WBXZ-LD (channel 56) is a low-power television station in Buffalo, New York, United States. The station is owned by Bridge Media Networks.
History
The station broadcast on channel 56 analog until it had to vacate that frequency when the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) removed it from the broadcast spectrum. It used to be an affiliate of The Box, from which the station gets its call sign, and was owned by Craig Fox, who owned several similar low-power stations across New York State. In December 2013, retired police officer Steven Ritchie[1] purchased the then-silent station.[2] In a statement to The Buffalo News, he stated that he did not expect the station to be profitable and mainly planned to operate the station as a hobby, stating he did not want to take business from the other locally owned station in Buffalo, Phil Arno's WBBZ-TV.[2]