WDBJ
CBS affiliate in Roanoke, Virginia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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WDBJ (channel 7) is a television station licensed to Roanoke, Virginia, United States, serving as the CBS affiliate for the Roanoke–Lynchburg market. It is owned by Gray Television alongside Danville-licensed MyNetworkTV affiliate WZBJ, channel 24 (and its Lynchburg-licensed Class A translator WZBJ-CD, channel 24). WDBJ and WZBJ share studios on Hershberger Road in northwest Roanoke; through a channel sharing agreement, the two stations transmit using WDBJ's spectrum from an antenna on Poor Mountain in Roanoke County.
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City | Roanoke, Virginia |
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Branding | WDBJ 7 |
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WZBJ | |
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Founded | March 31, 1955[2] |
First air date | October 3, 1955 (68 years ago) (1955-10-03) |
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Call sign meaning | derived from former sister station WDBJ radio (now WFIR), call letters were randomly assigned by the FCC when it was licensed in 1924 |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 71329 |
ERP | 1,000 kW |
HAAT | 603.6 m (1,980 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°11′42.7″N 80°9′22.1″W |
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Website | www |
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