WCJB-TV
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| WCJB-TV | |
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| Gainesville, Florida | |
| Branding | WCJB-TV 20 Gainesville CW (on DT2) |
| Slogan | Your Home Team for North Central Florida |
| Channels | |
| Subchannels | 20.1 ABC 20.2 The CW |
| Owner | Diversified Communications (Diversified Broadcasting Inc.) |
| First air date | April 7, 1971 |
| Call letters’ meaning | Casey, Jean, and Bill Minshall (original owners) |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 20 (UHF, 1971-2009) |
| Former affiliations | NBC (1971-1973) |
| Transmitter Power | 343.6 kW |
| Height | 254.4 m |
| Facility ID | 16993 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | 29°32′11.5″N 82°24′0″W / 29.536528°N 82.4°W |
| Website | wcjb.com |
WCJB-TV is the ABC-affiliated television station in Gainesville, Florida. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 16 from a transmitter in Wacahoota. Owned by Diversified Communications, it has studios on Northwest 43rd Street in Gainesville. Syndicated programming on WCJB includes: Entertainment Tonight, Inside Edition, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, and Oprah. The station operates the area's CW affiliate on its second digital subchannel. Known on-air as The CW Gainesville and part of The CW Plus, it is also offered on cable. In High Springs, the station can be seen on Communicomm channel 6 while in Gainesville it can be seen on Cox channel 10. WCJB's coverage area includes Lake City (within the Jacksonville market), Ocala (in the Orlando market) and most of North Central Florida. It is also the sole ABC affiliate on cable systems in Live Oak and Jasper (both within the Tallahassee market).
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[edit] Digital television
The station's digital channel is multiplexed.
| Channel | Programming |
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| 16.1/20.1 | main WCJB-TV programming / ABC HD |
| 16.2/20.2 | WCJB-DT2 "Gainesville CW" |
[edit] History
WCJB signed-on April 7, 1971 as an NBC affiliate owned by William E. "Bill" Minshall. Originally broadcasting on analog channel 20, its call sign bears the first initials of his family members: Casey (daughter), JoAnn (wife), and himself, "Bill". In 1973, just two years after its first broadcast, the station switched its affiliation to ABC. In 1977, it was sold to current owner Diversified Communications. In 2001, WCJB began airing its digital signal on UHF channel 16. On January 24, 2006, UPN and The WB announced that they would cease broadcasting and merge. The new combined network would be called The CW. The letters would represent the first initial of its corporate parents, CBS (the parent company of UPN) and the Warner Bros. unit of Time Warner. On September 18, WCJB launched a new second digital subchannel to be the area's affiliate as part of the national CW Plus service.
Until July 2006, WCJB was the only ABC affiliate seen on Cox cable systems in Ocala. Even though that city is part of the Orlando market, this station had exclusivity on that system for ABC programming. This kept Orlando's ABC affiliate, Cox-owned WFTV, off the system for several years. In that month, the cable company received the green light to pick up WFTV's standard and high definition feeds in Ocala. The standard signal is located on cable channel 9 and the high definition feed is on digital channel 729. WFTV and WCJB are also both seen on Bright House systems in Belleview and unincorporated Marion County. On February 17, 2009, the main channel turned-off its analog signal forever. WCJB said that they did not want to wait until the June 12 deadline because they want to free up emergency airspace. With this change, FOX affiliate WOGX and PBS affiliate WUFT continued broadcasting in analog until the new transition date. WCJB continues digital broadcasts on its pre-transition channel number, 16. Receivers display the signal as channel 20 through the use of PSIP.
[edit] Newscasts
WCJB is the only station to originate local news from Gainsville. As a semi-satellite of Orlando's WOFL, WOGX simulcasts local news from that station but most coverage is from that city. By the end of 2009, NBC affiliate WNBW will start up a news department and try to compete with WCJB. On April 19, 2009, the station debuted their new set complete with updated graphics and music which has not changed in almost ten years. The graphics are yellow and orange instead of blue and white. Their updated logo now includes ABC in it unlike their last two. Like most CW Plus affiliates, WCJB-DT2 airs the nationally syndicated show, The Daily Buzz, on weekday mornings from 6 to 9. There is also a weeknight 10 o'clock newscast seen on that station. In addition to their main studios, WCJB operates a Marion County Bureau in Ocala on Northeast 1st Avenue. Unlike most ABC affiliates, the station does not air local news weekday mornings at 5 or weeknights at 5.
Anchors
- Amanda Decker - weekday mornings and Noon
- David Snyder - weeknights
- Paige Beck - weeknights
- Josh Rosenthal - weeknights at 10
- Jordan Smith or Sarah Pusateri - weekends[anchor temporary]
Meteorologists
- Bill Quinlan (NWA and AMS Seals of Approval) - Chief seen weeknights, and Sunday Evening
- Mike Potter - weekday mornings, Weekday Noon, and Saturday Evening
Sports
- Hank Astengo - Director seen weeknights at 6, 10, and 11
- Chris Price - weekends and reporter
- Hubert Mizell - "Mizell Minute" segment producer
Reporters
- Robert Bradfield
- Jamel Laneé
- Crispin Lopez
- Shani Muhammad
- Sarah Pusateri
- Erica Rodriguez
- Jordan Smith
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