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WBFF

WBFF (channel 45) is a television station in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, affiliated with Fox and MyNetworkTV. It is one of two flagship stations of Sinclair Broadcast Group (based in nearby Hunt Valley), alongside ABC affiliate WJLA-TV (channel 7) in Washington, D.C., and is sister to WUTB (channel 24). Sinclair also operates CW affiliate WNUV…

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Founded
1966
Owner
Sinclair Broadcast Group · (Chesapeake Television Licensee, LLC)
Affiliations
45.1: Fox · 45.2: Independent with MyNetworkTV · 45.4: Charge!
Branding
Fox 45 · MyTV Baltimore (45.2)
Call sign meaning
"Baltimore's Forty-Five" (originally "Baltimore's Finest Features")
Channels
Digital: 26 (UHF), shared with WUTB · Virtual: 45

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News operation

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WBFF

Nodes119
Edges118
Triples115
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.016807
Components1

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WBFF

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related to News operation · 21
WBFF → Baltimore, Baltimore's, Fox, Hunt Valley, In February, It, January, Jeff Barnd, June, Lisa Willis, March, Maryland, News Central, On June, Saturdays, Sinclair, Sinclair Broadcast Group's, Sinclair's, Sundays, The
related to Analog-to-digital conversion · 19
WBFF → ATSC, August, Baltimore, February, Futurecast, June, September, SFN, The, This, UHDTV, UHF, United States, Washington, WBFF's, WI9XXT, WI9XXT's, Woodberry, WRC-TV's
related to history · 19
WBFF → April, Baltimore's, Baltimore's Finest Features, Captain Chesapeake, Chesapeake Television Corporation, For, George Lewis, In, It, James Uhrin, Julian Sinclair Smith, Kojak, Mondy, The, The Baltimore Sun, Traffic Jam Jimmy, UHF, WMET-TV, WUTB
related to WBFF-DT2 · 16
WBFF → Antenna TV, Good TV, In, In July, MeTV, My TV Baltimore, MyNetworkTV, On May, Retro Television Network, September, Sunday, TBD, This, This TV, WBFF-2, WUTB
related to Controversy · 12
WBFF → Baltimore, Eric Garner, Greg McNair, In, Jones, Melinda Roeder, Mike Tomko, On December, Tawanda Jones, The, WBFF's, We
Affiliations · 3
WBFF → 45.1: Fox, 45.2: Independent with MyNetworkTV, 45.4: Charge!
Branding · 2
WBFF → Fox 45, MyTV Baltimore (45.2)
Channels · 2
WBFF → Digital: 26 (UHF), shared with WUTB, Virtual: 45
Former channel numbers · 2
WBFF → Analog: 45 (UHF, 1971–2009), Digital: 46 (UHF, 2004–2020)
Owner · 2
WBFF → (Chesapeake Television Licensee, LLC), Sinclair Broadcast Group

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sinclair station wutb baltimore channel stations fox television news newscast broadcast station's 45 local uhf affiliate mynetworktv former new smith

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
WBFFAffiliations45.1: Fox1.00infobox
WBFFAffiliations45.2: Independent with MyNetworkTV1.00infobox
WBFFAffiliations45.4: Charge!1.00infobox
WBFFBrandingFox 451.00infobox
WBFFBrandingMyTV Baltimore (45.2)1.00infobox
WBFFCall sign meaning"Baltimore's Forty-Five" (originally "Baltimore's Finest Features")1.00infobox
WBFFChannelsDigital: 26 (UHF), shared with WUTB1.00infobox
WBFFChannelsVirtual: 451.00infobox
WBFFERP420 kW1.00infobox
WBFFFacility ID107581.00infobox
WBFFFirst air dateApril 11, 1971 (1971-04-11)1.00infobox
WBFFFormer affiliationsIndependent (1971–1986)1.00infobox
WBFFFormer channel numbersAnalog: 45 (UHF, 1971–2009)1.00infobox
WBFFFormer channel numbersDigital: 46 (UHF, 2004–2020)1.00infobox
WBFFFounded19661.00infobox
WBFFHAAT372.8 m (1,223 ft)1.00infobox
WBFFLicensing authorityFCC1.00infobox
WBFFOwnerSinclair Broadcast Group1.00infobox
WBFFOwner(Chesapeake Television Licensee, LLC)1.00infobox
WBFFPublic license informationPublic file1.00infobox
WBFFPublic license informationLMS1.00infobox
WBFFSister stationsWUTB, WNUV1.00infobox
WBFFTransmitter coordinates.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
WBFFWebsitefoxbaltimore.com (45.1)1.00infobox
WBFFWebsitemytvbaltimore.com (45.2)1.00infobox

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