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WBMA-LD (channel 58) is a low-power television station in Birmingham, Alabama, United States, affiliated with ABC.It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside MyNetworkTV affiliate WABM (channel 68) and Homewood-licensed CW affiliate WTTO (channel 21); Sinclair also operates Bessemer-licensed WDBB (channel 17), which serves as a full satellite station of WTTO, under a local marketing ...
W58CK launched its in-house news department the following day on September 1, when the station was merged into the "ABC 33/40" trimulcast; WJSU's locally based newscasts were replaced by simulcasts of W58CK/WBMA's morning, midday and evening newscasts. Allbritton transferred certain members of WJSU's news staff to the W58CK/WBMA news department.
Even though WBMA was the official ABC affiliate for the Birmingham market, Allbritton chose instead to name the triumvirate operation "ABC 33/40", using the over-the-air channel numbers of WCFT and WJSU instead as the collective branding for the stations, making it appear as if WCFT was the primary station and WJSU was acting as its satellite.
Anniston: 40 9 WGWW: H&I: ABC on 40.2 (WBMA-LD 58.1), ... 33 WPXH-TV: Ion: Court TV on ... Laff on 44.4, Defy TV on 44.5, Scripps News on 44.6, HSN on 44.7 Gadsden ...
However, ABC bypassed Sinclair's stations and instead opted to partner with Allbritton Communications to use WCFT in Tuscaloosa and WJSU in Anniston to start a new regional ABC affiliate. [20] Sinclair moved to end the WDBB newscasts that December, putting 25 to 30 news staff and another 10 to 15 production employees out of work. [21]
WABM (channel 68) is a television station in Birmingham, Alabama, United States, affiliated with MyNetworkTV.It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside Homewood-licensed CW affiliate WTTO (channel 21) and low-power ABC affiliate WBMA-LD (channel 58); Sinclair also operates Bessemer-licensed WDBB (channel 17), which serves as a full satellite station of WTTO, under a local marketing ...
In January 1996, ABC struck a deal with Allbritton Communications to affiliate with CBS stations WCFT-TV (channel 33, now Heroes & Icons affiliate WSES) in Tuscaloosa and WJSU-TV (channel 40, now Heroes & Icons affiliate WGWW) in Anniston (the latter of which Allbritton had agreed to operate under a local marketing agreement with then-owner ...
Spann left WBRC in 1996 to the newly formed ABC 33/40, which had merged WCFT with WJSU-TV in Anniston and a new low-power repeater in Birmingham , and had replaced WBRC as Birmingham's ABC affiliate. He has been at ABC 33/40 ever since. Starting in 2007, Spann could be heard by listeners of the syndicated Rick and Bubba Show.