WBSF
 
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Bay City/Saginaw/ Flint, Michigan |
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| City | Bay City |
| Branding | .1: CW 46 Mid-Michigan .2: NBC 25 |
| Slogan | TV To Talk About |
| Channels | Digital: 46 (UHF) |
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| Owner |
Cunningham Broadcasting (Flint (WBSF-TV) Licensee, Inc.) |
| Operator | Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| First air date | 2004 |
| Call letters' meaning |
Bay City/Saginaw/ Flint |
| Sister station(s) | WEYI-TV, WSMH |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 46 (UHF, 2006–2009) |
| Former affiliations | The WB (2004–2006) |
| Transmitter power | 70 kW |
| Height | 306 m |
| Facility ID | 82627 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 43°28′26.8″N 83°50′44.9″W / 43.474111°N 83.845806°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | thecw46 |
WBSF (branded CW 46) is the CW-affiliated television station for the Flint/Tri-Cities market that is licensed to Bay City. Owned by Cunningham Broadcasting, it is operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group, making this station a sister station to NBC affiliate WEYI-TV (owned by Howard Stirk Holdings) and Fox affiliate WSMH. The two stations (WEYI & WBSF) share studios on West Willard Road in Vienna Township along the Genesee and Saginaw County line.
It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 46 from a transmitter located on Becker Road in Robin Glen-Indiantown, in Buena Vista Township, east of Saginaw. The station can also be seen on WEYI's second digital subchannel (virtual channel 25.2) from its Vienna Township transmitter. On cable, the station is available on Comcast Xfinity channel 15, and on Charter Spectrum channel 17.
A permit was issued by the FCC for a new station on channel 46 in Bay City to Vista Communications Group in late 2003. The station is expected affiliate as Flint/Tri-cities market's WB.
On October 1, 2004, the station's construction permit was approved. In 2004, Barrington launched WB affiliate WBSF on cable and on WEYI's second digital subchannel. On February 2, 2005, the FCC transferred the permit to Acme Television then to Barrington Broadcasting.
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