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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 of RKO Holdings and Fortner Digital Media Properties (formerly KIVO). It began broadcasting in 1981 as WMCZ-TV (the commercial-free counterpart of 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.