WAFB

WAFB

Baton Rouge, Louisiana United States
Channels	Digital: 9 (VHF) Virtual: 9
Branding	WAFB Channel 9; 9 News WBXH (on DT4)
Programming
Affiliations	9.1: CBS for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Gray Television (Gray Television Licensee, LLC)
Sister stations	WBXH-CD
History
First air date	April 19, 1953 (71 years ago) (1953-04-19)
Former call signs	WAFB-TV (1953–1988)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 28 (UHF, 1953–1960), 9 (VHF, 1960–2009) Digital: 46 (UHF, until 2009)
Former affiliations	All secondary: NBC (1953–1955) DuMont (1953–1955) ABC (1953–1971)
Call sign meaning	derived from former radio sister stations WAFB and WAFB-FM, meaning Always For Baton Rouge[1]
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	589
ERP	5.57 kW
HAAT	511 m (1,677 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	30°21′59″N 91°12′47″W / 30.36639°N 91.21306°W / 30.36639; -91.21306
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	wafb.com

WAFB (channel 9) is a television station in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, affiliated with CBS. It is owned by Gray Television alongside low-power, Class A MyNetworkTV affiliate WBXH-CD (channel 39). The two stations share studios on Government Street in downtown Baton Rouge; WAFB's transmitter is located on River Road near the city's Riverbend section.