WBFF

WBFF
Baltimore, Maryland; United States;
Channels	Digital: 26 (UHF), shared with WUTB; Virtual: 45;
Branding	Fox 45; MyTV Baltimore (on DT2);
Programming
Affiliations	45.1: Fox; 45.2: MyNetworkTV; 45.4: Charge!;
Ownership
Owner	Sinclair Broadcast Group; (Chesapeake Television Licensee, LLC);
Sister stations	WUTB, WNUV
History
Founded	1966
First air date	April 11, 1971
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 45 (UHF, 1971–2009); Digital: 46 (UHF, 2004–2020);
Former affiliations	Independent (1971–1986)
Call sign meaning	"Baltimore's Forty-Five"
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	10758
ERP	420 kW
HAAT	372.8 m (1,223 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	39°20′10.4″N 76°38′57.9″W / 39.336222°N 76.649417°W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	foxbaltimore.com (DT1); mytvbaltimore.com (DT2);

WBFF (channel 45) is a television station in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, affiliated with Fox and MyNetworkTV. It is one of two flagship stations of Sinclair Broadcast Group (based in nearby Hunt Valley), alongside ABC affiliate WJLA-TV (channel 7) in Washington, D.C. Sinclair maintains a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Cunningham Broadcasting, owner of CW affiliate WNUV (channel 54), and a shared services agreement (SSA) with Deerfield Media, owner of TBD affiliate WUTB (channel 24).

The three stations share studios on 41st Street off the Jones Falls Expressway on "Television Hill" in the Woodberry neighborhood of north Baltimore. Through a channel sharing agreement, WBFF and WUTB transmit using the former station's spectrum from an antenna adjacent to the studios.^[3]^[4] The 1,280-foot (390 m) tall tower stands near the earlier landmark "candelabra tower" from the late 1950s in use by the city's original three main VHF stations (WMAR-TV, WBAL-TV, and WJZ-TV).

^ "Examiner disagrees with FCC hearing policy."^{[permanent dead link]} Broadcasting, August 8, 1966, pg. 74: "Hearing Examiner Millard F. French recommended a grant to Chesapeake Engineering Placement Service Inc. seeking to operate on channel 45 in Baltimore and denial of Erway Television Corp.'s application for the same facilities."
^ "Facility Technical Data for WBFF". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
^ Fybush, Scott (January 15, 2010). "TV Hill, Baltimore, 2008". Tower Site of the Week.
^ "Contact". My TV Baltimore. Retrieved September 9, 2018.

[1] "Examiner disagrees with FCC hearing policy."^{[permanent dead link]} Broadcasting, August 8, 1966, pg. 74: "Hearing Examiner Millard F. French recommended a grant to Chesapeake Engineering Placement Service Inc. seeking to operate on channel 45 in Baltimore and denial of Erway Television Corp.'s application for the same facilities."

[2] "Facility Technical Data for WBFF". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.

[3] Fybush, Scott (January 15, 2010). "TV Hill, Baltimore, 2008". Tower Site of the Week.

[4] "Contact". My TV Baltimore. Retrieved September 9, 2018.

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Baltimore, Maryland United States


Channels	Digital: 26 (UHF), shared with WUTB Virtual: 45
Branding	Fox 45 MyTV Baltimore (on DT2)
Programming
Affiliations	45.1: Fox 45.2: MyNetworkTV 45.4: Charge!
Ownership
Owner	Sinclair Broadcast Group (Chesapeake Television Licensee, LLC)
Sister stations	WUTB, WNUV
History
Founded	1966^[1]
First air date	April 11, 1971 (53 years ago) (1971-04-11)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 45 (UHF, 1971–2009) Digital: 46 (UHF, 2004–2020)
Former affiliations	Independent (1971–1986)
Call sign meaning	"Baltimore's Forty-Five"
Technical information^[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	10758
ERP	420 kW
HAAT	372.8 m (1,223 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	39°20′10.4″N 76°38′57.9″W / 39.336222°N 76.649417°W / 39.336222; -76.649417
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	foxbaltimore.com (DT1) mytvbaltimore.com (DT2)