WBTV

==Technical information==

===Subchannels===
The station's signal is [[Multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|+Subchannels of WBTV<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WBTV#station|title=RabbitEars TV Query for WBTV|website=RabbitEars.info|publisher=Silica Broadband|date=November 22, 2022|access-date=November 22, 2022}}</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" | 3.1
| [[1080i]] || rowspan=5|[[16:9]] || WBTV-DT || [[CBS]]
|-
! scope="row" | 3.2
| rowspan=4|[[480i]] || Bounce || [[Bounce TV]]
|-
! scope="row" | 3.3
| The365 || [[The365]]
|-
! scope="row" | 3.4
| Defy || [[Defy TV]]
|-
! scope="row" | 3.5
| Oxygen || [[Oxygen (TV channel)|Oxygen]]
|-
|- style="background-color:#DFEBF6; border-top: 2px solid #003399;"
! scope="row" | [[WAXN-TV|64.1]]
| [[720p]] || 16:9 || WAXN || [[WAXN-TV]] ([[Independent station (North America)|Independent]])
|- style="background-color:#DFEBF6"
|}

{{legend|#DFEBF6|Broadcast on behalf of another station}}

WBTV had previously carried a [[standard-definition]] [[simulcast]] of the station's main channel on its second [[digital subchannel]]. On July 12, 2010, the simulcast was replaced with [[This TV]]. WBTV's weather radar was previously shown on its third subchannel, but the subchannel itself was removed prior to the digital transition. The third subchannel resumed operations upon the launch of Bounce TV on September 26, 2011. On January 1, 2012, WBTV switched the subchannels for This TV and Bounce TV, due to a contractual obligation to carry Bounce TV on the station's second subchannel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=21444842 |title=Charlotte, NC – OTA – Page 141 – AVS Forum &#124; Home Theater Discussions And Reviews |publisher=AVS Forum |access-date=July 31, 2015}}</ref> On April 1, 2012, This TV was dropped and the third subchannel was once again removed to make room for WBTV's [[mobile DTV]] service, but was brought back on October 8, 2014, with the Grit network.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=21869197 |title=Charlotte, NC – OTA – Page 156 – AVS Forum &#124; Home Theater Discussions And Reviews |publisher=AVS Forum |access-date=July 31, 2015}}</ref> On January 1, 2020, Circle, a country music and lifestyle channel was launched and added as a fourth subchannel at 3.3, moving Grit to subchannel 3.4.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wbtv.com/video/2019/12/11/country-music-network-circle-launch-with-shows/ |title=Country music network 'Circle' to launch with 16 shows |publisher=WBTV |location=Charlotte, NC |date=December 11, 2019 |access-date=January 2, 2020}}</ref>

===Analog-to-digital conversion===
WBTV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 3, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States [[Digital television transition in the United States|transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts]] under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 23,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 29, 2013 |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds |access-date=March 24, 2012 }}</ref> using [[virtual channel]] 3.

===NextGen TV===
WBTV upgraded to [[ATSC 3.0]] on July 7, 2021.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/business/article252645748.html|title=These Charlotte TV stations upgraded broadcasts. Here's what that means for viewers.|last=Egitto|first=Daniel|work=[[The Charlotte Observer]]|date=July 8, 2021|accessdate=July 8, 2021}}</ref>