WTBS-LD

WTBS-LP / WTBS-LD

Atlanta, Georgia United States
Channels	Analog: 6− (VHF) Digital: 30 (UHF) Virtual: 26 (PSIP)
Subchannels	See Below
Affiliations	Estrella TV
Owner	Prism Broadcasting Network
First air date	May 31, 1988 (1988-05-31)
Sister station(s)	WANN-CD 29 (32.x)
Former callsigns	W56CD, W26BT, WANX-LP
Transmitter power	22.2kW (analog) 15kW (digital)
Height	293 m (961 ft) analog, 333 m (1,093 ft) digital
Class	LPTV
Facility ID	53584 (a) / 168811 (d)
Transmitter coordinates	33°45′34″N 84°23′19″W / 33.75944°N 84.38861°W / 33.75944; -84.38861 (WTBS-LP TV transmitter)Coordinates: 33°45′34″N 84°23′19″W / 33.75944°N 84.38861°W / 33.75944; -84.38861 (WTBS-LP TV transmitter) (a), 33°48′26″N 84°20′21.8″W / 33.80722°N 84.339389°W / 33.80722; -84.339389 (WTBS-LD TV transmitter) (d)
Licensing authority	FCC
Public license information:	/ WTBS-LD Profile / WTBS-LD CDBS
Website	http://www.wtbs26.com/ (WTBS station website) http://www.oldschool877.com

WTBS-LP and WTBS-LD is a low-power TV station on TV channels 6⁻ (analog) and 30 and PSIP channel 26 (digital) in metro Atlanta. The city of license is Atlanta, and the analog transmitter and antenna are located in downtown Atlanta atop the American Tower Site located at 315 Chester Avenue, Atlanta.

Summary

The digital station, which signed on in early January 2011, is located just northeast of the city on one of the two large towers on Briarcliff Road, along with its sister station WANN-CD which is also located at the same site along with WPCH-TV channel 17, Peachtree TV, WUVG-DT Channel 34 Univision, WGCL-TV Channel 46 CBS, and WHSG-TV Channel 63 Trinity Broadcasting which is the broadcast site for several other stations.

WTBS-LD currently broadcasts six television networks and is owned by Prism Broadcasting since 1991.

In 2014, the analog WTBS-LP has reappeared under special temporary authority on TV channel 6 which also broadcasts on 87.75 MHz of the FM dial. All analog television channels were scheduled to cease broadcasting in September 2015; this was suspended by the FCC in April of that year. In 2017, July 13, 2021 was announced as the new analog low-power television shutoff date. Analog channel 6 is currently broadcasting an urban AC format branded as "Mix 87.7", which is also carried via stereo audio on 87.75 MHZ FM.

History

It was originally W56CD in Rome, Georgia, then W26BT, then WANX-LP in January 2000, and finally WTBS-LP on October 15, 2007.

WTBS-LD also has a digital companion channel on virtual channel 26, RF channel 30 which broadcasts six television networks with an omni-directional pattern at maximum power allowed by the FCC.

Digital television

References

External links

• Query the FCC's TV station database for WTBS