WBRL-CD
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Baton Rouge, Louisiana United States |
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| Branding | WBRL CW21 Baton Rouge |
| Slogan | TV Now (also, Dare to Defy) |
| Channels |
Digital: 21 (UHF) WGMB 44.2 (UHF) Virtual: 21 (PSIP) |
| Affiliations | The CW (2006–present) |
| Owner |
Nexstar Media Group (Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.) |
| First air date | March 30, 1989 |
| Call letters' meaning | Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Sister station(s) | WGMB-TV, WVLA-TV, KZUP-CD |
| Former callsigns | K65EF (1989–1992) K21DQ (1992–1995) KANC-LP (1995–2002) WBRL-CA (2002–2011) |
| Former affiliations |
Independent (1989–1999) All News Channel (as WTNC, 1994–2002) The WB (1999–2006) |
| Facility ID | 24976 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 30°19′34.6″N 91°16′36.1″W / 30.326278°N 91.276694°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | brproud.com/ |
WBRL-CD is a low-powered digital television station in Baton Rouge, Louisiana affiliated with The CW network. It is a sister station to WGMB, Baton Rouge's Fox affiliate. It is available to viewers in the south central Louisiana area on channel 21 on broadcast. On cable, the station is seen on Cox Communications channel 10 in standard definition, and in high definition on digital channel 1010, as well as on AT&T U-verse, and via satellite through DirecTV and Dish Network. Its studios are co-located with WVLA-TV, WGMB and KZUP-CD at Perkins Rowe Town Center in Baton Rouge, and its transmitter is in Addis, Louisiana.
Communications Corporation of America brought WB programming to Baton Rouge cable subscribers in February 1, 1999 as WBBR, a cable-only station on Cox Communications channel 10 (WBBR's call was used in a fictitious mannter). Previously, WB programming was available on WTVK-11, a low-power station owned by Gulf Atlantic Communications also affiliated with America One. While the station was carried by several small cable systems in the Greater Baton Rouge Area, including cable providers in LSU, Clinton, Jackson, and Watson, TCI, then Baton Rouge's cable provider, did not carry the station, and it only had a broadcasting range of six miles. TCI, however, did carry WGN irregularly between 1995-1999, making WB programming available to subscribers. Eventually, WTVK signed-off, and channel 11 is now occupied by KPBN-LP, an America One affiliate.
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