WBNG-TV

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WBNG-TV
Binghamton, New York
Branding WBNG 12; Action News
Slogan Your News Leader
Channels 12 (VHF) analog,
7 (VHF) digital
Affiliations CBS (secondary until 1962)
Owner Granite Broadcasting
Founded January 10, 1949
Call letters meaning W BiNGhamton
Former callsigns WNBF-TV (1949-1973)
Former affiliations DuMont (1949-1955)
NBC (1949-1957)
ABC (1949-1962)
Website www.wbng.com/

WBNG-TV is the CBS television affiliate in Binghamton, New York. The station serves the South Central New York-North Central Pennsylvania area. It broadcasts its analog signal on VHF channel 12, and its digital signal on VHF channel 7. The station also operates WBXI, a cable-only affiliate of The CW network serving Binghamton. WBNG's transmitter is located in Binghamton.

In addition to the Binghamton market, WBNG is the default CBS affiliate for most of the Elmira TV market as well as Otsego County in the Utica TV market.

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[edit] History

The station launched on January 10, 1949 as WNBF-TV, and was affiliated with all four American television networks at the time (CBS, DuMont, NBC and ABC). The station subsequently lost its affiliations with DuMont in 1955 (after the network's collapse), NBC in 1957 (to WICZ-TV, now a Fox affiliate) and ABC in 1962 (to WBJA-TV, later WMGC now WIVT). The station adopted its current callsign, WBNG-TV, in 1973 when the station was sold to Gateway Communications.

In 2000, Gateway Communications was purcased by SJL Broadcasting, which reduced staff from 100 to 58 over five years to fit the aggressive SJL automation model.

In 2002 the station's digital signal on channel 7 signed on. Presently WBNG-DT does not broadcast any network programming in high definition. Beginning in September 2006, WBXI will be simulcast on WBNG's new digital subchannel.

In April 2006, it was announced that Granite Broadcasting made a deal to acquire WBNG from Television Station Group License Subsidiary, LLC (the successor to SJL and a subsidiary of Alta Communications) for $45 million. The required money will be funded by a new senior credit facility created after the previously announced sales of Detroit's WMYD and San Francisco's KBWB fell apart. Granite closed on its purchase of WBNG on July 26, 2006. [1]

Coincident with the announced Granite deal, General Manager Joe McNamara took over as GM of KHON in Honolulu, recently acquired by SJL. Robert Krummenacker has taken over of GM of WBNG.

[edit] Logos

WNBF logo

A circle logo used when Gateway Communications owned the station

The logo used in the mid to late 1990s

[edit] Newscasts

[edit] Monday-Friday

  • Action News This Morning (5:00-7:00AM) Anchor: James Wilcox
  • Action News at Noon (12Noon-12:30PM) Anchor: Kerri O'Hara
  • Action News at 5 (5:00-5:30PM) Anchor: James Gaddis
  • Action News at 5:30 (5:30-6:00PM) Anchor: Kiersten Mathieu
  • Action News at 6 (6:00-6:30PM) Anchors: Greg Catlin & Candace Chapman
  • Action News at 11(11:00-11:35PM) Anchor: James Gaddis

[edit] Saturday-Sunday

  • Action News Saturday Morning (7:30-8:00AM) Anchor: James Gaddis
  • Action News Weekend Report (6:00-6:30PM), (11:00-11:35PM) Anchor: Justin Moss
  • Sports Overtime (Saturday 11:35PM-12:00AM} Anchor: Matt Hobbs and Brendon O'Rilley

[edit] General Assignment Reporters

  • Mike Trim
  • Gabe Osterhout

[edit] Meteorologists

  • Julia Sansom
  • Jared Kaplan
  • Justin Culligan

[edit] Sports Reporters

  • Brendan O'Reilley
  • Matt Hobbs

[edit] External links

Broadcast television in the Binghamton market  (Nielsen DMA #157)

WBPN 10 (MNTV) - WBNG 12 (CBS) - WBGH 20 (NBC) - W26BS 26 (TBN) - WIVT 34 (ABC) - WICZ 40 (FOX) - WSKG 46 (PBS)
Local cable television channels

"WBXI" 11 (The CW)
Broadcast television in the Elmira / Corning market market  (Nielsen DMA #173)

WETM 18 (NBC) - W26CV 26 (ABC) - WSKA 30 (PBS) - WTTX-LP 30 (Ind) - WENY 36 (ABC) (The CW on DT2) - WJKP-LP 39 (MNTV) - WYDC 48 (FOX) - WNYI 52 (UNI) - W54AE 54 (CBS)
Binghamton stations serving the area

WBNG 12 (CBS) - WSKG 46 (PBS)
Defunct television stations

WTVE 24 (DuMont)
Local cable television channels

WBE 2 (The CW) - PEISH TV 99 (A1)
CBS Network Affiliates in the state of New York

WCBS 2 (New York City) - WIVB 4 (Buffalo) - WTVH 5 (Syracuse) - WRGB 6 (Albany) - WWNY 7 (Watertown) - WROC 8 (Rochester) - WBNG 12 (Binghamton)
See also: ABC, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in New York
CW Network Affiliates in the state of New York

WKTV-DT 2.2 / "WBU 11" (Utica) - WPIX 11 (New York City) - WBNG-DT 12.2 / "WBXI 11" (Binghamton) - WHAM 13.2 / "CW-WHAM" (Rochester)
WSTQ 14 (Syracuse) - WNLO 23 (Buffalo) - WENY-DT 36.2 / "WBE 2" (Elmira) - WCWN 45 (Schenectady)
WWTI-DT 50.2 / "WBWT 14" (Watertown)
See also: ABC, CBS, Fox, My Network TV, NBC, PBS, and Other stations in New York
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