WBIH

WBIH, virtual channel 29 (UHF digital channel 34), is a TCT owned-and-operated television station serving Montgomery, Alabama, United States that is licensed to Selma. The station is owned by Tri-State Christian Television. WBIH's transmitter is located in unincorporated western Autauga County.

WBIH
Selma/Montgomery, Alabama
United States
CitySelma, Alabama
ChannelsDigital: 34 (UHF)
Virtual: 29 (PSIP)
BrandingTCT
Programming
Affiliations29.1: TCT (O&O)
Ownership
OwnerTri-State Christian Television
(Radiant Life Ministries, Inc.)
History
First air date
2001 (2001)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
29 (UHF, 2001–2006)
Digital:
29 (UHF, 2006–2020)
The Walk TV (until 2020)
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID84802
ERP1,000 kW
HAAT404 m (1,325 ft)
Transmitter coordinates32°32′26.7″N 86°50′32.7″W
Links
Public license information
Profile
LMS
Websitewww.tct.tv

History

The station was founded in 2001.

On May 28, 2020, Flinn Broadcasting Corporation announced that it would sell WBIH, along with sister stations KCWV in Duluth, Minnesota, WWJX in Jackson, Mississippi, and WFBD in Destin, Florida, to Marion, Illinois-based Tri-State Christian Television for an undisclosed price.[1] The sale was completed on September 15; the stations became owned-and-operated stations of the TCT network two days later, with WBIH becoming the second religious television station in the Montgomery area. (Religious programming has been first offered by WMCF-TV when that station switched to the Trinity Broadcasting Network in 1986.)

Digital television

Digital channel
Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[2]
29.1480i4:3WBIH-DTMain WBIH programming / TCT

Analog-to-digital conversion

WBIH shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 29, on May 22, 2006. The station "flash-cut" its digital signal into operation UHF channel 29.[3] Because it was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997.[4] The station did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station.

References
  1. "Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. May 28, 2020. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
  2. RabbitEars TV Query for WBIH
  3. "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2012-03-24.


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