WBKB-TV

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This article is about WBKB-TV in Alpena, Michigan. For the stations in Chicago that formerly used the call sign, see WBBM-TV and WLS-TV.
WBKB-TV
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Alpena, Michigan
Branding WBKB-TV CBS (general)
Channel 11 News
Fox Alpena (on DT2)
Slogan Reporting the News
That Matters to You
Channels Digital: 11 (VHF)
Subchannels 11.1 CBS
11.2 Fox (primary)
MyNetworkTV (secondary)
Owner Thunder Bay Broadcasting Corporation
(Thunder Bay Broadcasting Corporation)
First air date September 22, 1975
Former channel number(s) Analog:
11 (VHF, 1975-2009)
Digital: 13 (VHF)
Transmitter power 20 kW
Height 202 m
Facility ID 67048
Transmitter coordinates 44°42′11″N 83°31′26″W / 44.70306°N 83.52389°W / 44.70306; -83.52389
Website wbkb11.com

WBKB-TV is the CBS-affiliated television station for the Alpena area of Michigan's Northern Lower Peninsula. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 11 from a transmitter south of Hubbard Lake near M-72 in Alcona County. The station can also be seen on Charter channel 10 and in high definition on digital channel 781. Owned by Thunder Bay Broadcasting Corporation, the station has studios on North Bagley Street in Alpena. Syndicated programming on WBKB includes: Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy!, Ellen, and Dr. Phil.

It operates the area's primary Fox and secondary MyNetworkTV affiliate on a second digital subchannel as well as Charter channel 13. Syndicated programming on WBKB-DT2 includes: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Entertainment Tonight, Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, and The Dr. Oz Show. Programming from MyNetworkTV airs weeknights from 10 to midnight. WBKB is the only commercial television station in one of the smallest media markets in the United States.

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[edit] History

The station first went on-the-air September 22, 1975 as the first of two stations in Alpena to sign-on that year (the other being WCMU-TV satellite WCML that launched in November). WBKB has always been a CBS affiliate. The Alpena market consists of Alpena and Alcona Counties and is the third smallest media market in the United States. It is also served by portions of the Northern Michigan (Traverse City, Cadillac, and Sault Ste. Marie) as well as the Mid-Michigan (Bay City, Saginaw, Midland, and Flint) markets. The station originally aired a digital signal on VHF channel 13 from a transmitter at the station's studios. After the switch to digital-only broadcasting on June 12, 2009, it moved its digital signal to channel 11.

In November 2009, WBKB added a new second digital subchannel to serve as the area's primary Fox and secondary MyNetworkTV affiliate. [1] [2] WFUP in Vanderbilt, which is a full-time satellite of WFQX-TV in Cadillac, had been the default Fox affiliate for the Alpena area. WFUP served over-the-air viewers while WFQX was offered on Charter systems and these options are still available. At one point in time, that station even operated a repeater (W31BO channel 31) in the city. As for MyNetworkTV, WNEM-DT2 in Bay City was and continues to be offered on Charter.

[edit] Legacy of WBKB call sign

The WBKB call letters originally belonged (from 1946 until 1953) to channel 4 in Chicago. That station was owned by the Balaban and Katz Broadcasting subsidiary of Paramount Pictures and is now CBS owned-and-operated affiliate WBBM-TV. WBKB then transferred to Chicago's ABC owned-and-operated station on channel 7 from 1953 to 1968 until it was renamed WLS-TV.

Shortly after Stephan Marks acquired WBKB, a local newscast called UGN News (Upper Great Lakes News) Network debuted originating from both this station and sister channels WBUP/WBKP in Marquette. The broadcast featured news and weather from the entire Upper and Northern Lower Peninsulas. In 2006, coverage centered on the Lower Peninsula and now originates from WBKB. Local news currently airs weeknights at 6 and 11 as well as weekends at 11.

General Manager

  • Cher Allen

News team

  • Tom Murphy - News Director, weeknights
  • Lauren Fahrenkrug- Weather Anchor
  • Jeff Schaffer - Sports Anchor
  • Paul Gerke - Sports Anchor

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.fox.com/links/region_mideast.htm#
  2. ^ http://wbkb.titantv.com/apg/basic.aspx?siteid=1610

