WBRZ-TV
Technical information
Technical information
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### Subchannels

The station's signal is [multiplexed](/wiki/Multiplex_%28TV%29 "Multiplex (TV)"):

| \+Subchannels of WBRZ\-TV[RabbitEars TV Query for WBRZ](http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WBRZ#station) | [Channel](/wiki/Digital_subchannel%23United_States "Digital subchannel#United States") | [Res.](/wiki/Display_resolution "Display resolution") | [Aspect](/wiki/Aspect_ratio_%28image%29 "Aspect ratio (image)") | Short name | Programming |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2\.1 | [720p](/wiki/720p "720p") | [16:9](/wiki/16:9 "9") | WBRZ\-HD | [ABC](/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company "American Broadcasting Company") |
| 2\.2 | NEWS 2 | [Independent](/wiki/Independent_station "Independent station") |

Upon launching its digital signal, WBRZ aired its newscasts on a 24\-hour stream on its second subchannel, and in late 2003, WBRZ took over operations for Cox Communications' cable\-only NOAA weather channel. The new channel mixed NOAA's radio voiceover with WBRZ's radar, traffic cameras, and in the event of severe weather, live updates from the stations' weather team. In 2010, the radio feed was replaced with prerecorded forecasts from the team and by early 2021, became silent with cuts of the station's news theme, "Impact" by [615 Music](/wiki/615_Music "615 Music") playing in the background. In August 2017, WBRZ's news and weather channels were replicated on sister station KBTR's subchannels, and during September 2017, the weather channel, 2\.3, was removed from WBRZ's feed to upgrade the news subchannel to 720p. The weather channel continues to be carried online and on sister station [KBTR\-CD](/wiki/KBTR-CD "KBTR-CD")'s third subchannel, 36\.3\.

### Analog\-to\-digital conversion

WBRZ\-TV shut down its analog signal, over [VHF](/wiki/VHF "VHF") channel 2, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full\-power television stations in the United States [transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts](/wiki/Digital_television_transition_in_the_United_States "Digital television transition in the United States") under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre\-transition VHF channel 13,[CDBS Print](http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101267657&formid=387&fac_num=38616) using [virtual channel](/wiki/Virtual_channel "Virtual channel") 2\. Due to its transmitter tower location, WBRZ can be seen over the air in most of the cities in the [Lafayette](/wiki/Lafayette%2C_Louisiana "Lafayette, Louisiana") and [New Orleans](/wiki/New_Orleans "New Orleans") viewing areas.


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