WCBI-TV
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| HAAT | 583.9 m (1,916 ft) |
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| Transmitter coordinates | 33°45′6″N 88°52′40″W / 33.75167°N 88.87778°W |
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| Website | www |
WCBI-TV (channel 4) is a
History
When WCBI signed on-the-air July 13, 1956, it was the first television station in
NBC disappeared from the schedule in 1979 after WTVA (channel 9) in Tupelo expanded its city-grade signal to include Columbus. WCBI continued to carry some ABC programs until 1983 when WVSB (channel 27, now sister station WLOV-TV) began operations.
The station remained in its rural location for more than thirty years. In the early 1990s, Frank Imes (Birney's son) supervised the renovation of the former Egger's Department Store in downtown Columbus. Live broadcasting began at the new facility on October 25, 1993, with News 4 at 6.
WCBI began broadcasting a full-power digital signal in March 2000 on UHF channel 35. By early September 2002, it was broadcasting three digital signals including CBS in high definition on DT1. On DT2 was a
In November 2003, Imes Communications sold WCBI to current owner Morris Multimedia with the sale closing on January 14 of the next year. It was the last remaining station of Imes' once-sizable smaller-market broadcasting group. The Commercial Dispatch remains under Imes family ownership to this day.
On September 5, 2006, the UPN Mississippi subchannel was relaunched as "My Mississippi", affiliating with MyNetworkTV as part of the merger of UPN and The WB. Thirteen days later on September 18, the weather subchannel on DT3 was converted to a CW affiliate as "North Mississippi CW".
On February 1, 2024, it was announced that the Fox affiliation would move from WLOV to WCBI-DT2 the next day. WLOV would assume WCBI-DT3's CW Plus affiliation.
News operation
On September 8, 2008, WCBI began producing the area's second prime time newscast on this station called WCBI News at 9 on My MS. It only airs on weeknights for thirty minutes and competes with another prime time show seen for a half-hour on Fox affiliate WLOV-TV (produced Sunday through Friday nights by NBC affiliate WTVA). At some point in time, WCBI added an hour-long extension of its weekday morning show to WCBI-DT2 titled WCBI News Sunrise on My MS, which airs from 7 until 8 and offers a local alternative to the national network morning shows. In addition to its main studios, the station operates a Tupelo Bureau on Main Street/
. On September 16, 2013, both newscasts airing on WCBI-DT2 moved to CW affiliate WCBI-DT3.Technical information
Subchannels
The station's signal is
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.1 | 1080i | 16:9 |
CBS | CBS |
| 4.2 | 720p | FOX | Fox | |
| 4.3 | 480i | MY-MS | MyNetworkTV |
Analog-to-digital conversion
WCBI-TV shut down its analog signal, over
See also
- Channel 4 virtual TV stations in the United States
- Channel 27 digital TV stations in the United States
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WCBI-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ various TV listings from the Jackson Clarion-Ledger from August 1979 show WCBI carrying primarily ABC programming until mid-month
- ^ "BC-1979-09-24-OCR-Page-0050" (PDF).
- ^ "Require Prime Evening Time for NTA Films", Boxoffice: 13, November 10, 1956, archived from the original on June 14, 2009
- ^ "Growing despite tough times". October 21, 2002.
- ^ Sullivan, Mary Carroll (February 1, 2024). "WCBI-TV CBS, WLOV-TV FOX announce changes". WCBI.com. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
- ^ "RabbitEars.Info". www.rabbitears.info. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
- ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved March 24, 2012.