WBOC-LD (channel 42) is a low-power television station licensed to Cambridge, Maryland, United States, serving the Salisbury, Maryland market as an affiliate of the Spanish-language Telemundo network.[2] It is owned by the Draper Holdings Business Trust alongside dual CBS/Fox affiliate WBOC-TV (channel 16) and low-power NBC affiliate WRDE-LD (channel 31), as well as eight radio stations.[1] Telemundo Delmarva shares studios with sister station WRDE-LD in Milton, Delaware,[3] and WBOC-LD's transmitter is located near Laurel. WBOC-LD's programming is repeated on Salisbury-licensed WSJZ-LD (channel 34), with transmitter near Millsboro, Delaware.
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City | Cambridge, Maryland |
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TV: WBOC-TV, WRDE-LD Radio: WBOC-FM, WCEM-FM, WTDK, WCEM, WAAI, WZBH, WGBG-FM, WRDE-FM[1] | |
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Founded | December 15, 2011 |
First air date | October 2, 2017 (in Georgetown, Delaware; license moved to Cambridge in 2020) |
Former call signs | W42EI-D (2011−2017) |
Call sign meaning | We're Between the Ocean and the Chesapeake |
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Facility ID | 187976 |
ERP | 15 kW |
HAAT | 248.5 m (815 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°30′18″N 75°38′36″W / 38.50500°N 75.64333°W (CP) |
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Website | www |
On October 20, 2017, WBOC launched a new channel to be the area's Telemundo affiliate. In November 2017, WBOC-LD secured carriage on Delmarva area cable systems including Comcast Xfinity in Delaware and Maryland and Verizon Fios in Delaware.[4] Also in November, a standard definition simulcast of WBOC-LD started being broadcast on WBOC-TV on channel 42.2. That simulcast ended on August 13, 2018.[5]
In February 2018, the station began producing local news and weather updates in Spanish airing multiple times a day. The newscasts utilize the studio, graphics, music and talent[citation needed] of sister station WBOC-TV. Beginning in April 2019, a simulcast of WBOC-LD started being broadcast on WSJZ-LD on channel 42.3; that facility had been acquired by Draper in 2017.[6] In May 2019, a simulcast of WRDE-LD began being broadcast on a new subchannel.[7] In December 2019, a simulcast of WBOC-LD's Telemundo subchannel started being broadcast on WRDE-LD.
The station moved its license from Georgetown to Cambridge in 2020. In 2021, WBOC-LD moved from digital UHF channel 42 to UHF channel 22. On July 26, 2021, WBOC-TV's Antenna TV subchannel was moved to WBOC-LD and began broadcasting on channel 16.3.
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:[8]
Channel | Video | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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42.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | Telemun | Telemundo |
31.3 | WRDE | NBC | ||
16.3 | 480i | 4:3 | WBOC-CL | Antenna TV |
The same channels are broadcast on WSJZ-LD, but with different minor channel numbers: 42.2, 31.4, and 16.4.
Telemundo Delmarva is also rebroadcast as channel 42.2 from WRDE-LD, which is co-sited with WBOC-LD at the Laurel tower, and WRUE-LD, broadcasting from a site northwest of Pocomoke City. WBOC Classics is broadcast as channel 16.5 from the former but not the latter.
Station | WRDE-LD | WRUE-LD | WBOC-LD
WSJZ-LD
Transmitter site
Laurel
Pocomoke City
Laurel
Millsboro
CoastTV (NBC)
31.1
31.1
31.3
31.4
Telemundo Delmarva
42.2
42.2
42.1
42.3
MyCozi TV
31.2
31.2
WBOC Classics
16.5
16.5
16.3
16.4
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