WCBZ-CD


WCBZ-CD is a Class A low-power television station on UHF channel 18 in Columbus, Ohio.

History

WCBZ-CD was founded as W22AE on April 17, 1989. In 2004, the station was acquired from low-power broadcaster Crawford Broadcasting by Metro Video Productions, and was granted Class A status.
In 2008, the station was acquired by Studio 51 Multimedia Productions, Ltd., and began operating as TV 22 Marion, offering comprehensive coverage of the events in the Marion County, Ohio area, as well as other original programming. In August 2009, the WBKA-CA call sign was changed to WMNO-CA.
In 2015, the station was purchased by Positive News Network, Inc. at which point it took on its current network affiliation.
In 2017, the call sign changed again to WCBZ-CD to better reflect its new ownership by Columbus Broadcasting Corporation.
In Marion, WCBZ-CD had been carried on Time Warner Cable channel 3 or channel 96, but the station was removed from the Marion channel line-up on May 8, 2018.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital channel in multiplexed:
ChannelPSIP Short NameVideoAspectProgramming
22.1WCBZ480iCozi TV
22.2WCBZ480iGrit TV
22.3WCBZ480iCourt TV Mystery
22.4WCBZ480iGetTV
22.5WCBZ480iDecades
22.6WCBZ480iGovernment access

Analog-to-digital conversion

WMNO-CD shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 22, on January 7, 2015, and "flash-cut" its digital signal into operation to UHF channel 28, using PSIP to display WMNO-CD's virtual channel as 22 on digital television receivers.