WFBD (channel 48) is a

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licensed to

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, United States, serving the

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area as an

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(TCT). The station's transmitter is located near

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, north of the Alabama–Florida state line. Due to its transmitter location, WFBD's signal covers the eastern half of the Pensacola–

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area and not Mobile proper. Therefore, in order to serve the western part of the

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, the station is simulcast in high definition on the second

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–licensed

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(channel 53.2) from its transmitter near

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History

The channel 48 frequency was previously used by former TV station

WKAB-TV WKAB-TV was a television station on channel 48 in Mobile, Alabama, United States. It was the first television station to broadcast in Mobile, operating from December 1952 to August 1954. As a UHF television station it was at a severe competiti ...

(1952–1954). WFBD was formerly an affiliate of the

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television network, and a subscriber to the

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. It later switched to a format of local programming and

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s. On May 28, 2020, Flinn Broadcasting Corporation announced that it would sell WFBD, along with

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, and

WWJX WWJX (channel 23) is a religious television station in Jackson, Mississippi, United States, owned and operated by Tri-State Christian Television (TCT). The station's transmitter is located in Hinds County, Mississippi, between Crystal Springs an ...

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, to

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-based Tri-State Christian Television for an undisclosed price. The sale was completed on September 15; the stations became

s of the TCT network two days later, with WFBD becoming the fourth full-power religious station in the Pensacola–Mobile area.

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is

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References

External links

* {{PensacolaMobileTV Tri-State Christian Television affiliates Twist (TV network) affiliates Defy TV affiliates TrueReal affiliates Scripps News affiliates FBD Television channels and stations established in 2005 2005 establishments in Florida