TV Technical Profile: WBXA-CD

Channel:

24

Programming:

24.1 - BIZ TV
24.2 - SonLife TV
24.3 - OnTV4U

Transmitter Location:

[map] [street view] [bird's eye] On the American Tower "pickle fork" tower at the WTTO-TV site atop Red Mountain, along with countless other TV and radio properties.

Power (ERP):

1.2 kW
15 kW (CP)

Height Above Average Terrain (HAAT):

380 feet

Antenna:

Directional

Other Information:

62 dBu protected contour map, from the FCC.
62 dBu protected contour map, from the FCC. (FCCdata Link) (CP)

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[Wikipedia]
mDTV: Active since 2011?
Owned by L4 Media Group, LLC

History:

This station dates back to the fall of 1988 as W02BV, an analog low power station broadcasting The Box music video channel.  It broadcast from atop the office building on the west side of Goodwin Crest Drive, atop Red Mountain.  In this Bing Bird's Eye view, the old antenna and tower atop the building are still visible (September, 2015.)  The Box music video channel at one time featured programming dictated by viewers, who could call a pay-telephone number and put in a request for a song.  In 1999, MTV Networks purchased The Box.  The Box network was shut down in 2011 and remaining stations were fed MTV|2 programming.  Interestingly, right before being shut down, this station's calls changed to WBXA-CA.  In May 2015 the station converted to digital broadcasting and the calls changed to WBXA-CD.  After the switch to digital, it's been reported that the station is carrying the business-oriented BIZ.TV network, duplicated on three subchannels. It appears that at some point later 24.2 became SonLife TV (SBN) while the 24.3 feed disappeared completely.  The -.3 subchannel did finally reappear in November 2017, with an all-infomecials type network called OnTV4U.

The station received a construction permit to increase power to 15 kW from 1.2 kW in February 2018.