WBSF

WBSF

ATSC 3.0 station
Bay City–Saginaw–Flint–Midland, Michigan United States
City	Bay City, Michigan
Channels	Digital: 23 (UHF) Virtual: 46
Branding	CW 46
Programming
Affiliations	46.1: The CW 46.3: Charge!
Ownership
Owner	Cunningham Broadcasting (Flint (WBSF-TV) Licensee, Inc.)
Operator	Sinclair Broadcast Group
Sister stations	WEYI-TV, WSMH[1]
History
Founded	2004 (2004) as a digital subchannel
First air date	September 2006 (18 years ago) (2006-09)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 46 (UHF, 2006–2009) Digital: 46 (UHF, 2008–2019)
Former affiliations	The WB (2004–2006)
Call sign meaning	WB Saginaw-Flint[2]or Bay City-Saginaw-Flint
Technical information[3]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	82627
ERP	600 kW
HAAT	365 m (1,198 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	43°13′1″N 83°43′17″W / 43.21694°N 83.72139°W / 43.21694; -83.72139
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	thecw46.com

WBSF (channel 46), branded CW 46, is a television station licensed to Bay City, Michigan, United States, serving northeastern Michigan as an affiliate of The CW. It is owned by Cunningham Broadcasting, which maintains a shared services agreement (SSA) with Sinclair Broadcast Group, owner of Flint-licensed Fox affiliate WSMH (channel 66), for the provision of certain services. Sinclair also operates Saginaw-licensed NBC affiliate WEYI-TV (channel 25) under a separate SSA with owner Howard Stirk Holdings.

The three stations share studios on West Pierson Road in Mount Morris Township (with a Flint mailing address); WBSF's transmitter is located at its former studios on West Willard Road in Vienna Township along the Genesee–Saginaw county line (with a Clio mailing address).