WGBS-LD

WGBS-LD (channel 7) is a low-power television station licensed to Carrollton, Virginia, United States, serving the Hampton Roads area and primarily airing paid programming. The station is owned by Joan Wright.

WGBS-LD
Channels
BrandingWGBS-TV 7
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • Joan Wright
  • (Joan and Kenneth Wright)
History
First air date
March 1994 (1994-03)
Former call signs
  • W07CZ (1993–1996)
  • WGBS-LP (1996–2009)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 7 (VHF, 1994–2009)
  • Digital: 11 (VHF, 2009–2022)
AIN, Retro TV
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID31350
ClassLD
ERP2.7 kW
HAAT116 m (381 ft)
Transmitter coordinates36°51′39.1″N 76°21′9.6″W
Links
Public license information
LMS

The station began broadcasting in March 1994. For most of the 1990s, the station was a low-power independent outlet known as "Genesis TV7", mixing programs from the American Independent Network with local programs, some of them Christian, such as Morning Praise, Peninsula SportsCenter, and a community bulletin board. It originally broadcast from the former studio of WVEC in Hampton;[2] the signal was broadcast from its former tower.[3] In 1996, the station moved its studio to the Newmarket Fair shopping mall.[4]

In 1998, Cox Communications removed WGBS-LP from its lineup in Hampton as part of a move to consolidate lineups in different Hampton Roads municipalities. The removal forced Genesis TV7 to lay off 10 employees and scale back its local programming.[4][5]

The founders, Kenneth and Joan Wright, separated in 2017. In 2020, they signed an agreement whereby Kenneth transferred all of his interest in WGBS-LD to Joan Wright.[6]

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WGBS-LD[7]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
7.1 480i4:3WGBS-LDInfomercials
7.2 Color bars

References
  1. "Facility Technical Data for WGBS-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. Harville, Bobbie (November 10, 1994). "Inspirational TV: Genesis TV 7 brings new line of family shows". Daily Press. Newport News, Virginia. p. Y6. Retrieved April 22, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Knemeyer, Nelda L. (April 27, 1995). "Genesis TV7 changing signal, adding new markets". Daily Press. Newport News, Virginia. p. N7. Retrieved April 22, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Nicholson, David (May 14, 1998). "Station strruggling [sic] to stay on cable lineup: Hampton owners confer with NAACP". Daily Press. Newport News, Virginia. p. C4. Retrieved April 22, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Nicholson, David (October 10, 1998). "WPEN burned by Cox decision to change lineup". Daily Press. Newport News, Virginia. p. D1. Retrieved April 22, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Transfers #170659". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. November 22, 2021.
  7. RabbitEars TV Query for WGBS
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