WBRZ-TV

WBRZ-TV

Baton Rouge, Louisiana United States
Channels	Digital: 13 (VHF) Virtual: 2
Branding	WBRZ News 2
Programming
Affiliations	2.1: ABC 2.2: Independent
Ownership
Owner	Manship family (Louisiana Television Broadcasting, LLC)
Sister stations	KBTR-CD, KRGV-TV
History
First air date	April 14, 1955 (69 years ago) (1955-04-14)
Former call signs	WBRZ (1955–1981)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 2 (VHF, 1955–2009)
Former affiliations	NBC (1955–1977) ABC (secondary, 1955–1971) PBS (per program, 1970–1975)
Call sign meaning	Baton Rouge's "Z" (2)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	38616
ERP	30 kW
HAAT	498 m (1,634 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	30°17′49″N 91°11′37″W / 30.29694°N 91.19361°W / 30.29694; -91.19361
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	wbrz.com

WBRZ-TV (channel 2) is a television station in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, affiliated with ABC. The station is owned by the Manship family, who formerly published the Baton Rouge daily newspaper, The Advocate, and is one of a handful of TV stations today to have locally based ownership. WBRZ-TV is sister to Class A independent station KBTR-CD (channel 36), and the two outlets share studios on Highland Road in Baton Rouge, just south of downtown. WBRZ-TV's transmitter is located in the Sunshine neighborhood of St. Gabriel, Louisiana.