WEBR-CD
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New York, New York United States |
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| Branding | WEBR New York |
| Channels |
Digital: 49 (UHF) Virtual: 17 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | Universal Affiliates Network |
| Owner |
OTA Broadcasting, LLC (OTA Broadcasting (LGA), LLC) |
| Founded | 1970s as W73AP |
| Call letters' meaning | Empire BRoadcasting (former station owner) |
| Former callsigns | W73AP (1970-1983) W17AG (1983-1992) W17BM (1992-1997) WEBR-LP (1997-2001) WEBR-CA (2001-2009) |
| Former affiliations |
independent via WPIX translator (1970-1992) The Box (1992-1999) Primary KBS/Korean programming (1999-2005) GCN (2005-2013) OnTV4Us (2013) Secondary KBS/Korean programing (1995-1999) HSN(esp) (2001-2002) Korean Network Home Shopping (2002-mid-2005) |
| Transmitter power | 0.315 kW |
| Height | 308 m (1,010 ft) |
| Class |
DC (Digital Class A) |
| Facility ID | 67866 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°44′54″N 73°59′10″W / 40.74833°N 73.98611°W |
| Website | http://www.otabroadcasting.com/?p=20 |
WEBR-CD is a Class A low-power digital television station located in New York City broadcasting on UHF channel 17. OTA Broadcasting, LLC purchased the station from K Licensee in 2012.
This station was signed on over UHF channel 73 in the 1970s by its original owner WPIX, Inc. as W73AP. It was one of multiple television broadcast translators in New York City which operated at the upper end of the UHF television band in order to provide reliable coverage to certain New York boroughs whose reception was ultimately compromised by construction of the World Trade Center. This translator station relayed WPIX, which operates over VHF channel 11.
Originally, most of the New York City television stations operated their main transmitters from the Empire State Building. However, reliable reception was ultimately compromised for some viewers once the majority of the World Trade Center was constructed, thus necessitating the use of the UHF translators. In response, nearly all of the TV stations, including WPIX, relocated to the North Tower of the World Trade Center in 1975.
In 1982, UHF channels 70 through 83 were decommissioned for use as television stations, and the frequencies were reassigned for the Advanced Mobile Phone System (AMPS), an analog mobile phone system standard developed by Bell Labs which was officially introduced in the Americas in 1983. TV stations operating on these channels were either displaced to in-core broadcast channels, sold, or deleted, depending on the owners desired intentions.
WPIX filed for displacement around this time, and their translator was reallocated to channel 17 with a new alpha-numeric call-sign of W17AG, reflecting the station's new channel number. The station continued to operate as a relay for WPIX.
WPIX ultimately decided it no longer needed channel 17, and sold the station in 1992 to Empire Broadcasting, LLC.
On November 9, 1992, the call sign was changed to alpha-numeric call-sign W17BM, reflecting the station's transfer of ownership. It was then programmed as The Box affiliate airing music videos. In 1995, the station branded as KTV airing KBS/Korean programming along with The Box during the day and on weekends.
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