WBXX-TV
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Crossville/Knoxville, Tennessee United States |
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| Branding | The CW 20 |
| Slogan |
TV Now Expect More (newscasts) |
| Channels | Digital: 20 (UHF/) |
| Subchannels | 20.1 The CW 20.2 Escape |
| Owner |
Gray Television (Gray Television Licensee, LLC) |
| First air date | September 23, 1997 |
| Call letters' meaning | The WB (former affiliation) and XX (Roman numeral 20) |
| Sister station(s) | WVLT-TV |
| Former channel number(s) | 20 (UHF analog, 1997–2009) 50 (UHF digital, –2009) |
| Former affiliations |
The WB (1997–2006) UPN (secondary, 2001–2002) |
| Transmitter power | 652 kW |
| Height | 735 metres (2,411 ft) |
| Class | DT |
| Facility ID | 72971 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 36°6′33″N 84°20′17″W / 36.10917°N 84.33806°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | cw20tv.com |
WBXX-TV is the CW-affiliated television station for Knoxville and East Tennessee licensed to Crossville. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 20 from a transmitter in unincorporated Southwestern Anderson County. The station can also be seen on Comcast and Knology channel 7 as well as Charter channel 12. WBXX is owned by Gray Television as part of a duopoly with CBS affiliate WVLT-TV. WBXX's studios is located on Cogdill Road in unincorporated western Knox County (with a Knoxville address).
On cable, the station is available on channel 7 on Comcast Xfinity and channel 12 on Charter Spectrum.
WBXX began operation in October 6, 1997; the station is the only one that was ever built by ACME Communications from the ground up (KWBQ in Albuquerque, New Mexico was also signed on by ACME but its construction permit originally belonged to another entity). It was primarily an affiliate of The WB Television Network from its sign-on until 2006, though it did run select UPN programming during 2001 and 2002 as that network did not have a Knoxville affiliate at the time.
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