WSBT-TV
 
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South Bend, Indiana United States |
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| Branding | WSBT 22 Fox Michiana (DT2) |
| Slogan | First, Fast, Accurate |
| Channels |
Digital: 22 (UHF) Virtual: 22 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 22.1 CBS 22.2 Fox |
| Affiliations | CBS (Secondary through 1954) |
| Owner |
Sinclair Broadcast Group (WLUC Licensee, LLC) |
| First air date | December 21, 1952 |
| Call letters' meaning |
South Bend Tribune |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 34 (UHF, 1952–1957) 22 (UHF, 1957–2009) Digital: 30 (UHF, until 2009) |
| Former affiliations |
All secondary: NBC/ABC/DuMont (1952–1954) DT2: UPN (2003–2006) Independent (2006–2016) |
| Transmitter power | 266 kW |
| Height | 332.6 m |
| Facility ID | 73983 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°37′0″N 86°13′1″W / 41.61667°N 86.21694°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | wsbt.com |
WSBT-TV, UHF digital channel 22, is a CBS-affiliated television station licensed to South Bend, Indiana and serving Northern Indiana and the southern portion of Western Michigan, which are collectively referred to as "Michiana". Owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, the station's studios are located on East Douglas Avenue in Mishawaka, and its transmitter is located in South Bend.
The station first signed on the air on December 21, 1952, and was founded by the Schurz family, the owners of the South Bend Tribune and WSBT radio, from studios on Lafayette and Jefferson streets in downtown South Bend. WSBT-TV was originally affiliated with all four major networks of the time: it was a primary CBS affiliate with secondary affiliations with NBC, ABC and DuMont; it lost the latter three networks when WSJV (channel 28, now a Heroes & Icons affiliate) signed on in March 1954. It was the first UHF station in the United States to produce a live telecast, a five-minute local news bulletin. Although WSBT is the oldest continuously operating UHF station in the country, it switched channels once during the analog era. Originally broadcasting on UHF channel 34, the station moved to the stronger channel 22 around 1958.
WSBT was the first station on UHF to telecast a high school basketball tournament, which came from John Adams High School. In 1953, WSBT-TV had several sports-related firsts. In the fall of that year, WSBT became the first television station in the country to present a closed-circuit telecast of a college football practice. This allowed Notre Dame coach Frank Leahy to direct the practice, as he was hospitalized at the time. WSBT-TV was also the first station in Indiana to broadcast in color, starting in 1954 in new studios designed by architect William Pereira.
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