WBNB-TV (fictional)

WBNB-TV, VHF digital & PSIP virtual channel 10, is a CBS-affiliated television station licensed to Charlotte Amalie, on the island of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.

The station's studios are located along Veterans Drive on St. Thomas and the station shares transmission facilities with PBS member station on Signal Hill in Charlotte Amalie.

History
WBNB-TV has the heritage of being the first television station to operate in the Virgin Islands. Its construction permit was secured in 1960 by a pair of New York City-area radio men, Robert Noble and Robert Moss, who shared equal ownership in Island Teleradio Service, Inc., the original licensee of WBNB-TV and sister station WBNB radio (1000 AM, now WVWI). Shortly after the award, newspaper announcements proudly announced that the station would be affiliated with CBS and NBC, and would also carry programs fromNational Educational Television. The station began operations on July 22, 1961.

The WBNB stations were split up in 1970, as channel 10 was sold to the first of several U.S. mainland-based operators At that point, the Moss/Noble partnership ended when Bob Noble retained sole ownership in the radio outlet, purchasing its remaining shares from Bob Moss and other minority partners.

In September 1989 Hurricane Hugo destroyed WBNB-TV's transmitter and Benedek Broadcasting, who acquired the station three years earlier, chose not to rebuild the facilities immediately for financial reasons. In 1992, the station returned to the air under new owners Interstate Broadcasting, Inc., and retained it's CBS affiliation and callsign.

In 2007, Interstate Broadcasting sold WBNB-TV to Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc. for $5 million.

Programming
Syndicated programming on WBNB-TV includes King of the Hill, That 70's Show, Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy!, Funny You Should Ask, and NBCUniversal Television Distribution's conflict talk shows, including The Steve Wilkos Show and Maury.

In 2017, WBNB-TV debuted Virgin Islands Chronicle, it's version of Heart's Chronicle format.

News operation
William Matthiessen has been the lead anchor since 2009. He is from a Danish-American family who has lived for decades on St. Thomas, and previously worked for, , , and WBOR-TV on the U.S. mainland. Former boxer and native Sugar King Richards has been the station's weekday meteorologist since 2007.