WTBM-CD (channel 24) is a
low-power,
Class A television station
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in
Birmingham, Alabama
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, United States, affiliated with the Spanish-language
Telemundo
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network. It is owned by
Gray Television
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alongside
Fox
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affiliate
WBRC
WBRC (channel 6) is a television station in Birmingham, Alabama, United States, affiliated with the Fox network. It is owned by Gray Television alongside low-power, Class A Telemundo affiliate WTBM-CD (channel 24). The two stations studios ato ...
(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
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, WJMY-CD (channel 25) in
Tuscaloosa
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.
The station launched its current affiliation on September 1, 2022.
"Telemundo to Launch in Birmingham on WBRC’s Newly Acquired LP Stations"
WBRC-TV
WBRC (channel 6) is a television station in Birmingham, Alabama, United States, affiliated with the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox network. It is owned by Gray Television alongside low-power broadcasting#Television, low-power, Class A television ...
, 30 August 2022, Retrieved 3 September 2022.
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's digital signal is multiplexed
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:
Analog-to-digital conversion
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 in 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
External links
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TBM-CD
Television channels and stations established in 1994
1994 establishments in Alabama
Low-power television stations in the United States
Telemundo network affiliates
Gray Television
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