WHBR (TV)
WHBR (channel 33) is a religious television station licensed to Pensacola, Florida, United States, serving northwest Florida and southwest Alabama as an owned-and-operated station of the Christian Television Network (CTN). The station's studios are located on Pensacola Boulevard (US 29) in Pensacola, and its transmitter is located in Robertsdale, Alabama.
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| City | Pensacola, Florida |
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| Branding | CTN Gulf Coast |
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| Ownership | |
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| History | |
First air date | January 30, 1986[1] |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 33 (UHF, 1986–2009) |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 10894 |
| ERP | 1,000 kW |
| HAAT | 415 m (1,362 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 30°36′45.4″N 87°38′41.6″W |
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Public license information | |
| Website | www |
History
The station was founded in January 1986.
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 33.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | WHBR DT | Main WHBR programming / CTN |
| 33.2 | 480i | 4:3 | CTNi | CTNi (Christian programming in Spanish) |
| 33.3 | Lifesty | LifeStyle Family TV (Christian-based family entertainment) | ||
Analog-to-digital conversion
WHBR discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 33, on January 20, 2009. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 34.[4] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 33.
References
- The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says January 27, while the Television and Cable Factbook says January 26.
- "Facility Technical Data for WHBR". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- RabbitEars TV Query for WHBR
- "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-24.