WABM

WABM

Birmingham–Tuscaloosa– Anniston, Alabama United States
City	Birmingham, Alabama
Channels	Digital: 20 (UHF) Virtual: 68[1]
Branding	My68 ABC 33/40 (DT2)[1]
Programming
Affiliations	68.1: MyNetworkTV 68.2: ABC for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Sinclair Broadcast Group (Birmingham (WABM-TV) Licensee, Inc.[1])
Sister stations	WBMA-LD, WTTO/WDBB
History
Founded	October 13, 1983
First air date	January 31, 1986 (38 years ago) (1986-01-31)
Former call signs	WCAJ (1986–1991)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 68 (UHF, 1986–2009) Digital: 36 (UHF, until 2020)
Former affiliations	Independent (1986–1995, March–August 1998) UPN (1995–March 1998, August 1998–2006)
Call sign meaning	"We've Got Alabama's Best Movies" -or- Alabama Birmingham -or- Alabama
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	16820
ERP	1,000 kW
HAAT	401 m (1,316 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	33°29′4.8″N 86°48′25.2″W / 33.484667°N 86.807000°W / 33.484667; -86.807000
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	wabm68.com

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 agreement (LMA) with Sinclair partner company Cunningham Broadcasting. However, Sinclair effectively owns WDBB as the majority of Cunningham's stock is owned by the family of deceased group founder Julian Smith.

WABM, WBMA-LD and WTTO share studios at the Riverchase office park on Concourse Parkway in Hoover (with a Birmingham mailing address); WABM's transmitter is located at the American General candelabra tower on Red Mountain (near Interstate 65) in southwestern Birmingham.