WCJB-TV
 
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Gainesville, Florida United States |
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| Branding | WCJB-TV 20 (general) WCJB-TV 20 News (newscasts) Gainesville CW 10 (on DT2) |
| Slogan |
Your Local Source TV Now (on DT2) |
| Channels |
Digital: 16 (UHF) Virtual: 20 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | (see article) |
| Affiliations | ABC |
| Owner |
Diversified Communications (sale to Gray Television pending) (Diversified Broadcasting Inc.) |
| First air date | April 7, 1971 |
| Call letters' meaning | Casey, Jean, and Bill Minshall (original owners) |
| Former channel number(s) | 20 (UHF analog, 1971–2009) |
| Former affiliations | NBC (1971–1973) |
| Transmitter power | 343.6 kW |
| Height | 254.4 m |
| Facility ID | 16993 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 29°32′11.5″N 82°24′0″W / 29.536528°N 82.40000°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.wcjb.com |
WCJB-TV is the ABC-affiliated television station for North Central Florida licensed to Gainesville. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 16 (PSIP virtual channel 20.1) from a transmitter in Wacahoota. The station is owned by Diversified Communications (a division of Diversified Broadcasting, Inc.; said communications company also owns Bangor, Maine CBS affiliate WABI-TV(which is also said communication company's flagship station)). WCJB has studios on Northwest 43rd Street in Gainesville.
WCJB began broadcasting April 7, 1971 as an NBC affiliate owned by William E. "Bill" Minshall. Originally broadcasting an analog signal on UHF channel 20, its call sign bears the first initials of his family members: Casey (daughter), JoAnn (wife), and himself, Bill. In 1973, just two years after its first broadcast, the station switched its affiliation to ABC, probably because that network held at the time exclusive rights to college football telecasts (which sometimes featured the local Florida Gators). In 1976, WCJB was sold to current owner Diversified Communications. In 2001, it began airing its digital signal on UHF channel 16. WJCB was one of the ABC affiliates that did air Saving Private Ryan in 2004, as Cox-owned Orlando affiliate WFTV preempted the film.
On January 24, 2006, CBS Corporation (which became separate from Viacom after 2005) and Warner Bros. Television (the company which owned The WB) announced they then would cease operating the UPN and The WB networks and combine their resources to create a programming service entitled The CW. The letters would represent the first initial of the new network's respective corporate parents. On February 22, News Corporation announced it would establish another new network called MyNetworkTV. This new service, which would be a sister network to Fox, would be operated by Fox Television Stations and News Corporation syndication division Twentieth Television. MyNetworkTV was created in order to give UPN and WB stations, not mentioned as becoming CW affiliates, another option besides becoming Independent. It was also created to compete against The CW.
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