WBUY-TV

WBUY-TV
CityHolly Springs, Mississippi
Channels
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
WPGD-TV, WELF-TV
History
First air date
September 1991 (33 years ago) (1991-09)[1]
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 40 (UHF, 1991–2009)
  • Digital: 41 (UHF, 2006–2018)
HSN (1991–1993)
Call sign meaning
"Buy" (artifact of unrealized HSN affiliation)
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID60830
ERP950 kW
HAAT317 m (1,040 ft)
Transmitter coordinates35°16′33″N 89°46′38″W / 35.27583°N 89.77722°W / 35.27583; -89.77722
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.tbn.org

WBUY-TV (channel 40) is a religious television station licensed to Holly Springs, Mississippi, United States, serving the Memphis, Tennessee, area as an owned-and-operated station of the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN). The station's transmitter is located in the Brunswick section of unincorporated northeast Shelby County.

The station formerly operated from a studio located on Cazassa Road in the southeast section of Memphis. That facility was one of several closed by TBN in 2019 following the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s repeal of the "Main Studio Rule", which required full-service television stations like WBUY-TV to maintain facilities in or near their communities of license.[3]

  1. ^ The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says September 13, while the Television and Cable Factbook says September 15.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WBUY-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ Strang, Steve (July 15, 2019). "How Trump's New Regulation Cuts Will Save TBN $20 Million a Year for Gospel Purposes". Charisma. Archived from the original on August 12, 2022. Retrieved March 8, 2023.