WBOC-LD

Not to be confused with full-powered sister station WBOC-TV.
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

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

Subchannels

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

  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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