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{{short description|Class A TV station in Champaign–Urbana, Illinois}}
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{{Infobox television station
| callsign = WBXC-CD
| logo = 
| branding = 
| location = [[Champaign]]–[[Urbana, Illinois]]
| country = United States
| city = 
| analog = 
| digital = 18 ([[UHF]])
| virtual = 18
| subchannels = 
| affiliations = {{ubl|'''18.1:''' [[Heartland (TV network)|Heartland]]|''for others, see {{section link||Subchannels}}''}}
| founded = {{start date and age|1994|11|16}}
| airdate = 
| callsign_meaning = Box Channel (former affiliation)
| owner = [[Gray Media]]
| licensee = Gray Television Licensee, LLC
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|W46CH (1994–2001)|WBXC-CA (2001–2015)}}
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 46 (1995–2015)|'''Digital:''' 46 (2015–2019)}}
| former_affiliations = {{ubl|[[The Box (American TV channel)|The Box]] (until 2001)|[[MTV2]]|[[America One]] (until 2015)|[[Sonlife]] (2015–201?)|[[Buzzr]] (201?–2022)|[[The Country Network]] (2022–2023)}}
| erp = {{ubl|15 [[kW]]|3 kW ([[special temporary authority|STA]])}}
| haat = {{ubl|{{convert|86.4|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}|{{convert|86.9|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} (STA)}}
| facility_id = 70428
| class = [[Class A television service|CD]]
| coordinates = {{coord|40|6|40|N|88|14|35|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=WTBM-CD}}
| licensing_authority = [[FCC]]
| website = 
}}

'''WBXC-CD''' (channel 18) is a [[low-power broadcasting#Television|low-power]], [[Class A television station]] licensed to both [[Champaign]] and [[Urbana, Illinois]], United States, affiliated with the [[country music]]-oriented [[diginet]] [[Heartland (TV network)|Heartland]]. The station is owned by [[Gray Media]].

==History==
{{Expand section|with=the station's history prior to its purchase by Gray|date=January 2025}}
In March 2022, it was announced that [[Gray Television]] would acquire WBXC-CD along with three other stations from L4 Media Group.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jackson |first=Adam |date=March 18, 2022 |title=Gray Grows Its LPTV Stable Once Again |url=https://rbr.com/gray-grows-its-lptv-stable-once-again/ |access-date=January 26, 2025 |website=Radio & Television Business Report}}</ref>

==Subchannels==
The station's signal is [[Multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|+Subchannels of WBXC-CD<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WBXC#station |title=RabbitEars TV Query for WBXC |website=[[RabbitEars.info]] |access-date=January 26, 2025}}</ref>
! scope = "col" | [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! scope = "col" | [[Display resolution|Res.]]
! scope = "col" | [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! scope = "col" | Short name
! scope = "col" | Programming
|-
! scope = "row" | 18.1 
| rowspan="5" | [[480i]] || rowspan="2" | [[4:3]] || HeartLA || [[Heartland (TV network)|Heartland]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 18.2
| SonLife || [[Sonlife]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 18.3
| [[16:9]] || OUTLAW || [[Outlaw (TV network)|Outlaw]]
|-
! scope = "row"| 18.4
| rowspan="2" | [[4:3]] || Buzzr || [[Buzzr]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 18.5
| Indepen || [[365BLK]]
|}

==References==
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{{CDSTV}}
{{Other Illinois Stations}}
{{Gray TV}}

[[Category:1994 establishments in Illinois]]
[[Category:Buzzr affiliates]]
[[Category:Gray Media]]
[[Category:Heartland (TV network) affiliates]]
[[Category:Low-power television stations in Illinois|BXC-CD]]
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1994]]


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