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WDBD is the Fox-affiliated television station for Jackson, Mississippi. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 40 from a transmitter on Thigpen Road in Raymond. Owned by American Spirit Media, it is operated by Raycom Media through a shared services agreement (SSA) in a cluster including NBC affiliate WLBT, and MyNetworkTV outlet WLOO. Although technically owned by Tougaloo College, WLOO is actually controlled by American Spirit and in turn Raycom Media through a separate joint sales agreement (JSA). All three television outlets share studios on South Jefferson Street in Downtown Jackson. Syndicated programming on WDBD includes ''Family Guy'', ''Two and a Half Men'', ''The Big Bang Theory'', and ''Judge Mathis'' among others. ==History== The station began broadcasting on November 30, 1984〔 as the market's first Independent outlet. It was also the first television station in Mississippi to not be affiliated with a network. In February 1988, WDBD became the area's first Fox affiliate although the fourth broadcast network had launched back in October 1986. The station switched to The WB in October 2001 leaving Jackson without an over-the-air Fox affiliate for the next two years. It would not be until September 2003 when WUFX (now WLOO) signed-on in nearby Vicksburg and became the area's second Fox affiliate. In the interim, programming from the network was provided exclusively on WNTZ-TV. In January and February 2006, respectively, it was announced that the UPN and WB networks would merge and form The CW while News Corporation (owner of Fox) made public another new programming service called MyNetworkTV would start up as well. UPN affiliate WRBJ was announced as Jackson's CW affiliate while WUFX eventually joined MyNetworkTV. In advance of switching to the latter network, WUFX and WDBD swapped affiliations. On July 3, 2006, the former picked up The WB but began identifying itself on-air as "My 35" in anticipation of joining the new service. Meanwhile, WDBD rejoined Fox for a second time and became known as "Fox 40". WDBD and WUFX were sold by previous owner Jackson Television to Roundtable Broadcasting in early-2010. However, its licensee listing with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) still says Jackson Television. Marc Jaromin is the station's current President/General Manager.〔http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/469540-Market_Eye_Lots_of_Action_in_Jackson.php〕 Fellow Fox affiliate WNTZ-TV in nearby Natchez technically serves the Alexandria, Louisiana market (through a low-powered repeater) but shares some of its coverage territory with WDBD. WNTZ also maintains a secondary MyNetworkTV affiliation and therefore encroaches on WUFX's home territory as well. Roundtable Broadcasting filed to sell WDBD and WXMS-LP to American Spirit Media in July 2012. As part of the deal, the station's operations were taken over by Raycom Media, owner of WLBT, under a shared services agreement; American Spirit also acquired WUFX and WBMS-CA from Vicksburg Broadcasting, but spun off the WUFX license to Tougaloo College (though it operates that station under a joint sales agreement). The transaction was consummated on November 13.〔http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1524274〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「WDBD」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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