WBOC-LD

WBOC-LD
Cambridge/Salisbury, Maryland; United States
City	Cambridge, Maryland
Channels	Digital: 22 (UHF); Virtual: 42
Branding	Telemundo Delmarva (general); Telemundo 42 (general); Noticias WBOC en Telemundo Delmarva (news);
Programming
Affiliations	42.1: Telemundo; 31.3: NBC; 16.3: Antenna TV;
Ownership
Owner	Draper Holdings Business Trust ; (WBOC, Inc.)
Sister stations	TV: WBOC-TV, WRDE-LD, WSJZ-LD, WRUE-LD; Radio: WBOC-FM, WCEM-FM, WTDK, WCEM, WAAI
History
Founded	December 15, 2011 (9 years ago)
First air date	October 2, 2017 (3 years ago); (in Georgetown, Delaware; license moved to Cambridge in 2020)
Former call signs	W42EI-D (2011−2017)
Call sign meaning	We're Between the Ocean and the Chesapeake
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	187976
ERP	15 kW
HAAT	248.5 m (815 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	38°30′18″N 75°38′36″W / 38.50500°N 75.64333°W (CP)
Links
Public license information	Profile; LMS
Website	www.telemundodelmarva.com

WBOC-LD, virtual channel 42 (UHF digital channel 22), is a low-powered Telemundo-affiliated television station licensed to Cambridge, Maryland, United States and serving the Salisbury, Maryland television market.^[2] Owned by the Draper Holdings Business Trust, it is sister to two Salisbury-licensed stations: dual CBS/Fox affiliate WBOC-TV (channel 16) and low-powered NBC affiliate WRDE-LD (channel 31), as well as five radio stations.^[1] All of the outlets share studios on North Salisbury Boulevard in Salisbury; WBOC-LD's transmitter is located near Laurel, Delaware.

All of the program streams on WBOC-LD are also rebroadcast on WSJZ-LD (channel 34), licensed to Salisbury but with its transmitter near Millsboro, Delaware. WRDE-LD and its translator WRUE-LD also broadcast Telemundo Delmarva.

History[]

On October 20, 2017, WBOC launched a new channel to be the area's Telemundo affiliate. In November 2017, WBOC-LD secured carriage on Delmarva area cable systems including Comcast Xfinity in Delaware and Maryland and Verizon Fios in Delaware.^[3] Also in November, a standard definition simulcast of WBOC-LD started being broadcast on WBOC-TV on channel 42.2. That simulcast ended on August 13, 2018.^[4] In February 2018, the station began producing local news and weather updates in Spanish airing multiple times a day. The newscasts utilize the studio, graphics, music and talent^{[citation needed]} of sister station WBOC-TV. Beginning in April 2019, a simulcast of WBOC-LD started being broadcast on WSJZ-LD on channel 42.3; that facility had been acquired by Draper in 2017.^[5] In May 2019, a simulcast of WRDE-LD began being broadcast on a new subchannel.^[6] In December 2019, a simulcast of WBOC-LD started being broadcast on WRDE-LD.

Technical information[]

Subchannels[]

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:^[7]

Virtual channel	Video	Aspect	Short name	Programming
42.1	1080i	16:9	Telemun	Telemundo Delmarva / Telemundo
31.3	1080i	16:9	WRDE	WRDE Coast TV / NBC
16.3	480i	4:3	WBOC-CL	WBOC Classics / Antenna TV

The same channels are broadcast on WSJZ-LD, but with different minor channel numbers: 42.2, 31.4, and 16.4.

Telemundo Delmarva is also rebroadcast as channel 42.2 from WRDE-LD, which is co-sited with WBOC-LD at the Laurel tower, and WRUE-LD, broadcasting from a site northwest of Pocomoke City. WBOC Classics is broadcast as channel 16.2 from the former but not the latter.

Channels broadcast by the Draper LPTV stations
Station	WRDE-LD	WRUE-LD	WBOC-LD	WSJZ-LD
Transmitter site	Laurel	Pocomoke City	Laurel	Millsboro
WRDE Coast TV (NBC)	31.1	31.1	31.3	31.4
Telemundo Delmarva	42.2	42.2	42.1	42.3
My Cozi TV	31.2	31.2
WBOC Classics	16.2		16.3	16.4

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Home". WBOC Radio. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
^ "New TV Station for Delmarva: WBOC to Launch a Telemundo Affiliate". wboc.com.
^ "WBOC & FOX21 Return to Verizon FiOS Lineup". Retrieved 2017-11-26.
^ "WBOC Classics Back on Over-the-air Channel 16.2". Retrieved 2018-08-13.
^ Federal Communications Commission. "Broadcast Actions" (PDF). FCC EDOCS. FCC. Retrieved September 16, 2021.
^ "WRDE Now Available Over-the-Air in HD". Retrieved 2019-06-17.
^ Chief Engineer. "Re: Channel Number Corrections". WBOC Email September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.

External links[]

Official website

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[wbocradio-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Home". WBOC Radio. Retrieved 2019-07-11.

[2] "New TV Station for Delmarva: WBOC to Launch a Telemundo Affiliate". wboc.com.

[3] "WBOC & FOX21 Return to Verizon FiOS Lineup". Retrieved 2017-11-26.

[4] "WBOC Classics Back on Over-the-air Channel 16.2". Retrieved 2018-08-13.

[5] Federal Communications Commission. "Broadcast Actions" (PDF). FCC EDOCS. FCC. Retrieved September 16, 2021.

[6] "WRDE Now Available Over-the-Air in HD". Retrieved 2019-06-17.

[7] Chief Engineer. "Re: Channel Number Corrections". WBOC Email September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.

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hide v t Broadcast television on the Delmarva Peninsula, including Salisbury, Maryland and Dover, Delaware
Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television
Digital television	WBOC-TV (16.1 CBS, 21.2 Fox) WMDE (36.1 Paid, 36.2 Court TV, 36.3 Dabl, 36.4 Circle, 36.5 Arirang, 36.6 JTV, 36.7 ShopHQ, 36.8 QVC, 36.9 QVC2) WMDT (47.1 ABC, 47.2 CW+, 47.3 MeTV, 47.4 Ion)
Low-power digital	WRDE-LD (26.1 NBC, 26.2 MNT/Cozi, 42.2 TMD) WRUE-LD (42.2 TMD, 31.1 [NBC], 31.2 MNT/Cozi) WGDV-LD (32.1 Azteca, 32.2 Bounce, 32.3 H&I, 32.4 Mystery, 32.5 Laff, 32.6 Grit, 32.7 Court TV) WBOC-LD (22.1 TMD, 31.3 NBC, 16.3 ANT) WSJZ-LD (42.3 TMD, 34.2 NBC, 16.4 ANT)
Public broadcasting	WCPB (28.1 PBS/MPT, 28.2 Create, 28.3 PBS Kids, 28.4 NHK) WDPB (64.1 PBS, 64.2 Y2, 64.3 PBS Kids)
See also Maryland TV Hampton Roads TV Philadelphia TV