WBOC-DT2
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Salisbury, Maryland United States |
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| Branding | FOX21 Delmarva WBOC News |
| Slogan |
Delmarva's Local FOX Station (general) Delmarva's News Leader |
| Channels | Digital: WBOC-DT 21.2 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | Fox |
| Owner |
Draper Holdings Business Trust (WBOC, Inc.) |
| First air date | March 3, 2003 |
| Call letters' meaning | see WBOC |
| Former affiliations | UPN (2003–2006) |
| Transmitter power | 740 kW (digital) |
| Height | 279 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 71218 (digital) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 38°30′17.5″N 75°38′35.6″W / 38.504861°N 75.643222°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.fox21delmarva.com |
WBOC-DT2 is the Fox-affiliated television station for the Delmarva Peninsula of Maryland and Delaware. It is a second digital subchannel of CBS affiliate WBOC-TV and is locally owned by Draper Holdings Business Trust. Over-the-air, the station broadcasts a standard definition digital signal on UHF channel 21.2 from a transmitter in the Ralphs section of Laurel, Delaware. Unlike most digital subchannels, WBOC-DT2 is one of a few identifying with its physical digital channel (21.2) rather than a traditional virtual channel (16.3) through . Therefore, the station is branded as FOX21 Delmarva.
On cable, it is carried on Verizon FiOS and Comcast channel 5 as well as DirecTV channel 17. WBOC-DT2's parent station has studios on North Salisbury Boulevard (U.S. 13 Business) in Salisbury, Maryland.
On July 23, 2014, DirecTV announced it was in a carriage dispute Draper Holdings, owner of WBOC-TV. It was announced that if Draper and DirecTV could not reach a fair deal before July 31, 2014, DirecTV would no longer be permitted to carry Draper Holding's stations. WBOC and FOX21 said they were asking for far less money than what DirecTV pays for national networks like ESPN – even though they claim their combined ratings are much higher than ESPN's ratings. DirecTV stated Draper wants seven times more in their new contract. On August 1, DirecTV and Draper Holdings reached a settlement, and the channels remain on the air with no blackouts.
On March 3, 2003, WBOC launched this subchannel to be the area's UPN affiliate, known on-air as "UPN21 Total TV". Before then, either the network's Baltimore affiliates (first WNUV, and later WUTB) or WDCA in Washington, D.C. had been piped in on cable systems on the Maryland side of the market, while WPSG in Philadelphia had served the Delaware side. On January 24, 2006, UPN and The WB announced the two networks would cease broadcasting and merge. The new combined service would be called The CW. The letters would represent the first initial of corporate parents "C"BS (the parent company of UPN) and the "W"arner Bros. unit of Time Warner. ABC affiliate WMDT operated and promoted cable-exclusive WB affiliate "WBD" provided through The WB 100+.
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