WCJB-TV
Gainesville, Florida
Branding	WCJB-TV 20 TV 20 News Gainesville CW 10 (on DT2)
Slogan	Your Home Team For North Central Florida
Channels	Digital: 16 (UHF) (PSIP 20)
Subchannels	20.1 ABC 20.2 The CW
Owner	Diversified Communications (Diversified Broadcasting Inc.)
First air date	April 7, 1971
Call letters’ meaning	Casey, Jean, and Bill Minshall (original owners)
Sister station(s)	WABI-TV
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 82.4°W / 29.536528; -82.4
Website	wcjb.com

WCJB-TV is the ABC-affiliated television station in Gainesville, Florida. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 16 from a transmitter in Wacahoota. Owned by Diversified Communications, the station has studios on Northwest 43rd Street in Gainesville. Syndicated programming on WCJB includes: Entertainment Tonight, Inside Edition, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, and Oprah. Their coverage area includes Lake City (within the Jacksonville market), Ocala (in the Orlando DMA) and most of North Central Florida. It is also the sole ABC affiliate on cable systems in Live Oak and Jasper (both within the Tallahassee area).

Contents 1 Digital programming 2 History 3 Newscasts 3.1 Station slogans 4 External links

[edit] Digital programming

Their signal is multiplexed. On WCJB-DT2, CommuniComm Services channel 6, and Cox channel 10 is the area's CW affiliate. Known on-air as Gainesville CW 10, the channel gets all its programming from The CW Plus.

Channel	Programming
16.1	main WCJB programming / ABC HD
16.2	WCJB-DT2 "Gainesville CW"

[edit] History

WCJB signed-on 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. In 1977, it was sold to current owner Diversified Communications. In 2001, WCJB began airing its digital signal on UHF channel 16.

On January 24, 2006, UPN and The WB announced that they would cease broadcasting and merge. The new combined network would be called The CW. The letters would represent the first initial of its corporate parents, CBS (the parent company of UPN) and the Warner Bros. unit of Time Warner. On September 18, WCJB launched a new second digital subchannel to be the area's affiliate as part of the national CW Plus service.

Until July 2006, WCJB was the only ABC affiliate seen on Cox systems in Ocala. Even though that city is part of the Orlando market, this station had exclusivity on that system for ABC programming. This kept Orlando's affiliate, Cox-owned WFTV, off the system for several years. In that month, the cable company received the green light to pick up WFTV's standard and high definition feeds in Ocala. The standard signal is on channel 9 and the high definition feed is on digital channel 729. WFTV and WCJB are also both seen on Bright House systems in Belleview and unincorporated Marion County.

On February 17, 2009, the main channel turned-off its analog signal forever. WCJB said that they did not want to wait until the June 12 deadline because they wanted to free up emergency airspace. With this change, Fox affiliate WOGX and PBS affiliate WUFT continued broadcasting in analog until the new transition date. WCJB continues digital broadcasts on its pre-transition channel number, 16. Receivers display the signal as channel 20 through the use of PSIP.

[edit] Newscasts

WCJB is the only station to originate local news from Gainsville. As a semi-satellite of Orlando's WOFL, WOGX simulcasts local news from that station and all of the coverage is from that city. By the end of 2009, NBC affiliate WNBW will start up a news department and try to compete with WCJB. On April 19, 2009, this station debuted their new set complete with updated graphics and music which has not changed in almost ten years. The graphics are yellow and orange instead of blue and white. Their updated logo now includes ABC in it unlike their last two.

Like all CW Plus affiliates in the Eastern Time Zone, WCJB-DT2 airs the nationally syndicated show The Daily Buzz on weekday mornings from 6 to 9. There is also a weeknight prime time broadcast seen on that channel called TV 20 News at 10 on Gainesville CW 10. In addition to their main studios, WCJB operates a Marion County Bureau in Ocala on Northeast 1st Avenue. Unlike most ABC affiliates, the station does not air local news weekday mornings at 5 or weeknights at 5.

