WBGJ-TV

WBGJ-TV (branded on-air as Big 33 Jr) is a commercial-free television station located in Macon, Georgia that serves as a sister station of WFXM-TV and operates on channel 38. It is owned and operated by WFXM Partnership, Inc., which is a joint venture between Sega and KIVO Television Group, and is affiliated with 12 networks: BabyFirst TV, Treehouse TV, CBeebies, Sprout, HBO Family (classic original series and current specials only), ABC4Kids, Cartoonito, Disney Junior, Yoopa, BabyTV, RTEjr, and Nick Jr (formerly Noggin). It began broadcasting in 1981 as WMCZ-TV (the commercial-free counterpart to WMAZ-TV) with PBS educational programming during the day and ONTV at night along with edited and uninterrupted rebroadcasts of WMAZ-TV's newscasts, and originally the station was affiliated with The Disney Channel during its run as a premium service from 1983 until 1997, when it became a Cinemax affiliate until 2007, of which WMCZ-TV becomes WBGJ-TV and begin offering a 24-hour preschool programming lineup.