WBIH

WBIH
Selma/Montgomery, Alabama; United States
City	Selma, Alabama
Channels	Digital: 29 (UHF); (to move to 34 (UHF)); Virtual: 29 (PSIP)
Branding	WBIH TV29
Programming
Affiliations	The Walk TV
Ownership
Owner	Flinn Broadcasting Corporation; (sale to Tri-State Christian Television pending[1])
History
First air date	2001
Former channel number(s)	Analog:; 29 (UHF, 2001–2006)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	84802
ERP	1,000 kW
HAAT	408 m (1,339 ft); 403.5 m (1,324 ft) (CP)
Transmitter coordinates	32°32′26.7″N 86°50′32.7″W
Links
Public license information	Profile; LMS
Website	www.wbihtv29.com

WBIH, virtual and UHF digital channel 29, is a Walk TV-affiliated television station serving Montgomery, Alabama, United States that is licensed to Selma. The station is owned by Flinn Broadcasting Corporation. WBIH's studios are located on Memorial Drive in Prattville, and its transmitter is located in unincorporated western Autauga County.

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 pending Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approval; once the sale closes (which is expected to happen in late summer or early fall of 2020), the station would become an owned-and-operated station of the TCT network and the second religious television station in the Montgomery area.[1] (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]
29.1	480i	4:3	WBIH-DT	The Walk TV

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.

Programming

WBIH broadcasts primarily religious and family-oriented programming.

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References

"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.
RabbitEars TV Query for WBIH
"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.

External links

WBIH in the FCC's TV station database
BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WBIH-TV

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[wbihtotct-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.