Anchors

• Amanda Decker - weekday mornings and Noon
• David Snyder - weeknights at 5:30, 6, and 11
• Paige Beck - weeknights at 5:30, 6, and 11
  • "Cold Case Files" segment producer
• Josh Rosenthal - weeknights at 10
• Jordan Smith - weekends and reporter

Meteorologists

• Bill Quinlan (NWA and AMS Seals of Approval) - weeknights
• Mike Potter - weekday mornings and Noon
• Aaron Boll - weekends and news reporter

Sports

• Hank Astengo - Director seen weeknights at 6, 10, and 11
• Chris Price - weekends
• Hubert Mizell - "Mizell Minute" segment producer

Reporters

• Emily Gagnon - news, sports, and entertainment
  • producer
• Robert Bradfield
• Jamel Laneé
• Crispin Lopez
• Shani Muhammad
• Erica Rodriguez

[edit] Station slogans

• "Coverage You Can Count On" (1998-2004)
• "North Central Florida's News Leader" (2004-2009)
• "Your Home Team for North Central Florida" (2009-present)

[edit] External links

• WCJB-DT channel 16
• WCJB-DT2 "Gainesville CW 10"
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WCJB-TV

v • d • e Television stations serving Gainesville, Florida Local stations WUFT 5 (PBS) • WNBW 9 (NBC) • WLUF-LP 10 (PBS) • WCJB-TV 20 (ABC, 20.2 CW) • WBXG-CA 31 (MTV2) • WGEC-LP 33 (Ind) • W40CQ-D 40 (Ind/Rel) • WYPN-CA 45 (MNTV) • WYKE-LP 47 (FN) • WOGX 51 (Fox) • WGFL 53 (CBS, 53.2 MNTV) Distant stations Orlando: WESH 2 (NBC) • WOPX 56 (ION) Jacksonville: WJXT 4 (Ind) See also:Tampa Bay TV • Tallahassee TV

v • d • e Broadcast television in Central Florida, including Orlando, Daytona Beach and Melbourne English stations WESH (2.1 NBC) • WKMG (6.1 CBS, 6.2 LATV, 6.3 .2 Net) • WFTV (9.1 ABC, 9.2 WX) • WKCF (18.1 CW) • WRDQ (27.1 Ind, 27.2 RTN) • WRCF-LP 29 (A1) • WHDO (38.1 Local Ind) • WSCF-LP 31 (Ind) • WOFL (35.1 Fox) • WACX (40.1 Ind/Rel) • WTGL (46.1 TLN / Faith) • WHLV (52.1 TBN) • WOPX (56.1 ION) • WRBW (65.1 MNTV) Public television WMFE (24.1 PBS, 24.2 V-me, 24.3 Encore!, 24.4 Ed. (FKN) • WDSC (15.1 PBS, 15.2 DSC-TV (FL Channel/DSC programs), 15.3 WDSC-WV (FKN/MHz WV) • WBCC (68.1 PBS, 68.2 UCF, 68.3 BPS-TV, 68.4 FKN/FL Channel) Spanish stations W21AU 21 (AZA) • WVEN (26.1 UNI) • WTMO-CA 31 (TMD) • WZXZ-CA 36 (CV) • WHDO-LD 38.2 (Mega TV) • WOTF (43.1 TFU) Ocala stations W07BP 7 (Edu.) • WOFT-LP 8 (Ind) • WOGX (51.1 Fox) Gainesville stations serving Ocala WUFT (5.1 PBS) • WCJB (20.1 ABC, 20.2 CW) Cable channels Bright House Sports Network • Central Florida News 13 • SGTV (Seminole Co.) See also: Tampa Bay TV • Jacksonville TV • Palm Beach TV

