WBOC-LD
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| City | Cambridge, Maryland |
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| History | |
| Founded | December 15, 2011 |
First air date | October 2, 2017 |
Former call signs | W42EI-D (2011−2017) |
Call sign meaning | We're Between the Ocean and the Chesapeake |
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| Facility ID | 187976 |
| Class | LD |
| ERP | 15 kW |
| HAAT | 248.5 m (815 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 38°30′18″N 75°38′36″W / 38.50500°N 75.64333°W |
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| Website | www |
WBOC-LD (channel 42) is a low-power television station licensed to Cambridge, Maryland, United States, serving the Salisbury, Maryland, market as an affiliate of the Spanish-language network Telemundo.[2] It is owned by the Draper Holdings Business Trust alongside dual CBS/Fox affiliate WBOC-TV (channel 16) and low-power NBC affiliate WRDE-LD (channel 31), as well as eight radio stations.[1] Telemundo Delmarva shares studios with sister station WRDE-LD in Milton, Delaware,[3] and WBOC-LD's transmitter is located near Laurel. WBOC-LD's programming is repeated on Salisbury-licensed WSJZ-LD (channel 34), with transmitter near Millsboro, Delaware.
History
On October 20, 2017, WBOC launched a new channel to be the area's Telemundo affiliate. In November 2017, WBOC-LD secured carriage on Delmarva area cable systems including Comcast Xfinity in Delaware and Maryland and Verizon Fios in Delaware.[4] Also in November, a standard definition simulcast of WBOC-LD started being broadcast on WBOC-TV on channel 42.2. That simulcast ended on August 13, 2018.[5]
In February 2018, the station began producing local news and weather updates in Spanish airing multiple times a day. The newscasts utilize the studio, graphics, music and talent of sister station WBOC-TV. Beginning in April 2019, a simulcast of WBOC-LD started being broadcast on WSJZ-LD on channel 42.3; that facility had been acquired by Draper in 2017.[6] In May 2019, a simulcast of WRDE-LD began being broadcast on a new subchannel.[7] In December 2019, a simulcast of WBOC-LD's Telemundo subchannel started being broadcast on WRDE-LD.
The station moved its license from Georgetown to Cambridge in 2020. In 2021, WBOC-LD moved from digital UHF channel 42 to UHF channel 22. On July 26, 2021, WBOC-TV's Antenna TV subchannel was moved to WBOC-LD and began broadcasting on channel 16.3.
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 42.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | Telemun | Telemundo |
| 31.3 | WRDE-LD | NBC | ||
| 16.3 | 480i | WBOC-CL | Antenna TV |
The same channels are broadcast on WSJZ-LD, but with different minor channel numbers: 42.2, 31.4, and 16.4.
Telemundo Delmarva is also rebroadcast as channel 42.2 from WRDE-LD, which is co-sited with WBOC-LD at the Laurel tower, and WRUE-LD, broadcasting from a site northwest of Pocomoke City. WBOC Classics is broadcast as channel 16.5 from the former but not the latter.
| Station | WRDE-LD | WRUE-LD | WSJZ-LD | |
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| Transmitter site | Laurel | Pocomoke City | Laurel | Millsboro |
| CoastTV (NBC) | 31.1 | 31.1 | 31.3 | 31.4 |
| Telemundo Delmarva | 42.2 | 42.2 | 42.1 | 42.3 |
| MyCozi TV | 31.2 | 31.2 | ||
| WBOC Classics | 16.5 | 16.5 | 16.3 | 16.4 |
Notes
- ^ Originally licensed to Georgetown, Delaware; moved to Cambridge in 2020.
References
- ^ a b "Home". WBOC Radio. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
- ^ "New TV Station for Delmarva: WBOC to Launch a Telemundo Affiliate". WBOC.com.
- ^ "Telemundo Delmarva Moves to Delaware!". Telemundo Delmarva. Retrieved October 5, 2021 – via Facebook.
- ^ "WBOC & FOX21 Return to Verizon FiOS Lineup". WBOC.com. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
- ^ "WBOC Classics Back on Over-the-air Channel 16.2". WBOC.com. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
- ^ "Broadcast Actions" (PDF). FCC EDOCS. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved September 16, 2021.
- ^ "WRDE Now Available Over-the-Air in HD". Retrieved June 17, 2019.
- ^ "Digital TV Market Listing for WBOC-LD". RabbitEars. Retrieved July 31, 2025.
- ^ Chief Engineer (September 15, 2021). "Re: Channel Number Corrections". WBOC Email September 2021. Retrieved September 16, 2021.
