branding wbbj cbs 7 & metv jackson 7 eyewitness news slogan cbs for west tennessee & west tennessee s news channel channels digital wbbj dt 43.3 uhf virtual 7.3 psip affiliations cbs & metv owner bahakel communications tennessee broadcasting partners founded unknown call letters meaning see wbbj former affiliations doppler weather radar & noaa weather radio transmitter power 1 000 kw digital height 302 m digital facility id 65204 digital transmitter coordinates 35 38 16 n 88 41 33 w 35.63778 n 88.69250 w 35.63778 ; 88.69250 digital website www.wbbjtv.com www.metvjacksontn.com wbbj dt3 is the primary cbs and secondary metv affiliated digital subchannel of abc affiliate wbbj tv for western tennessee that is owned by bahakel communications . over the air it can be seen on 7.3 . wbbj dt3 can also be seen on jackson energy authority broadband channel 8 and charter channel 16 . contents 1 history 2 newscasts 3 references 4 external links history edit logo for secondary affiliation . before cbs began broadcasting on the subchannel viewers could watch the network on cable and over the air in some cases from wreg tv in memphis . wbbj dt3 added cbs on january 1 2012 bringing the network back to the market since the main feed switched to abc back in january 1967 . until the change the station aired as a 24 hour live feed of noaa s national weather service doppler weather radar with audio from noaa weather radio . it is possible but not a guarantee that the station will be available in high definition over the air and through area cable providers . there is no syndicated programming on this sub channel because metv takes up the entire broadcast schedule outside cbs shows . 1 2 3 4 5 newscasts edit there are local broadcast offerings on wbbj dt3 through simulcasts with the main channel and newscasts in additional time slots . it offers new local newscasts seen exclusively on this service weekdays at noon for thirty minutes as well as weeknights at 5 30 and 6 30 . as a result cbs evening news airs tape delayed weeknights at 6 which is a half hour later than most affiliates in the central time zone . 6 references edit where to watch me tv wbbj knox merrill november 7 2011 . jackson tn will get cbs affiliate in january 2012 . tvspy . retrieved november 8 2011 . malone michael november 7 2011 . cbs coming to jackson tenn. . broadcasting & cable . retrieved november 8 2011 . archived copy . archived from the original on april 3 2012 . retrieved november 8 2011 . http wbbj.titantv.com apg ttv.aspx siteid 51532 http www.jacksonsun.com article 20111230 news01 112300325 wbbj adds cbs shows odyssey tab % 7ctopnews % 7ctext % 7cfrontpage external links edit wbbjtv.com official wbbj tv website metvjacksontn.com official metv jackson website v t e television stations serving central west tennessee including jackson lexington and martin reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television local stations wbbj 7.1 7.2 abc 7.3 cbs metv wljt 11.1 pbs 11.2 world 11.3 hd 11.4 create wjkt 16.1 fox 16.2 escape 16.3 laff 16.4 grit w18bl d 18.1 ubn whjk ld 20.1 escape 20.2 laff wyjj ld 27.1 atv mntv 27.2 bounce tv 27.3 drtv 27.4 sbn 27.5 grit wnbj ld 39.1 nbc cable only eplustv6 wbjk 2 21 the cw cw adjacent locals memphis wreg 3.1 cbs 3.2 nc3a 3.3 antenna tv wmc 5.1 nbc 5.2 bounce tv 5.3 grit tv wkno 10.1 pbs whbq 13.1 fox 13.2 movies watn 24.1 abc wlmt 30.1 cw 30.2 mynetworktv metv wpxx 50.1 ion nashville wkrn 2.1 abc 2.2 metv 2.3 justice network wsmv 4.1 nbc 4.2 heartland wtvf 5.1 cbs 5.2 newschannel 5 5.3 laff wnpt 8.1 pbs wztv 17.1 fox tv 17.2 weathernation tv 17.3 antenna tv wnpx 28.1 ion union city tn wuwt cd 26.1 retro tv 26.2 family ch . defunct wzmc lp 35 tbn tennessee broadcast television areas by city chattanooga jackson knoxville memphis nashville paducah ky tri cities see also tupelo tv v t e cbs network affiliates in the state of tennessee wreg 3 memphis wtvf 5 nashville wbbj 7.3 jackson wvlt 8 knoxville wjhl 11 johnson city wdef 12 chattanooga see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in tennessee v t e bahakel communications radio stations kilo krxp wdef wdef fm wdod fm wuuq television stations waka cbs wbbj tv abc ; cbs on dt3 wbmm the cw wccb the cw wfxb fox wncf abc 1 wolo tv abc 1 owned by sagamorehill broadcasting ; operated by bahakel through shared services agreement ssa . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wbbj dt3 & oldid 739339438 categories cbs network affiliatestelevision stations in jackson tennesseetelevision stations in tennesseecbs subchannel only network affiliatesme 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 14 september 2016 at 03 44 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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