WTBL-LD is a low power

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in Biloxi, Mississippi, broadcasting locally on channel 31, owned by

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alongside dual

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/ CBS affiliate WLOX (channel 13).

History

The original

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for the station was granted on October 29, 1987, for operation on channel 46; the station was assigned the call letters W46AV. Originally owned by Tel-Radio Communications Properties, the permit was transferred to the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) in 1988. A license to cover was issued August 16, 1990. It moved to channel 51 in 2000 and became W51CU. TBN sold W51CU to Tim Wall, owner of Scranton Broadcasting Company, LLC in 2010. Soon after the sale was approved (but while still under TBN ownership), the station changed its call letters to WGUD-LP. Scranton relaunched WGUD-LP on September 1, 2010, as a FamilyNet affiliate, with some local programming. On January 4, 2013, the station changed its call sign to WGUD-LD. In 2017, due to the eventual rebranding of FamilyNet, WGUD-LD changed affiliates again. On October 3, 2022, the station changed its callsign from WGUD-LD to WTBL-LD

Digital television

The station's digital signal is multiplexed: WTBL-LD currently has a construction permit to move its signal to digital channel 38. A previous such permit, granted in 2006, expired on June 19, 2009. Around 2011, WGUD-LP consummated its relocation, and began broadcasting three subchannels, with programming from FamilyNet, MeTV and

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. The Cowboy Channel replaced FamilyNet on July 1, 2017.

References

External links

WLOX websiteTelemundo Biloxi
* TBL-LD Low-power television stations in Mississippi MeTV affiliates Television channels and stations established in 1990 Biloxi, Mississippi 1990 establishments in Mississippi {{Mississippi-tv-station-stub