WCBZ-CD


WCBZ-CD is a low-power, Class A television station in Columbus, Ohio, United States, affiliated with the digital multicast network Cozi TV. The station is owned by the Columbus Broadcasting Corporation.

History

WCBZ-CD was founded as W22AE in Marion, Ohio, on April 17, 1989. The station then changed its call letters to WBKA-LP in 1995. In 2004, the station was acquired from low-power broadcaster Crawford Broadcasting by Metro Video Productions, and was granted Class A status, thus changing its callsign to WBKA-CA.
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 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 lineup on May 8, 2018.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
ChannelRes.AspectShort nameProgramming
22.1480i16:9COZICozi TV
22.2480i16:9CourtTVCourt TV
22.3480i16:9WESTWEST
22.4480i16:9GetGet
22.5480i16:9CatchyCatchy Comedy
22.6480i16:9CTVIndependent
22.7480i16:9StoryStory Television
22.8480i16:9JTVJewelry Television

Analog-to-digital conversion

WCBZ-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 virtual channel 22.