WBRZ-TV

WBRZ-TV
Channels
BrandingWBRZ News 2
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • Manship family
  • (Louisiana Television Broadcasting, LLC)
KBTR-CD, KRGV-TV
History
First air date
April 14, 1955 (69 years ago) (1955-04-14)
Former call signs
WBRZ (1955–1981)
Former channel number(s)
Analog: 2 (VHF, 1955–2009)
  • NBC (1955–1977)
  • ABC (secondary, 1955–1971)
  • PBS (per program, 1970–1975)
Call sign meaning
Baton Rouge's "Z" (2)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID38616
ERP30 kW
HAAT498 m (1,634 ft)
Transmitter coordinates30°17′49″N 91°11′37″W / 30.29694°N 91.19361°W / 30.29694; -91.19361
Links
Public license information
Websitewbrz.com

WBRZ-TV (channel 2) is a television station in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, affiliated with ABC. The station is owned by the Manship family, who formerly published the Baton Rouge daily newspaper, The Advocate, and is one of a handful of TV stations today to have locally based ownership. WBRZ-TV is sister to Class A independent station KBTR-CD (channel 36), and the two outlets share studios on Highland Road in Baton Rouge, just south of downtown. WBRZ-TV's transmitter is located in the Sunshine neighborhood of St. Gabriel, Louisiana.

Then Louisiana State Treasurer John Neely Kennedy (right) in the WBRZ studio in 2015
  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WBRZ-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.