Worldview Broadcasting Channel
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| Country | Malaysia |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Klang Valley and Selangor |
| Programming | |
| Languages | 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] |
| Links | |
| Website | wbcchannel |
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. However, in October 2012, it ceased transmission due to financial difficulties.
Test transmissions began on 1 December 2011, and it could typically be tuned on UHF 39 (615.25 MHz) in the Klang Valley and Selangor.[2] Its test transmission time was from 6 p.m. to 12 a.m., broadcasting from its headquarters in the Petronas Twin Towers at Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur. The channel began test broadcasting on 1 January 2012, was soft-launched on Thursday, 1 March 2012, and officially began broadcasting on 1 April 2012. WBC broadcast for six hours daily from 18:00 to 00:00 MST, via UHF Channel 39, with video frequency on 615.250 MHz and audio frequency on 620.750 MHz from Gunung Ulu Kali. The transmission had a power output of 20 kilowatts, with the antenna raised at 300 metres.
On 1 March 2012, TV3 news was aired live from Bandar Utama, Damansara, Petaling Jaya, Selangor on WBC daily from 20:00 to 21:00 MST. On 2 April 2012, WBC partnered with the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) to create a programme called "Bisnes Kuala Lumpur (Kuala Lumpur Business)," a business and financial news show. Malay newspapers carried the television schedule listings as the channel was officially launched on 1 April 2012.