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WTBM-CD

Birmingham, Alabama United States
Channels	Digital : 24 ( UHF ) Virtual : 24
Branding	Telemundo Birmingham
Programming
Affiliations	24.1: Telemundo for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Gray Television (Gray Television Licensee, LLC )
Sister stations	WBRC
History
Founded	November 22, 1988 (35 years ago)  ( 1988-11-22 )
Former call signs	W02BV (1988?2001) WBXA-CA (2001?2015) WBXA-CD (2015?2022)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 2 ( VHF , until 2015)
Former affiliations	The Box (until 2001) MTV2 (2001?2015) Biz TV (2015?2022)
Call sign meaning	Telemundo Birmingham
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	70426
Class	CD
ERP	15 kW
HAAT	274.5 m (901 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	33°29′19″N 86°47′58″W  /  33.48861°N 86.79944°W  / 33.48861; -86.79944  ( WTBM-CD )
Translator(s)	WJMY-CD 17 (25.1) Tuscaloosa
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS

WTBM-CD (channel 24) is a low-power , Class A television station in Birmingham, Alabama , United States, affiliated with the Spanish-language network Telemundo . It is owned by Gray Television alongside Fox affiliate WBRC (channel 6). The two stations studios atop Red Mountain (between Vulcan Trail and Valley View Drive) in southeastern Birmingham; WTBM-CD's transmitter is located along Golden Crest Drive, also atop Red Mountain.

WTBM-CD's signal is relayed on low-power, class A digital translator WJMY-CD (channel 25) in Tuscaloosa .

The station launched its current affiliation on September 1, 2022. ^[2]

Technical information [ edit ]

Subchannels [ edit ]

The station's digital signal is multiplexed :

Analog-to-digital conversion [ edit ]

The then-WBXA-CD discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over VHF channel 2, on June 3, 2015, a little under three months prior to the official date on which Class A low-power analog television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 24.

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• Facility details for Facility ID 30283 (WJMY-CD) in the FCC Licensing and Management System

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