WBNS-TV

WBNS-TV
Channels
Branding10TV
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
WBNS, WBNS-FM
History
FoundedMarch 17, 1948 (1948-03-17)[1][2]
First air date
October 15, 1949
(75 years ago)
 (1949-10-15)
Former channel number(s)
Analog: 10 (VHF, 1949–2009)
Call sign meaning
"Wolfe Bank Newspaper and Shoes" (from WBNS radio)
Technical information[3]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID71217
ERP1,000 kW
HAAT279 m (915 ft)
Transmitter coordinates39°58′15.5″N 83°1′39.2″W / 39.970972°N 83.027556°W / 39.970972; -83.027556
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.10tv.com

WBNS-TV (channel 10) is a television station in Columbus, Ohio, United States, affiliated with CBS. It is owned by Tegna Inc. alongside the company's sole radio properties, WBNS (1460 AM) and WBNS-FM (97.1). The stations share studios on Twin Rivers Drive west of Downtown Columbus, where WBNS-TV's transmitter is also located.

WBNS-TV also serves as the CBS affiliate of record for the nearby Zanesville, Ohio, market.

Before its purchase in August 2019 by Tegna, WBNS-TV was the flagship station of founding owner Dispatch Broadcast Group, whose operations also included WTHR, the NBC affiliate in Indianapolis, and WALV-CD, Indianapolis' MeTV outlet and an alternate NBC affiliate; all of Dispatch's stations are now with Tegna.[4]

  1. ^ FCC History Cards for WBNS-TV
  2. ^ "FCC grants three commercial video." Broadcasting – Telecasting, March 22, 1948, pg. 93.
  3. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WBNS-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  4. ^ "Tegna Buys Columbus, Indianapolis Stations". FTVLive.