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Coordinates: 36°51′39.1″N 76°21′9.6″W / 36.860861°N 76.352667°W / 36.860861; -76.352667
  
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WGBS-LD
  • United States
    • Channels
  • Virtual: 7
    • BrandingWGBS-TV 7
    Programming
    Affiliations
  • 7.2: Color bars
    • Ownership
    Owner
    • Joan Wright
  • (Joan and Kenneth Wright)
    • History

    First air date

    		March 1994; 30 years ago (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)

    • Former affiliations

    		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 / 36.860861°N 76.352667°W / 36.860861; -76.352667
    Links

    Public license information

    		LMS

    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.

    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 WVECinHampton;[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[edit]

    The station's signal is multiplexed:

    Subchannels of WGBS-LD[7]
    Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
    7.1 480i 4:3 WGBS-LD Infomercials
    7.2 Color bars

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WGBS-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  • ^ 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.
  • ^ 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.
  • ^ a b 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.
  • ^ 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.
  • ^ "Transfers #170659". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. November 22, 2021.
  • ^ RabbitEars TV Query for WGBS
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