WABM BIRMINGHAM, AL

Display Channel	Video	Call Sign	Nickname	Notes
21-2	20.7	480i	DD2.0	Antenna	Antenna TV
68-1	20.3	720p	DD5.1	MyTV	MyN	"My 68"
68-2	20.4	720p	DD5.1	ABC3340	ABC	"ABC 33/40"	(WBMA-LD 58-1)
68-3	20.5	480i (w)	DD2.0	Weather	Weather	"James Spann 24/7 Weather"	(WBMA-LD 58-2)
68-4	20.6	480i (w)	DD2.0	Charge!	Charge!

FAC-ID: 16820

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DTV-LIC:

Granted

Channel 20

BIRMINGHAM, AL

0000123838 (25076f9174c22e5d0174d5803f74180d) - App
0000192391 (25076f9180e458f80180f3983f180803) - App

(TVStudy TL Pop: 1,719,887)

1316' 1000 kW DA (E) (Vertical ERP: Unknown)
(40.132 kW + 13.97 dB gain = 1000 kW ERP)
63.1 mile contour / 12523 sq. mi. area / Est. Pop. 1,781,835
1006' AGL; 1952' AMSL; (1226663)
0.75° Elec Beam Tilt; Full Service Filter [H-Pat] DIELECTRIC TFU-26DSC/VP-R C170
NAD83: N 33° 29' 4.8", W 86° 48' 25.2" (33.484667, -86.807) Red Mountain (AL)

Streams

TSID:	Assigned	Observed
	57 (0x0039)

Phys Ch	Disp Ch	Call Sign	Src ID	PMT PID	Video	Dimensions	Aspect Ratio	Video PID	Video (Mbps)	PCR PID	Audio Type	Audio PID	Audio Bitrate
20.3	68-1	MyTV	1	0x0030	720p	1280x720	16:9	0x0031	8.35Mbps	0x0031	DD5.1	0x0034	384kbps
20.4	68-2	ABC3340	2	0x0040	720p	1280x720	16:9	0x0041	4.75Mbps	0x0041	DD5.1	0x0044	384kbps
20.5	68-3	Weather	3	0x0050	480i	720x480	16:9	0x0051	1.7Mbps	0x0051	DD2.0	0x0054	192kbps
20.6	68-4	Charge!	4	0x0060	480i	720x480	16:9	0x0061	2.7Mbps	0x0061	DD2.0	0x0064	192kbps
20.7	21-2	Antenna	5	0x0070	480i	704x480	4:3	0x0071	2.05Mbps	0x0071	DD2.0	0x0074	192kbps

Bitrate Allocation: Variable
TSReader Data: HTML Export (05/10/2022)

Ownership/Historical

Operator:	Sinclair
Licensee:	Birmingham (WABM-TV) Licensee, Inc.
Sisters:	WDBB, WTTO, WSES, WGWW, WBMA-LD
DTV Transition:
Certification :	Analog channel 68. Digital channel 36.
Elected Round 1 :	Elected channel 36. (Approved)
Final Channel :	Channel 36.
Last Analog:
Channel 68 :	1030' 1450 kW ND

Call Sign History:
00/00/0000	800521KQ
10/13/1983	WCAJ
01/28/1991	WABM

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