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WBOC-LD

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WBOC-LD
CityCambridge, Maryland
Channels
Branding
  • Telemundo Delmarva; Telemundo 42
  • Noticias WBOC en Telemundo Delmarva (news)
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
TV: WBOC-TV, WRDE-LD
Radio: WBOC-FM, WCEM-FM, WTDK, WCEM, WAAI, WZBH, WGBG-FM, WRDE-FM[1]
History
FoundedDecember 15, 2011 (12 years ago) (2011-12-15)
First air date
October 2, 2017 (7 years ago) (2017-10-02)
(in Georgetown, Delaware; license moved to Cambridge in 2020)
Former call signs
W42EI-D (2011−2017)
Call sign meaning
We're Between the Ocean and the Chesapeake
Technical information
Facility ID187976
ERP15 kW
HAAT248.5 m (815 ft)
Transmitter coordinates38°30′18″N 75°38′36″W / 38.50500°N 75.64333°W / 38.50500; -75.64333 (CP)
Links
Websitewww.telemundodelmarva.com

WBOC-LD (channel 42) is a low-power television station licensed to Cambridge, Maryland, United States, serving the Salisbury, Maryland market as an affiliate of the Spanish-language Telemundo network.[2] It is owned by the Draper Holdings Business Trust alongside dual CBS/Fox affiliate WBOC-TV (channel 16) and low-power NBC affiliate WRDE-LD (channel 31), as well as eight radio stations.[1] Telemundo Delmarva shares studios with sister station WRDE-LD in Milton, Delaware,[3] and WBOC-LD's transmitter is located near Laurel. WBOC-LD's programming is repeated on Salisbury-licensed WSJZ-LD (channel 34), with transmitter near Millsboro, Delaware.

History

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On October 20, 2017, WBOC launched a new channel to be the area's Telemundo affiliate. In November 2017, WBOC-LD secured carriage on Delmarva area cable systems including Comcast Xfinity in Delaware and Maryland and Verizon Fios in Delaware.[4] Also in November, a standard definition simulcast of WBOC-LD started being broadcast on WBOC-TV on channel 42.2. That simulcast ended on August 13, 2018.[5]

In February 2018, the station began producing local news and weather updates in Spanish airing multiple times a day. The newscasts utilize the studio, graphics, music and talent[citation needed] of sister station WBOC-TV. Beginning in April 2019, a simulcast of WBOC-LD started being broadcast on WSJZ-LD on channel 42.3; that facility had been acquired by Draper in 2017.[6] In May 2019, a simulcast of WRDE-LD began being broadcast on a new subchannel.[7] In December 2019, a simulcast of WBOC-LD's Telemundo subchannel started being broadcast on WRDE-LD.

The station moved its license from Georgetown to Cambridge in 2020. In 2021, WBOC-LD moved from digital UHF channel 42 to UHF channel 22. On July 26, 2021, WBOC-TV's Antenna TV subchannel was moved to WBOC-LD and began broadcasting on channel 16.3.

Technical information

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Subchannels

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The station's signal is multiplexed:[8]

Channel Video Aspect Short name Programming
42.1 1080i 16:9 Telemun Telemundo
31.3 WRDE NBC
16.3 480i 4:3 WBOC-CL Antenna TV
  Simulcast of subchannels of another station

The same channels are broadcast on WSJZ-LD, but with different minor channel numbers: 42.2, 31.4, and 16.4.

Telemundo Delmarva is also rebroadcast as channel 42.2 from WRDE-LD, which is co-sited with WBOC-LD at the Laurel tower, and WRUE-LD, broadcasting from a site northwest of Pocomoke City. WBOC Classics is broadcast as channel 16.5 from the former but not the latter.

Channels broadcast by the Draper LPTV stations
Station WRDE-LD WRUE-LD WBOC-LD WSJZ-LD
Transmitter site Laurel Pocomoke City Laurel Millsboro
CoastTV (NBC) 31.1 31.1 31.3 31.4
Telemundo Delmarva 42.2 42.2 42.1 42.3
MyCozi TV 31.2 31.2
WBOC Classics 16.5 16.5 16.3 16.4

References

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  1. ^ a b "Home". WBOC Radio. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  2. ^ "New TV Station for Delmarva: WBOC to Launch a Telemundo Affiliate". wboc.com.
  3. ^ Telemundo Delmarva. "Telemundo Delmarva Moves to Delaware!". Facebook. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  4. ^ "WBOC & FOX21 Return to Verizon FiOS Lineup". Retrieved 2017-11-26.
  5. ^ "WBOC Classics Back on Over-the-air Channel 16.2". Retrieved 2018-08-13.
  6. ^ Federal Communications Commission. "Broadcast Actions" (PDF). FCC EDOCS. FCC. Retrieved September 16, 2021.
  7. ^ "WRDE Now Available Over-the-Air in HD". Retrieved 2019-06-17.
  8. ^ Chief Engineer (15 September 2021). "Re: Channel Number Corrections". WBOC Email September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
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