[edit] External links
Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television
Local stations
WCML (6.1 PBS, 6.2 PBS HD, 6.3 Create)
WBKB (11.1 CBS, 11.2 Fox / MNTV)
W18BT (TBN)
WNYD-LP (26, silent)
Adjacent locals
Cable channels
Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television
Traverse City and Cadillac
WPBN (7.1 NBC, 7.2 ABC)
WWTV (9.1 CBS, 9.2 Fox)
WLLZ-LP 12 (MNTV / RTV / A1)
WCMU 14.1 / WCMW 21.1 / WCMV 27.1 / W46AD 46 / W69AV 69 (PBS)
WMNN-LD (26.1 MI News 26, 26.2 Classic TV, 26.3 Universal Sports 26)
WGTU (29.1 ABC, 29.2 NBC)
WFQX / WFUP (32.1 / 45.1 Fox)
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
and the Straits of Mackinac
WTOM (4.1 NBC, 4.2 ABC)
WGTQ (8.1 ABC, 8.2 NBC)
WWUP (10.1 CBS, 10.2 Fox)
W67CS 67 (3ABN)
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Adjacent locals
Alpena
WCML (6.1 PBS)
WBKB (11.1 CBS)
Grand Rapids
WWMT (3.1 CBS, 3.2 The CW)
WOOD (8.1 NBC, 8.2 MNTV)
WZZM (13.1 ABC, 13.2 Weather)
WXMI (17.1 Fox)
WGVU (35.1 PBS)
Mid-Michigan
WNEM (5.1 CBS, 5.2 MNTV)
WJRT (12.1 ABC, 12.2 LW, 12.3 AccuWX)
WDCQ (19.1 PBS)
WEYI (25.1 NBC)
WBSF (46.1 The CW)
WSMH (66.1 Fox)
Marquette
WJMN (3.1 CBS)
WLUC (6.1 NBC, 6.2 Fox / A1 / UniSp)
WNMU (13.1 PBS)
Green Bay
WBAY (2.1 ABC)
WFRV (5.1 CBS)
WLUK (11.1 Fox)
Montreal
CBMT 6 (CBC)
Cable Only Stations
Defunct
Broadcast television in the Mid-Michigan region, including Flint, Saginaw, Bay City and Midland
Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television
Local stations
WNEM (5.1 CBS, 5.2 MNTV)
WJRT (12.1 ABC, 12.2 LW, 12.3 AccuWX)
WEYI (25.1 NBC, 25.2 WBSF/CW)
WHNE-LD (26.1 RTV/A1, 26.2 JTV, 26.3 A1, 26.4 Tuff TV, 26.5 "Classic")
W46CR / W42DI 42 (3ABN)
WBSF (46.1 CW, 46.2 WEYI/NBC)
WAQP (49.1 TCT, 49.2 TCT HD, 49.3 TCT Family, 49.4 La Fuente)
WXON-LP 54 (Ind)
WSMH (66.1 Fox, 66.2 TheCoolTV, 66.3 The Country Network)
Public television
WCMU-TV / WCMZ-TV (14.1/28.1 PBS (HD), 14.2/28.2 PBS (SD), 14.3/28.3 Create)
WDCQ (19.1 PBS, 19.2 MHz Worldview, 19.3 Create, 19.4 PBS Kids)
Cable channels
Adjacent locals
Detroit, MI/Windsor, ON
WJBK (2.1 Fox)
WDIV (4.1 NBC, 4.2 This TV)
WXYZ (7.1 ABC, 7.2 Live Well)
CBET (9.1 CBC)
WMYD (20.1 MNTV HD, 20.2 MNTV)
WPXD (31.1 ION, 31.2 qubo, 31.3 ION Life)
WKBD (50.1 CW)
Lansing
WLNS (6.1 CBS)
WKAR (23.1 PBS HD, 23.2 PBS, 19.3 Create, 19.4 PBS World)
WSYM (47.1 Fox HD, 47.2 Fox)
Grand Rapids
WOOD (8.1 NBC, 8.2 WXSP/MNTV, 8.3 WX)
WZZM (13.1 ABC, 13.2 AccuWX)
Other areas
CBMT 6 (CBC; Montreal)
WWTV (9.1 CBS, 9.2 WFQX/Fox; Cadillac)
WBKB (11.1 CBS, 11.2 Fox/MNTV; Alpena)
Defunct stations
CBS Network Affiliates in the state of Michigan
Fox Network Affiliates in the state of Michigan

WJBK 2 (Detroit) • WLUC 6.2 (Marquette) • WBKB 11.2 (Alpena) • WXMI 17 (Grand Rapids) • W32CV 32 1 (Ironwood) •
WFQX 32 / WFUP 45 (Cadillac / Vanderbilt) • W40AN 40 2 (Escanaba) • WSYM 47 (Lansing) • WSMH 66 (Flint)
1 W32CV is a repeater of KQDS-TV Duluth, Minnesota; 2 W40AN is a repeater of WLUK-TV Green Bay, Wisconsin.
MyNetworkTV Network Affiliates in the state of Michigan
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