v • d • e Television stations along the First Coast and Colonial Coast, including Jacksonville Local stations WJXT 4 (Ind.) • WJCT 7 (PBS) • WTLV 12 (NBC) • WCWJ 17 (CW) • WUBF-LP 23 (Rel.) • WJXX 25 (ABC) • WWRJ-LP 27 (Rel.) • WAWS 30 (Fox, 30.2 RTV/MNTV) • W54CS 36 (HSN) • WPXJ 41 (ION) • WBXJ-CA 43 (MTV2) • WTEV-TV 47 (CBS) • WJEB-TV 59 (TBN) Outlying Areas WXGA-TV 8 (PBS/GPB) • WMYG-LP 11 (MNTV) • WPXC-TV 21 (ION) • WQXT-CA 22 (A1) • WJGV-LP 48 (Religious) Distant stations Gainesville: WUFT 5 (PBS) • WCJB-TV 20 (ABC, 20.2 CW ) Orlando / Ocala: WESH 2 (NBC) • WFTV 9 (ABC) • WVEN-TV 26 (UNI) • WOGX 51 (Fox) Savannah: WSAV-TV 3 (NBC) • WTOC-TV 11 (CBS) • WJCL 22 (ABC) • WTGS 28 (Fox) Cable channels Sun Sports • Comcast Sports Southeast • SportSouth • Fox Sports South • Fox Sports Florida Silent stations WVVQ 15 (Ind.) Georgia Broadcast television areas by city: Albany • Atlanta • Augusta • Chattanooga, TN • Columbus • GSP/AVL, SC/NC • Jacksonville, FL • Macon • Savannah • Tallahassee, FL

v • d • e Television stations in the Big Bend and Southwest Georgia regions, including Tallahassee and Thomasville Local stations W03AO 3 / WACX 9 (Ind/Rel) • WCTV 6 / WSWG 44 (CBS, x.2 MNTV) • WFSU 11 (PBS) • WSFD 18 (Ind) • W21BK (Ind) • WTLF 24 / WFXU 57 (CW) • W25CP / W38CM (TBN) • WTXL 27 (ABC) • WTWC 40 (NBC) • WBXT 43 (MTV2) • WVUP 45 (CTN) • WTLH 49 / WBVJ 35 (Fox, x.2 CW) • WTBC 65 (FN) Distant stations Albany: WALB 10 (NBC) • WABW 14 (PBS/GPB) | Panama City: WJHG 7 (NBC) • WMBB 13 (ABC) | Dothan: WTVY 4 (CBS) | Jacksonville: WJXT 4 (Ind.) • WJCT 7 (PBS) • WXGA 8 (PBS/GPB) | Gainesville: WUFT 5 (PBS) • WCJB 20 (ABC) | Atlanta: WSB 2 (ABC) Cable channels 4FSU • The Florida Channel • FKN • WCOT • Sun Sports • Comcast Sports Southeast • SportSouth • Fox Sports South • Fox Sports Florida Defunct channel Florida's News Channel Georgia Broadcast television areas by city: Albany • Atlanta • Augusta • Chattanooga, TN • Columbus • GSP/AVL, SC/NC • Jacksonville, FL • Macon • Savannah • Tallahassee, FL

v • d • e ABC Network Affiliates in the state of Florida WEAR 3 (Pensacola) - WWSB 7 (Sarasota) - WFTV 9 (Orlando) - WPLG 10 (Miami) - WMBB 13 (Panama City) - WCJB 20 (Gainesville) - WPBF 25 (Tequesta / West Palm Beach) - WJXX 25 (Orange Park / Jacksonville) - WZVN 26 (Naples) - WTXL 27 (Tallahassee) - WFTS 28 (Tampa) See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, ION, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in Florida

v • d • e Diversified Communications WABI 5 (CBS, Bangor) · WCJB 20 (ABC, Gainesville) CW Network Affiliates: WABI-DT2 (Bangor) · WCJB-DT2 (Gainesville)