WBGT-CD (channel 46) is a low-power,

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, United States, affiliated with MyNetworkTV. Owned by Vision Communications, the station has studios on Buffalo Road (

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) in the town of

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(with a Rochester postal address), and its

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is located on Pinnacle Hill. It can also be seen on Charter Spectrum channel 18 (hence the My 18 branding). WBGT-CD was formerly also seen over-the-air on analog repeater W26BZ (channel 26) in

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, which is no longer licensed. This broadcast from a transmitter south of Perinton's Egypt hamlet along the Monroe and

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County line. This translator was replaced with another, WGCE-CD, some time before 2018; WGCE was spun off to HC2 Holdings in August 2018.

History

WBGT-CD began operations as WBGT-LP on February 2, 1998. For its first ten months on-air, it was an

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under the Big TV branding, before it became an

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affiliate in November of that year. Despite the affiliation, the station used the branding throughout the later years of the network. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1oAN6wuPNI The Victor translator was added in 1999, and in 2001,

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(predecessor of Charter Spectrum) added WBGT-LP to its lineup. On January 24, 2006,

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and UPN announced that the networks would end broadcasting and merge to form

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, which signed with cable-only WB affiliate WRWB (the forerunner of WHAM-DT2). Several weeks later, MyNetworkTV was announced by

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as an alternative for UPN or WB affiliates not chosen by the CW. WBGT-LP quickly signed an affiliation deal with MyNetworkTV, and joined the network at its launch on September 5, 2006. Around this time, the suffix was changed from -LP to -CA. The station has never been added to

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; the station has no must-carry rights as a low-power operation. Eventually, when it signed on its digital facilities, the station's calls were changed to WBGT-CD.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

References

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WBGT-CD "My 18"
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History

Technical information

Subchannels

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