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| '''WUTB''', digital channel 41 (] 24.1), is the ] ] television station for ]. Its transmitter is located near Gilson Park in ]. The station has studios on Seton Drive in Baltimore near the city and ] line |
'''WUTB''', digital channel 41 (] 24.1), is the ] ] television station for ]. Its transmitter is located near Gilson Park in ]. The station has studios on Seton Drive in Baltimore near the city and ] line. | ||
| WUTB |
WUTB is currently owned by ], and operated by ] through a ] with ] affiliate and Sinclair flagship ] (channel 45) and ] affiliate ] (Channel 54), making them sister stations. It was previously owned by ] as an owned-and-operated affiliate of MyNetworkTV, but was acquired by Sinclair through Deerfield Media by exercising an option in its affiliation contract for its Fox affiliates, which allowed the company to purchase WUTB in exchange for allowing certain Sinclair stations to possibly be purchased by Fox (however, Fox did not exercise this option). WBFF and WNUV share studios and office facilities in the ] section of Baltimore City, and WUTB's transmitter is based in ]. | ||
| ==History== | ==History== | ||
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| The CW announcement again touched off speculation that Fox would pull affiliation from WBFF and move it to WUTB. On February 22, ] announced that it would start up another new broadcast television network called ]. This new network, which would be sister to Fox, would be operated by Fox Television Stations and its syndication division, ]. MyNetworkTV was created in order to give UPN and WB stations, not mentioned as becoming CW affiliates, another option besides becoming independent. It was also created to compete against The CW. It was later announced that WNUV would become Baltimore's CW affiliate with WUTB joining MyNetworkTV. On August 11, WUTB adopted the standard MyNetworkTV logo and gradually rebranded itself as "My 24". It began broadcasting MyNetworkTV on September 5. WNUV began broadcasting The CW on September 18, 2006. | The CW announcement again touched off speculation that Fox would pull affiliation from WBFF and move it to WUTB. On February 22, ] announced that it would start up another new broadcast television network called ]. This new network, which would be sister to Fox, would be operated by Fox Television Stations and its syndication division, ]. MyNetworkTV was created in order to give UPN and WB stations, not mentioned as becoming CW affiliates, another option besides becoming independent. It was also created to compete against The CW. It was later announced that WNUV would become Baltimore's CW affiliate with WUTB joining MyNetworkTV. On August 11, WUTB adopted the standard MyNetworkTV logo and gradually rebranded itself as "My 24". It began broadcasting MyNetworkTV on September 5. WNUV began broadcasting The CW on September 18, 2006. | ||
| On May 15, 2012, as part of a five-year affiliation agreement extension between Fox and ]'s 19 Fox affiliates (including company flagship WBFF) that will run through 2017, Fox included an option for Sinclair to purchase WUTB, exercisable from July 1, 2012 to March 31, 2013. In exchange, Fox received an option to buy any combination of six Sinclair-owned CW and MyNetworkTV affiliates in three of four markets: ] (] and ]), ] (] and ]), ] (]) and ] (]). |
On May 15, 2012, as part of a five-year affiliation agreement extension between Fox and ]'s 19 Fox affiliates (including company flagship WBFF) that will run through 2017, Fox included an option for Sinclair to purchase WUTB, exercisable from July 1, 2012 to March 31, 2013. In exchange, Fox received an option to buy any combination of six Sinclair-owned CW and MyNetworkTV affiliates in three of four markets: ] (] and ]), ] (] and ]), ] (]) and ] (]). The WUTB option would create a virtual triopoly with WBFF and CW affiliate ], which Sinclair manages under a ] with owner ].<ref>, ''TVNewsCheck'', May 15, 2012.</ref> On November 29, 2012, Sinclair exercised its option to purchase WUTB through ] for $2.7 million.<ref name=tvnc-wutbdeerfield>{{cite web|title=Sinclair Makes It A Triopoly in Baltimore|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/63866/fox-selling-wutb-baltimore-to-deerfield-llc|publisher=TVNewsCheck|accessdate=29 November 2012}}</ref><ref name=sinclair-newportacq>{{cite web|title=Sinclair Broadcast to buy 7 TV outlets for $452.5M|url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/sinclair-broadcast-to-buy-7-tv-outlets-for-4525m-2012-07-19|publisher=MarketWatch|accessdate=19 July 2012}}</ref> | ||
| In January 2013, Fox announced that it will not |
In January 2013, Fox announced that it will not exercise its option to buy any of the Sinclair stations in the four markets mentioned.<ref>http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/65306/sinclair-in-an-acquisition-state-of-mind</ref> On May 6, 2013, the FCC granted its approval of WUTB to Deerfield Media,<ref>http://licensing.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/pubacc/Auth_Files/1521859.pdf</ref> which was finalized on May 14.{{citation needed|date=May 2013}} WUTB is now operated by Sinclair under a local marketing agreement, making it a sister station to WBFF and WNUVm and making the only network owned-and-operated station in the market. No plans to consolidate WUTB into WFFF's facilities have been announced. | ||
| ==Digital television== | ==Digital television== | ||
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WUTB, digital channel 41 (virtual channel 24.1), is the MyNetworkTV affiliated television station for Baltimore, Maryland. Its transmitter is located near Gilson Park in Catonsville. The station has studios on Seton Drive in Baltimore near the city and county line.
