states branding my 18 channels digital 46 uhf psip subchannels 46.1 mynetworktv 46.2 this tv 46.3 tuff tv 46.4 heartland 46.5 myrochestertv 46.6 qvc affiliations mynetworktv 2006 present owner vision communications first air date february 1998 ; 18 years ago 1998 02 call letters meaning we re big television sister station s wjkp ld wydc wvtt cd former callsigns w40ag 1987 1996 wbgt lp 1996 2006 wbgt ca 2006 2012 former affiliations independent 1998 upn 1998 2006 transmitter power 10 kw height 161 m class class a facility id 10318 transmitter coordinates 43 10 14.0 n 77 40 23.0 w 43.170556 n 77.673056 w 43.170556 ; 77.673056 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website www.visioncommunications.tv wbgt cd is the class a mynetworktv affiliated television station for rochester new york . it broadcasts a low powered standard definition digital signal on uhf channel 46 or virtual channel 46 via psip from a transmitter in the city s northwest quadrant . the station can also be seen on time warner cable channels 18 hence the my 18 on air branding and 1215 . owned by vision communications wbgt cd has studios on buffalo road ny 33 in the town of gates with a rochester address . syndicated programing on the station includes roseanne family feud the wendy williams show and the cosby show among others . wbgt cd was formerly also seen over the air on analog repeater w26bz channel 26 in victor which is no longer licensed . this broadcast from a transmitter south of perinton s egypt hamlet along the monroe and ontario county line . contents 1 history 2 digital television 2.1 digital channels 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit wbgt cd began operations as wbgt lp in february 1998 . in its first ten months on air the station was an independent as it did not pick up upn affiliation until november of that year . the victor translator was added in 1999 and by 2001 time warner cable had added it to its lineup . on january 24 2006 the wb and upn announced the networks would end broadcasting and merge to form the cw which signed with cable only wb affiliate wrwb the forerunner of wham dt2 ; as a result wbgt lp became part of mynetworktv when the network launched on september 5 2006 . around this time the suffix was changed from lp to ca . there have been a number of complaints by directv subscribers in rochester because wbgt cd is not currently offered on the system s local station line up . contacts at wbgt say that unless there are a large amount of complaints the station will continue to be unavailable on directv ; neither directv nor any other cable or satellite provider are compelled to carry the channel as they would for a full power station under must carry rules . it has an application to air a low powered digital class a signal on uhf channel 46 from the same northwest quadrant transmitter now using the cd suffix . digital television edit digital channels edit the station s digital signal is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 1 46.1 480i 4 3 wbgt my main wbgt cd programming mynetworktv 46.2 this tv this tv 46.3 tuff tv tuff tv 46.4 tnn heartland 46.5 myroc myrochestertv 46.6 qvc qvc see also edit channel 18 branded tv stations in the united states channel 46 digital tv stations in the united states channel 46 low power tv stations in the united states channel 46 virtual tv stations in the united states references edit rabbitears tv query for wbgt cd external links edit wbgt cd my 18 mynetworktv query the fcc s tv station database for wbgt cd v t e television stations viewable in the greater rochester new york area reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television local stations wgce cd 6.1 heartland wroc tv 8.1 cbs 8.2 bounce tv 8.3 laff 8.4 escape whec tv 10.1 nbc 10.2 metv 10.3 wx 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 antenna tv 31.3 comet whsh lp 36.1 blank wnib ld 42.1 tct 42.2 tct hd 42.3 tct family wbgt cd 46.1 mntv 46.2 this tv 46.3 tuff tv 46.4 heartland 46.5 mrtv 46.6 qvc over air cable only stations spectrum news rochester yes msg western new york msg plus spectrum sports sny adjacent locals buffalo wgrz 2.1 nbc 2.2 antenna tv 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 tv wutv 29.1 fox 29.2 tcn 29.3 grit wnyo tv 49.1 mntv 49.2 gettv 49.3 comet wpxj tv 51.1 ion 51.2 qubo 51.3 ion life 51.4 ion shop 51.5 qvc over air 51.6 hsn wbbz tv 67.1 67.3 metv 67.2 this 67.4 daystar syracuse wstm tv 3.1 nbc 3.2 the cw 3.3 comet wtvh 5.1 cbs 5.2 grit wsyr tv 9.1 abc 9.2 metv 9.3 bounce tv 9.4 laff wcny tv 24.1 pbs 24.2 create 24.3 world 24.4 pbs plus wnys tv 43.1 mntv 43.2 gettv wspx tv 56.1 ion 56.2 qubo 56.3 ion life 56.4 ion shop 56.5 qvc 56.6 hsn wsyt 68.1 fox 68.2 tcn new york state television albany schenectady binghamton buffalo burlington plattsburgh elmira new york city rochester syracuse utica watertown see also toronto ontario v t e mynetworktv network affiliates serving the state of new york wwor tv 9 new york city wbpn lp 10 binghamton wpny lp 11 utica wjkp ld 39 elmira wbgt cd 40 rochester wnys 43 syracuse wnyo 49 buffalo wnya 51 albany pittsfield ma see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in new york retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wbgt cd & oldid 740253154 categories mynetworktv affiliatestelevision channels and stations established in 1998television stations in rochester new yorkdigital low power stationsthis tv affiliates 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 20 september 2016 at 00 07 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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