WBOC-TV
 
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Salisbury, Maryland/Dover, Delaware United States |
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| Branding | WBOC 16 (general) WBOC News (news) FOX21 Delmarva (on DT2) |
| Slogan | Delmarva's News Leader |
| Channels |
Digital: 21 (UHF) Virtual: 16 () |
| Subchannels | (see article) |
| Affiliations | CBS |
| Owner |
Draper Holdings Business Trust (WBOC, Inc.) |
| First air date | July 15, 1954 |
| Call letters' meaning | We're Between the Ocean and the Chesapeake |
| Sister station(s) | WBOC-FM |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 16 (UHF, 1954–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
DuMont (1954–1956, secondary from 1955) ABC (secondary, c. 1955–1980) NBC (secondary, c. 1955–1980) UPN (DT2, 2003–2006) |
| Transmitter power | 740 kW |
| Height | 279 m |
| Facility ID | 71218 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 38°30′17″N 75°38′37″W / 38.50472°N 75.64361°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www |
WBOC-TV, channel 16, is a CBS affiliate based in Salisbury, Maryland, United States. WBOC-TV is owned by the Draper Holdings Business Trust, with its main studios in Salisbury, secondary studios/office facilities in Dover and Milton, Delaware, and transmitter in Laurel, Delaware. The station primarily serves the four easternmost counties of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, as well as Sussex County, Delaware. However, its signal covers the entire Eastern Shores of Maryland and Virginia, as well as the southern two-thirds of Delaware, a region known as the Delmarva Peninsula.
WBOC also airs Fox on its second digital subchannel. This station is branded as FOX21 Delmarva after its over-the-air digital channel, and is also available on local cable systems.
On December 17, 2013, WBOC began airing Antenna TV programming on its third digital subchannel under the "WBOC Classics" brand name.
WBOC-TV began operations on July 15, 1954, owned originally by Peninsula Broadcasting, which started WBOC radio (960 AM, now WTGM and 104.7 FM, now WQHQ), the first successful radio station on the Eastern Shore, in 1940. It is the fourth-oldest television station in Maryland, the first outside Baltimore, and the oldest on the UHF band.
It was originally an affiliate of the DuMont Television Network. However, around 1955, it picked up a primary affiliation with CBS, relegating DuMont to secondary status until that network shut down in 1956. It also picked up secondary affiliations with NBC and ABC. The station also featured local programming consisting of variety shows, talent contests, and children's programs.
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