WUTB is currently owned by Deerfield Media, and operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group through a local marketing agreement with Fox affiliate and Sinclair flagship WBFF (channel 45) and CW Television Network affiliate WNUV (Channel 54), making them sister stations. It was previously owned by Fox Television Stations as an owned-and-operated affiliate of MyNetworkTV, but was acquired by Sinclair through Deerfield Media by exercising an option in its affiliation contract for its Fox affiliates, which allowed the company to purchase WUTB in exchange for allowing certain Sinclair stations to possibly be purchased by Fox (however, Fox did not exercise this option). WBFF and WNUV share studios and office facilities in the Woodberry section of Baltimore City, and WUTB's transmitter is based in Woodlawn, Baltimore County.
History
On March 1, 1967, WMET-TV began broadcasting on channel 24 as the first UHF signal in Baltimore touted as "Baltimore's fourth television station" in the Baltimore Evening Sun on March 3. It was a low-budget and low-powered station that was sister to WFAN in Washington, D.C. Both stations were owned by United Broadcasting (which is unrelated to the United Television that was owned by Chris-Craft Industries that later owned channel 24). The original channel 24 was headquartered in the former Avalon Theatre on Park Heights Avenue. In 1972, both stations ceased broadcasting due to financial difficulties.
A new channel 24, Christian station WKJL-TV (owned by Family Broadcast Group) launched on December 24, 1985. The call letters stood for Where the Kingdom of Jesus Lives. Initially, the station was on the air about 8 hours a day with religious shows.
In early-1986, the station expanded to an 18-hour broadcast day featuring 6 hours of religious programming and 12 hours of family entertainment. The station began broadcasting 24 hours a day in June 1986 airing programming from the Home Shopping Network overnight. HSN announced its purchase of the station in September 1986. By November, the station aired HSN programming about 15 hours a day. The sale to HSN was finalized on January 23, 1987. It then began running HSN programming 24 hours a day and changed its call letters to WHSW. In January 1998, WNUV dropped UPN in favor of The WB so Chris-Craft Industries (co-owner of UPN) bought channel 24 to make it a network owned-and operated-station. On January 20, the call letters were changed to the current "WUTB". Chris-Craft ran the station out of WWOR-TV's facilities in Secaucus, New Jersey and fed the station to its transmitter site in Baltimore. On September 11, 2001, WUTB aired WWOR's local news coverage of the terrorist attacks.
On July 25, 2001, Fox Television Stations purchased Chris-Craft's stations including WUTB. It was rumored in November 2002 that the station would become a Fox affiliate but WBFF made a deal to keep its affiliation with that network. On January 24, 2006, The WB and UPN announced that they would cease broadcasting and merge to create a new network. The new combined network would be called The CW. The letters would represent the first initial of its corporate parents: CBS (the parent company of UPN) and the Warner Bros. unit of Time Warner. WUTB immediately dropped its "UPN 24" branding and became known on-air as "WUTB 24". Similar changes were made to Fox's other UPN affiliates including its nearby sister station WDCA in Washington D.C.
