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| Branding | Telemundo Birmingham |
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| History | |
| Founded | November 22, 1988 (1988-11-22) |
First air date | July 18, 1994 (30 years ago) (1994-07-18) |
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Former channel number(s) | Analog: 2 (VHF, 1994–2015) |
Call sign meaning | Telemundo Birmingham |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 70426 |
| Class | CD |
| ERP | 15kW |
| HAAT | 274.5 m (901 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 33°29′19″N86°47′58″W / 33.48861°N 86.79944°W /33.48861; -86.79944 (WTBM-CD) |
| Translator(s) | WJMY-CD 17Tuscaloosa |
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WTBM-CD (channel 24) is alow-power,Class A television station inBirmingham, Alabama, United States, affiliated with the Spanish-language networkTelemundo. It is owned byGray Media alongsideFox affiliateWBRC (channel 6). The two stations share studios atopRed 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 digitaltranslatorWJMY-CD (channel 25) inTuscaloosa.
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In March 2022, it was announced thatGray Television would acquire WBXA-CD along with three other stations from L4 Media Group.[2] Two months later in May, Gray made a deal to affiliate the four stations with Telemundo.[3]
The station launched its current affiliation on September 1, 2022.[4]
The station's signal ismultiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 24.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | WTBM-CD | Telemundo |
| 24.2 | 480i | 4:3 | SonLife | |
| 24.3 | Shop LC | |||
| 24.4 | 720p | 16:9 | Fox (WBRC) |
The then-WBXA-CD discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, overVHF 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 Statestransitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 24.
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