WBSY-TV

WBSY-TV, virtual channel 9 (UHF digital channel 30), is a CBS-affiliated television station licensed to Nextonville, Tennessee, United States. The station is owned by Tegna Inc. WBSY-TV's callsign stands for "We Best Serve You," which was the station's first slogan under its new callsign.
==History==
The station went on the air on April 5, 1954 as WRNX-TV (whose call letters stood for "Radio NeXtonville". The station yielded a primary NBC affiliation, owing to WRNX radio's affiliation with NBC Radio and having been carried over from WTNO-TV's secondary affiliation with NBC, with a secondary affiliation from the near-extinct DuMont Network.
On May 5, 1976, the station swapped affiliations with WNXT-TV, and became a CBS affiliate. For some time now, NBC had struggled in the United States' network ratings, and CBS was searching for a stronger affiliation. On May 10, 1981, McClatchy sold WRNX-TV to the Gannett Company, but kept WRNX radio. Due to an FCC rule at the time that prohibited separately-owned stations in the same market from sharing the same call letters, WRNX changed its callsign to the present-day WBSY-TV, launching with a new slogan, We Best Serve You.
==Digital channels==
In addition to having the classic TV network Cozi TV on channel 9.2, channels 9.3 through 9.6 are of the Viacom-owned children's cable networks Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., Nicktoons, and TeenNick (just like many other CBS affiliates).
===Analog to digital conversion===
WBSY-TV shut down its analog signal over VHF channel 9, at 12:32 PM, on June 12, 2009, the date of the federally mandated digital conversion. The station's pre-transition digital signal remained on UHF digital channel 30. Through PSIP, users can use WBSY-TV's virtual channel, to display it as the station's former analog channel 9.
==Branding==
===Ownership history===
*1954-1963 - ???
*1963-1981 - McClatchy Newspapers
*1981-2015 - Gannett
*2015–present - Tegna
===Slogan history===
*1981-82 -
*1982-83 - Great Moments on Channel 9 (localized version of CBS's 1982-83 slogan)
*1983-84 - We've Got the Touch, You and Channel 9 (localized version of CBS's 1983-84 slogan)
*1984-85 -
*1989-91 - Nextonville, Get Ready for BSY 9 (localized version of CBS's 1989-91 slogan)
==Sign-off announcement history==
===1981-1987===
This is television station WBSY-TV, operating on channel 9, with 350,000 megahertz of visual power, and 130,000 megahertz of aural power, as authorized by the Federal Communications Commission. WBSY-TV is owned and operated by WBSY, Inc., a subsidiary of the Gannett Broadcasting Company, and maintains studios and offices located on 180 Jason Drive in Nextonville, and transmitter located in Beverston, Tennessee. And now, channel 9 leaves the air for the night, so join us again tomorrow for more of the best in quality news and entertainment for all Nextonvillians.
== Gallery ==
wbsytv1989.jpg|Ident from 1989.
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1954
Category:Channel 9
Category:Tegna Inc.
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