Worldview Broadcasting Channel
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| Country | Malaysia |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Klang Valley and Selangor |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Malay Indonesian English Arabic Persian |
| Picture format | SDTV (480i 4:3) PAL (576i 4:3) DVB-T (Digital UHF) HDTV (1080i 16:9) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Worldview Broadcasting Channel (M) Sdn Bhd |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 April 2012 |
| Closed | October 2012[1] |
Worldwide Broadcasting Channel was a free-to-air news channel operated by Worldview Broadcasting Channel (M) Sdn Bhd. The channel was officially launched on 1 April 2012. In October 2012, the channel stopped transmission due to financial problems.
It started test transmissions on 1 December 2011. It could normally tuned on UHF 39 (615.25 MHz) in Klang Valley and Selangor).[2] Its test transmission time is 6 p.m. to 12 a.m. It broadcasts from its headquarters in Petronas Twin Towers at Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur. It started test broadcasting on 1 January 2012, soft launched on Thursday, 1 March 2012 and officially launched it started began broadcasting metropolitan on 1 April 2012. WBC broadcast for six hours daily from 18:00 until 00:00 MST. WBC broadcast via UHF on Channel 39 with video frequency used 615.250-MHz & audio frequency used 620.750-MHz from Gunung Ulu Kali raised as high at 20 kilowatt and obtained from antenna by 300 metre.
On 1 March 2012, TV3 news broadcast was aired live from Bandar Utama, Damansara, Petaling Jaya, Selangor on WBC daily at 20:00 until 21:00 MST. On 2 April 2012, WBC and KLSE partnership called as "Bisnes Kuala Lumpur (Kuala Lumpur Business)", a business and financial news programming subsidiary of KLSE. Malay newspaper carried the television schedule listings as the channel was officially launched on 1 April 2012.
History[edit]
Establishment[edit]
WBC was established on 1 October 2011 as a private commercially-owned company.
WBC first aired on 1 November 2011 by the coverage of broadcast air time only for the area of Klang Valley with a technical broadcasts used was only a few hours per day to play an Indonesian music.
WBC was test broadcasting by airing music videos mostly in Indonesian on 1 January 2012 from 18:00 until 20:00 MST on daily.
WBC was soft launched on 1 March 2012 18:00 until 21:00 MST daily, one day before the official broadcast metropolitan of pre-inaugural broadcast area of Klang Valley on Channel 39 video frequency used 615.250-MHz and audio frequency used 620.750-MHz via UHF with television transmitter of tower at Menara TV3 form complex of Bukit Sungai Besi from 1 March until Saturday, 31 March 2012 it was used to broadcast two programmes (news relays & movie premieres) such.
Grand launching of WBC: "Welcome to WBC"[edit]
WBC was officially inaugurated by Toni Braxton was accompanied by Ecstasia Sanders and Agam Darshi on 1 April 2012 at 21:00 MST to start the live telecast of "Grand Launching" from Petronas Twin Towers was grand opening by the Kuala Lumpur commercial free-to-air terrestrial channel with signature inscription and pressing the button on the video camera add new broadcast hours longer than six hour transmissions from 18:00 until 00:00 MST daily went on air in Klang Valley on Channel 39 with the was[clarification needed] aired full programmes to full content broadcast such: drama, music video, news bulletin, blockbuster movie premiere and current affairs.
Broadcast areas[edit]
WBC broadcast coverage area was in Klang Valley and Selangor.
Transmission hours[edit]
Transmission hours were from eighteen hours in daily.
- 1 January – 29 February 2012 (Test of Transmission)
- 18:00-20:00 MST (two hours daily).
- 1 – 31 March 2012 (soft launch)
- 18:00-21:00 MST (three hours daily).
- 1 April – 31 October 2012
- 18:00-00:00 MST (six hours daily).
Test Card[edit]
- WBC Feed
- Multiburst with the text in the under box "WORLDVIEW BROADCASTING CHANNEL" (down to central font) as the test card with audio beep.
Clock ident[edit]
The clock had used by the digital clock was used to countdown to the top of the hour as a lead-in to live news bulletins and Islamic call prayer.
News[edit]
Berita WBC/WBC News with similar to the narration Buletin Utama TV3 by the metropolitan map background, metropolitan landmark and video news slideshow with similar to the Berita RTM 70-80s era main theme music.
Opening and Closing times[edit]
Startup[edit]
WBC started up with test pattern (pre-start up), national anthem as sign on and station ident.
Closedown[edit]
WBC closed down with station ident, national anthem and test pattern as sign off.
References[edit]
- ^ Mohsin Abdullah (19 October 2012). "WBC employees seek HR ministry's help". fz.com. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
- ^ "New local TV channel to air on April". The Sun Daily. 7 December 2011.