The CW announcement again touched off speculation that Fox would pull affiliation from WBFF and move it to WUTB. On February 22, News Corporation announced that it would start up another new broadcast television network called MyNetworkTV. This new network, which would be sister to Fox, would be operated by Fox Television Stations and its syndication division, Twentieth Television. MyNetworkTV was created in order to give UPN and WB stations, not mentioned as becoming CW affiliates, another option besides becoming independent. It was also created to compete against The CW. It was later announced that WNUV would become Baltimore's CW affiliate with WUTB joining MyNetworkTV. On August 11, WUTB adopted the standard MyNetworkTV logo and gradually rebranded itself as "My 24". It began broadcasting MyNetworkTV on September 5. WNUV began broadcasting The CW on September 18, 2006.
On May 15, 2012, as part of a five-year affiliation agreement extension between Fox and Sinclair Broadcast Group's 19 Fox affiliates (including company flagship WBFF) that will run through 2017, Fox included an option for Sinclair to purchase WUTB, exercisable from July 1, 2012 to March 31, 2013. In exchange, Fox received an option to buy any combination of six Sinclair-owned CW and MyNetworkTV affiliates in three of four markets: Raleigh (WLFL and WRDC), Las Vegas (KVCW and KVMY), Cincinnati (WSTR-TV) and Norfolk (WTVZ). The WUTB option would create a virtual triopoly with WBFF and CW affiliate WNUV, which Sinclair manages under a local marketing agreement with owner Cunningham Broadcasting. On November 29, 2012, Sinclair exercised its option to purchase WUTB through Deerfield Media for $2.7 million.
In January 2013, Fox announced that it will not exercise its option to buy any of the Sinclair stations in the four markets mentioned. On May 6, 2013, the FCC granted its approval of WUTB to Deerfield Media, which was finalized on May 14. WUTB is now operated by Sinclair under a local marketing agreement, making it a sister station to WBFF and WNUVm and making the only network owned-and-operated station in the market. No plans to consolidate WUTB into WFFF's facilities have been announced.
Digital television
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24.1 | 720p | 16:9 | WUTB | Main WUTB programming / MyNetworkTV |
| 24.2 | 480i | 4:3 | BOUNCE | Bounce TV |
WUTB added Bounce TV to WUTB-DT2 on March 1, 2012.
Analog-to-digital conversion
WUTB shut down its analog signal on June 12, 2009, as part of the DTV transition in the United States. The station remained on its pre-transition channel 41, using PSIP to display WUTB's virtual channel as 24.
Newscasts
On September 4, 2006, sister station and Fox affiliate WTTG began simulcasting its weekday morning and 10 p.m. newscasts on WUTB. Known on-air as My 24 News, there was a "My 24 News" network bug seen in the bottom left hand corner of the screen. The higher-ups at both stations cited the decision to simulcast as a by-product of cross-regional news interests and increasing overlap between the Baltimore and Washington media markets.
During the 2006 MLB postseason, WTTG's 10 p.m. newscast aired on Washington, D.C.'s MyNetworkTV affiliate WDCA under the name Fox 5 News at 10 Special Edition while continung to be simulcasted on WUTB. The same occurred in 2007, but the newscast was known as My 20 News at 10. When Fox Sports or other programming delayed the 10 p.m. newscast from airing on WTTG, it was still produced for WUTB. The station dropped the morning news simulcast after the November 30, 2007 edition and the 10 o'clock simulcast was discontinued by January 2008. It cited low ratings as a reason for an end to the simulcasts. However, many viewers who commute to the Washington area have expressed a desire to see the simulcasts restored.
As a result of WUTB being sold to Deerfield Media, it remains to be seen if WBFF will produce any newscasts on WUTB.
References
- Sinclair Reups With Fox, Gets WUTB Option, TVNewsCheck, May 15, 2012.
- "Sinclair Makes It A Triopoly in Baltimore". TVNewsCheck. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
- "Sinclair Broadcast to buy 7 TV outlets for $452.5M". MarketWatch. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
- http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/65306/sinclair-in-an-acquisition-state-of-mind
- http://licensing.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/pubacc/Auth_Files/1521859.pdf
- Bounce TV Adds Baltimore's WUTB, TVNewsCheck, March 1, 2012.
External links
- My24WUTB.com (Official Website)
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