WBND-LD
 
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South Bend, Indiana United States |
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| Branding | ABC 57 (general) ABC 57 News (newscasts) |
| Slogan | See The Difference |
| Channels |
Digital: 34 (UHF) Virtual: 57 () |
| Subchannels | 57.1 ABC 57.2 MeTV 57.3 Movies! |
| Affiliations | ABC (1995–present) |
| Owner |
Weigel Broadcasting (Weigel Broadcasting Company) |
| First air date | October 15, 1990 |
| Call letters' meaning | South BeND |
| Sister station(s) | WCWW-LD, WMYS-LD |
| Former callsigns | W58BT (1990–1995) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 58 (UHF, 1990–2002) 57 (UHF, 2002–2010) Digital: 49 (UHF, 2007–2012) |
| Former affiliations |
Primary: Fox (1990–1995) Secondary: UPN (late 1990s–2003) |
| Transmitter power | 15 kW |
| Height | 361 m |
| Facility ID | 71426 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°36′55.2″N 86°11′7.0″W / 41.615333°N 86.185278°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | ABC57.com |
WBND-LD, virtual channel 57 (UHF digital channel 34), is a low-powered ABC-affiliated television station located in South Bend, Indiana, United States. The station is owned by Chicago-based Weigel Broadcasting, and is a sister station to CW affiliate WCWW-LD (channel 25) and MyNetworkTV affiliate WMYS-LD (channel 69). All three share studios located near the Indiana Toll Road on Generations Drive in the northeast side of South Bend; WBND's transmitter is located just off the St. Joseph Valley Parkway in the southern portion of South Bend.
The station can also be seen in standard definition on Comcast Xfinity channel 7 and AT&T U-verse channel 57, and in high definition on Comcast Xfinity digital channel 187 and AT&T U-verse channel 1057.
The station signed on the air on October 15, 1990, as W58BT, originally broadcasting on UHF channel 58. However, from the beginning, it branded itself under the fictional call letters "WBND," relegating mentions of its legal callsign to station identifications. The station served as the market's original Fox affiliate. Before 1990, Michiana cable companies piped in WFLD in Chicago on the Indiana side, or WXMI in Grand Rapids and/or WKBD-TV in Detroit on the Michigan side. For all intents and purposes, it was Michiana's first general-entertainment independent station. Fox did not air a full week's worth of programming until 1993; until then, for all intents and purposes most Fox stations were programmed as independents. The only full-power non-network station in the area then as now was WHME-TV (channel 46), the flagship of the locally based Lester Sumrall Evangelistic Association, which has always augmented its mostly religious schedule with some cartoons and classic television shows, along with local high school sports.
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