WTBL-LD
Channels
Programming
Subchannels51.1: MeTV
51.2: Telemundo Biloxi
51.3: Weather (soon)
Ownership
Owner
WLOX
History
First air date
1990
Former call signs
  • W46AV (1990–2000)
  • W51CU (2000–2010)
  • WGUD-LP (2010–2013)
  • WGUD-LD (2013-2022)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog:
  • 46 (UHF, 1990–2000)
  • 51 (UHF, 2000–2011)
  • 38 (UHF, 2011–2013)

Digital:
51 (UHF, 2013-2022)
Call sign meaning
Good Local Television
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID67989
ERP20.5 kW
Links
Public license information
LMS
Websitewww.wlox.com

WTBL-LD is a low power television station in Biloxi, Mississippi, broadcasting locally on channel 31, owned by Gray Television alongside dual ABC/CBS affiliate WLOX (channel 13).

History

The original construction permit for the station was granted on October 29, 1987, for operation on channel 46;[2] the station was assigned the call letters W46AV.[3] Originally owned by Tel-Radio Communications Properties, the permit was transferred to the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) in 1988.[4] A license to cover was issued August 16, 1990.[5] It moved to channel 51 in 2000[6] and became W51CU.[3]

TBN sold W51CU to Tim Wall, owner of Scranton Broadcasting Company, LLC in 2010.[7] Soon after the sale was approved (but while still under TBN ownership), the station changed its call letters to WGUD-LP.[3] 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[8][9]

Digital television

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP short name Programming [10]
51.1 480i 4:3 MeTV
51.2 Telemundo Biloxi[11]
51.3 Weather (soon)

WTBL-LD currently has a construction permit to move its signal to digital channel 38.[12] 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 Pursuit Channel. The Cowboy Channel replaced FamilyNet on July 1, 2017.

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WTBL-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "Application Search Details (1)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
  3. ^ a b c "Call Sign History". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
  4. ^ "Application Search Details (2)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
  5. ^ "Application Search Details (3)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
  6. ^ "Application Search Details (4)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
  7. ^ "Application for Transfer of Control of a Corporate Licensee or Permittee, or for Assignment of Licensee or Permit of TV OR FM Translator Station or Low Power Television Station". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. April 5, 2010. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
  8. ^ "Licensing and Management System". enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  9. ^ "WTBL-LD PASCAGOULA, MS". www.rabbitears.info. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  10. ^ "RabbitEars.Info".
  11. ^ "Programación". www.telemundobiloxi.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-10-30.
  12. ^ "Application for Authority to Construct or Make Changes in a Low Power TV, TV Translator or TV Booster Station". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. April 27, 2010. Retrieved May 25, 2010.

External links


Broadcast television along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, including Gulfport and Biloxi
Broadcast television stations by affiliation in the state of Mississippi
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