WTBM-CD

Birmingham, Alabama United States
Channels	Digital: 24 (UHF) Virtual: 24
Branding	Telemundo Birmingham
Programming
Subchannels	24.1: Telemundo for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Gray Television (Gray Television Licensee, LLC)
Sister stations	WBRC
History
Founded	November 22, 1988 (34 years ago) (1988-11-22)
Former call signs	W02BV (1988–2001) WBXA-CA (2001–2015) WBXA-CD (2015–2022)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 2 (VHF, until 2015)
Former affiliations	The Box (until 2001) MTV2 (2001-2015) Biz TV (2015–2022)
Call sign meaning	Telemundo Birmingham
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	70426
Class	CD
ERP	15 kW
HAAT	274.5 m (900.6 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	33°29′19″N 86°47′58″W / 33.48861°N 86.79944°W / 33.48861; -86.79944 (WTBM-CD)
Translator(s)	WJMY-CD 17 (25.1) Tuscaloosa
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS

WTBM-CD (channel 24) is a low-power, Class A television station in Birmingham, Alabama, United States, affiliated with the Spanish-language Telemundo network. It is owned by Gray Television alongside Fox affiliate WBRC (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, WJMY-CD (channel 25) in Tuscaloosa.

The station launched its current affiliation on September 1, 2022.^[1]

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

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 on 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.