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{{Infobox television station
{{Infobox television station
| callsign = WGBS-LD
| callsign = WGBS-LD
| logo = [[image:WGBS7_Hampton.jpg]]
| location = [[Carrollton, Virginia]]
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| country = United States
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| logo = WGBS7_Hampton.jpg
| branding = WGBS-TV 7
| branding = WGBS-TV 7
| analog =
| analog =
| digital = 12 ([[VHF]])
| digital = 12 ([[VHF]])
| virtual = 7
| virtual = 7
| subchannels =
| subchannels = '''7.1/.4:''' [[Retro Television Network|Retro TV]]<br>'''7.2:''' [[Infomercials]]<br>'''7.3:''' [[Heartland (TV network)|Heartland]]
| translators =
| translators =
| affiliations = Retro TV
| affiliations = {{ubl|'''7.1:''' [[Infomercial]]s|'''7.2:''' [[Color bars]]}}
| network =
| network =
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| country = [[United States]]
| founded =
| founded =
| airdate = {{start date and age|1993|10|7}}
| airdate = {{start date and age|1994|3}}
| last_airdate =
| last_airdate =
| location = [[Carrollton, Virginia]]
| callsign_meaning =
| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns = W07CZ (1993–1996)<br>WGBS-LP (1996–2009)
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|W07CZ (1993–1996)|WGBS-LP (1996–2009)}}
| former_channel_numbers = '''Analog:'''<br>7 (VHF, 1993–2009)<br>'''Digital:'''<br>11 (VHF, 2009–2022)
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 7 (VHF, 1994–2009)|'''Digital:''' 11 (VHF, 2009–2022)}}
| owner = Joan & Kenneth Wright
| owner = Joan Wright
| licensee = Joan and Kenneth Wright
| former_affiliations =
| former_affiliations = [[American Independent Network|AIN]], [[Retro TV]]
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| erp = 0.3 [[Kilowatt|kW]]
| haat =
| erp = 2.7 kW
| haat = {{Convert|116|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| class = [[Low-power broadcasting#Television|LD]]
| class = [[Low-power broadcasting#Television|LD]]
| facility_id = 31350
| facility_id = 31350
| coordinates = {{nowrap|{{Coord|36|51|39|N|76|21|13|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}}}
| coordinates = {{Coord|36|51|39.1|N|76|21|9.6|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|display=inline,title}}
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| licensing_authority = [[FCC]]
| website =
| website =
}}
}}


'''WGBS-LD''', [[virtual channel]] 7 ([[VHF]] [[Digital terrestrial television|digital]] channel 12), is a [[Low-power broadcasting#Television|low-powered]] [[Retro Television Network|Retro TV]]-[[Network affiliate|affiliated]] [[television station]] [[City of license|licensed]] to [[Carrollton, Virginia]], [[United States]] and serving the Greater [[Hampton Roads]] area. The station is owned by Joan & Kenneth Wright.
'''WGBS-LD''' (channel 7) is a [[low-power television station]] licensed to [[Carrollton, Virginia]], United States, serving the [[Hampton Roads]] area and primarily airing [[paid programming]]. The station is owned by Joan Wright.


The station began broadcasting in March 1994. For most of the 1990s, the station was a low-power [[independent station|independent]] outlet known as "Genesis TV7", mixing programs from the [[American Independent Network]] with local programs, some of them Christian, such as ''Morning Praise'', ''Peninsula SportsCenter'', and a community bulletin board. It originally broadcast from the former studio of [[WVEC]] in [[Hampton, Virginia|Hampton]];<ref name="Dail941110">{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/daily-press-inspirational-tv-genesis-tv/145809142/|date=November 10, 1994|page=Y6|first=Bobbie|last=Harville|title=Inspirational TV: Genesis TV 7 brings new line of family shows|newspaper=Daily Press|location=Newport News, Virginia|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=April 22, 2024}}</ref><!-- Thu --> the signal was broadcast from its former tower.<ref name="Dail950427">{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/daily-press-genesis-tv7-changing-signal/145808791/|date=April 27, 1995|page=N7|first=Nelda L.|last=Knemeyer|title=Genesis TV7 changing signal, adding new markets|newspaper=Daily Press|location=Newport News, Virginia|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=April 22, 2024}}</ref><!-- Thu --> In 1996, the station moved its studio to the [[Newmarket North Mall|Newmarket Fair]] shopping mall.<ref name="Dail980514">{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/daily-press-station-strruggling-sic-to/145808976/|date=May 14, 1998|page=C4|first=David|last=Nicholson|title=Station strruggling [sic] to stay on cable lineup: Hampton owners confer with NAACP|newspaper=Daily Press|location=Newport News, Virginia|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=April 22, 2024}}</ref><!-- Thu -->
==Digital television==


