came to the area . local cable systems on the maryland side of the market supplemented the area with the baltimore stations while cable systems on the delaware side supplemented it with the philadelphia stations . accomack county virginia is part of the hampton roads market with hampton roads area stations transmitted via county owned translators though wboc has long claimed it as part of its primary coverage area . in april 1980 wboc tv received competition for the first time when wmdt channel 47 signed on as a dual abc nbc affiliate allowing channel 16 to become a full time cbs station . in november of that same year local ownership of channel 16 returned when entrepreneur thomas h. draper purchased the station . since draper took over local news coverage increased as well as local advertising revenue which allowed for technical upgrades such as a new four million watt tower located near laurel delaware . wboc tv regained a sister radio station in 2015 when draper acquired wolc 102.5 fm in princess anne and relaunched it as wboc fm the original wboc radio stations had been sold to separate interests in 1980 . 2 digital television edit digital channels edit channel video aspect psip short name programming 3 16.1 1080i 16 9 wboc hd main wboc tv programming cbs 16.2 480i 4 3 wboc cl antenna tv 21.2 16 9 fox21 wboc dt2 fox analog to digital conversion edit wboc tv discontinued regular programming on its analog signal over uhf channel 16 on june 12 2009 the official date in which full power television stations in the united states transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate . the station s digital signal remained on its pre transition uhf channel 21 4 5 6 using psip to display the station s virtual channel as its former uhf analog channel 16 . unlike most digital subchannels wboc dt2 is one of the few that identifies with its physical digital channel number 21 rather than a virtual channel 16.2 through psip . this station is known on air as fox 21 delmarva . it can also be seen on comcast and mediacom channel 5 and in high definition on comcast digital channel 213 . cable and satellite availability edit since november 2010 wboc and fox21 have been available on directv and dish network in their primary five county coverage area . 7 8 for wboc viewers outside this area satellite subscribers may request a waiver to receive new york city stations if they can t pick up the delmarva stations over the air . 9 before 2010 delmarva was one of the few markets where local stations weren t available on satellite . from the 1970s to the 1980s wboc was carried on cable as far north as cape may county new jersey and new castle county delaware and as far south as northampton county virginia . 10 on july 23 2014 directv announced it was in a carriage dispute draper holdings owner of wboc tv . it was announced that if draper and directv could not reach a fair deal before july 31 2014 directv would no longer be permitted to carry draper holding s stations . 11 wboc and fox 21 said they were asking for far less money than what directv pays for national networks like espn even though they claim their combined ratings are much higher than espn s ratings . directv stated draper wants seven times more in their new contract . 12 on august 1 directv and draper holdings reached a settlement and the channels remain on the air with no blackouts . local programming edit wboc operates two bureaus in milton and dover and a third virtual bureau in cambridge 13 in addition to its main studios in salisbury . all news broadcasts except those seen on wboc dt2 can be seen via live streaming video on wboc s website . wboc produces also produces a daily talk show called delmarvalife . 14 notable former on air staff edit hallie jackson now nbc news national correspondent mike seidel now at the weather channel amber theoharis now a reporter for the nfl network gary tuchman now cnn correspondent for anderson cooper 360 weija jiang national correspondent for cbs news s affiliate news distribution service . references edit wboc s 50th anniversary northam mitchell august 13 2015 . wboc makes radio waves with purchase of wolc 102.5 fm . delmarvanow . retrieved august 20 2015 . rabbitears tv query for wboc wboc s switch to digital tv delayed by fcc deleware news journal february 12 2009 the digital tv transition what is dtv dtv.gov . retrieved september 27 2008 . dtv tentative channel designations for the first and the second rounds pdf . retrieved 2012 03 24 . wboc wboc fox21 now available on directv in 5 delmarva counties wboc wboc fox21 now available on dish network in 5 delmarva counties wboc waiver information http fjallfoss.fcc.gov coals7 forms search cablesearchnf.cfm wboc and fox21 could disappear from directv channel lineup after july 31 wboc tv july 24 2014 wboc tv16 fox21 could leave directv about wboc tv delmarva s news leader delmarvalife external links edit official website fox 21 website wboc classics website query the fcc s tv station database for wboc tv query tv fool s coverage map for wboc dt biafn s media web database information on wboc tv v t e television on the delmarva peninsula including 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