WBIH (channel 29) is a religious television station licensed to Selma, Alabama, United States, serving the Montgomery area as an owned-and-operated station of Tri-State Christian Television (TCT). The station's transmitter is located in unincorporated western Autauga County.

WBIH
CitySelma, Alabama
Channels
BrandingTCT
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
2001 (23 years ago) (2001)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 29 (UHF, 2001–2006)
  • Digital: 29 (UHF, 2006–2020)
The Walk TV (until 2020)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID84802
ERP1,000 kW
HAAT404 m (1,325 ft)
Transmitter coordinates32°32′26.7″N 86°50′32.7″W / 32.540750°N 86.842417°W / 32.540750; -86.842417
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.tct.tv

History

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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.[2] 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.)

Technical information

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Subchannels

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The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WBIH[3]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
29.1 1080i 16:9 WBIH HD TCT
29.2 480i 4:3 WBIH SD Sonlife
29.3 ShopLC Shop LC
29.4 CTVMyst Ion Mystery
29.5 Laff Laff
29.6 16:9 DigiTV [Blank]

Analog-to-digital conversion

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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.[4] Because it was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997.[5] The station did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station.

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WBIH". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ RabbitEars TV Query for WBIH
  4. ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
  5. ^ "Final DTV Channel Plan from FCC97-115".
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