W33BY Channel 33 Detroit

Slogan: TV 33

Web site: www.tv33whpr.com

E-mail: visit web site

Power/Height/Offset: 15,000 watts / ? feet / +
- Analog Service Area

More web sites about W33BY:

• W33BY, Wikipedia
• W33BY, BIA Finanical Network

More technical/engineering details:

• engineering data
• station details
• FCCInfo.com
• Recnet Broadcast Query

Call Sign History:

• W33BY: 6/2/1999
• W68CH: 8/31/1990

Network Affiliation History:

• The Box, AIN, Urban America TV Network (all part time at different times in its history)

On Air Date: approx. February 1998

Owner: Highland Park Broadcasting

Telephone: (313) 868-6612

Notes/History:

• 5/2011: Station is granted special temporary authority to operate with reduced power from its studio, several miles east of its licensed location.
• 9/2003: Channel 68 signs off for good (approximate date)
• 10/2002: License to cover granted for channel 33
• 8/2002: Simulcast of channels 33/68 ends
• 2/5/2002: Class A status granted for channel 33
• 11/2001: Channel 33 noted on the air, 68 also remains on-air
• 12/2000: Noted that AIN and The Box programming is no longer on station- instead airing simulcast of WHPR-FM 88.1 with public service messages or religious programming.
• 6/1999: Granted construction permit to move to channel 33 as W33BY; ERP decrease to 15,000 watts from 21,900. Location change from near Davison and Livernois to near I-96 and Evergreen.
• 1/11/1998: Adds back AIN programming, along with The Box.
• 12/14/1998: Airing The Box, dropping its affiliation with AIN.
• On the air with construction permit only at 1000 watts
• 5/6/1998: Application granted to change principal community from Detroit to Dearborn.

Transmitter location:

Wayne County, near Evergreen Rd and Jeffries Fwy (Detroit)

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