In 1998, [[Cox Communications]] removed WGBS-LP from its lineup in Hampton as part of a move to consolidate lineups in different Hampton Roads municipalities. The removal forced Genesis TV7 to lay off 10 employees and scale back its local programming.{{r|Dail980514}}<ref name="Dail981010">{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/daily-press-wpen-burned-by-cox-decision/62462108/|date=October 10, 1998|page=D1|first=David|last=Nicholson|title=WPEN burned by Cox decision to change lineup|newspaper=Daily Press|location=Newport News, Virginia|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=April 22, 2024}}</ref><!-- Sat -->
===Digital channels===

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The station's digital channel is [[Multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
The founders, Kenneth and Joan Wright, separated in 2017. In 2020, they signed an agreement whereby Kenneth transferred all of his interest in WGBS-LD to Joan Wright.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/views/public/assignmentDraftCopy?displayType=html&appKey=25076f917d0c2e17017d247a700d58d0&id=25076f917d0c2e17017d247a700d58d0&goBack=N|website=Licensing and Management System|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|title= Transfers #170659|date=November 22, 2021}}</ref>

==Subchannels==
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The station's signal is [[Multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
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! [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
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! [[Display resolution|Res.]]
! [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
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! [[Display resolution|Video]]
! Short name
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! Programming
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! scope = "row" | 7.1
| 7.1 || rowspan=4| [[480i]] || rowspan=4| [[4:3]] || || [[Retro Television Network|Retro TV]]
| rowspan=2| [[480i]] || rowspan=2| [[4:3]] || rowspan=2|WGBS-LD || [[Infomercial]]s
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! scope = "row" | 7.2
| 7.2 || || [[Infomercials]]
| [[Color bars]]
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| 7.3 || || [[Heartland (TV network)|Heartland]]
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| 7.4 || || [[Standard definition|SD]] [[simulcast]] of 7.1
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==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{TVQ|WGBS-LD}}
*{{BIA|WGBS|TV|LD}}


{{Hampton Roads TV}}
{{Hampton Roads TV}}


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Latest revision as of 03:33, 20 May 2024

WGBS-LD
Channels
BrandingWGBS-TV 7
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • Joan Wright
  • (Joan and Kenneth Wright)
History
First air date
March 1994; 30 years ago (1994-03)
Former call signs
  • W07CZ (1993–1996)
  • WGBS-LP (1996–2009)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 7 (VHF, 1994–2009)
  • Digital: 11 (VHF, 2009–2022)
AIN, Retro TV
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID31350
ClassLD
ERP2.7 kW
HAAT116 m (381 ft)
Transmitter coordinates36°51′39.1″N 76°21′9.6″W / 36.860861°N 76.352667°W / 36.860861; -76.352667
Links
Public license information
LMS

WGBS-LD (channel 7) is a low-power television station licensed to Carrollton, Virginia, United States, serving the Hampton Roads area and primarily airing paid programming. The station is owned by Joan Wright.

The station began broadcasting in March 1994. For most of the 1990s, the station was a low-power independent outlet known as "Genesis TV7", mixing programs from the American Independent Network with local programs, some of them Christian, such as Morning Praise, Peninsula SportsCenter, and a community bulletin board. It originally broadcast from the former studio of WVEC in Hampton;[2] the signal was broadcast from its former tower.[3] In 1996, the station moved its studio to the Newmarket Fair shopping mall.[4]

In 1998, Cox Communications removed WGBS-LP from its lineup in Hampton as part of a move to consolidate lineups in different Hampton Roads municipalities. The removal forced Genesis TV7 to lay off 10 employees and scale back its local programming.[4][5]

The founders, Kenneth and Joan Wright, separated in 2017. In 2020, they signed an agreement whereby Kenneth transferred all of his interest in WGBS-LD to Joan Wright.[6]

Subchannels

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The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WGBS-LD[7]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
7.1 480i 4:3 WGBS-LD Infomercials
7.2 Color bars

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WGBS-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Harville, Bobbie (November 10, 1994). "Inspirational TV: Genesis TV 7 brings new line of family shows". Daily Press. Newport News, Virginia. p. Y6. Retrieved April 22, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Knemeyer, Nelda L. (April 27, 1995). "Genesis TV7 changing signal, adding new markets". Daily Press. Newport News, Virginia. p. N7. Retrieved April 22, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ a b Nicholson, David (May 14, 1998). "Station strruggling [sic] to stay on cable lineup: Hampton owners confer with NAACP". Daily Press. Newport News, Virginia. p. C4. Retrieved April 22, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Nicholson, David (October 10, 1998). "WPEN burned by Cox decision to change lineup". Daily Press. Newport News, Virginia. p. D1. Retrieved April 22, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Transfers #170659". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. November 22, 2021.
  7. ^ RabbitEars TV Query for WGBS
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