It's only three days before six stations in the Birmingham area change network affiliations. On Sunday 9/1, WBRC-6 would drop ABC after over 35 years to become a Fox O & O affiliate. In reaction, WTTO-21 and semi-satellites WDBB-17 and WNAL-44 lose their Fox affiliation; 17 and 21 would become independents until the following February when they became WB affiliates, and 44 became a CBS affiliate, in part because Tuscaloosa's WCFT-33 and Anniston's WJSU-40 merged to become the ABC affiliate for all of central Alabama. Channel 44's CBS affiliation would be short-lived, because in 1999 it became WPXH and became the Pax affiliate for the Birmingham market. Both 33 and 40 had been exclusively affiliated with CBS since 1970.
Source: TV Guide Northern Alabama Edition 8/24-30/96
CHANNELS LISTED
*Birmingham*
6-WBRC (ABC)
13-WVTM (NBC)
21-WTTO (Fox)---now CW
42-WBMG (CBS)---now WIAT
68-WABM (UPN)---now MNTV
*Huntsville*
19-WHNT (CBS)
31-WAAY (ABC)
48-WAFF (NBC)
54-WZDX (Fox)
*Tuscaloosa*
17-WDBB (Fox)
33-WCFT (CBS)
*Anniston*
40-WJSU (CBS)
*Gadsden*
44-WNAL (Fox/WB)---now WPXH (Ion)
*Florence*
15-WOWL (NBC)---now WHDF (CW, serving Huntsville and the Tennessee Valley)
26-WYLE (WB)---no longer broadcasting
*Columbus, MS*
4-WCBI (CBS)
*Tupelo*
9-WTVA (NBC)
APT: Alabama Public Television (WCIQ-7, Mount Cheaha State Park; WBIQ-10, Birmingham; 25-WHIQ, Huntsville; WFIQ-36, Florence)
5:00
4-19-40-42: CBS News (until 6:00 on 40)
13: NBC News
15: Daybreak
17: Shepherd’s Chapel Bible Study
26: Senior Style
31: WAAY Too Early
33: AG-Day
48: Cooper and Company
54: Phil Donahue
5:30
4: AG-Day
6-13: News (until 7:00)
9-15: NBC News
19: Morning Folks
21: Infomercial
26: You Need to Know
33: CBS News
42: This Morning’s Business
44: Outdoors with Archie Phillips
68: Laverne and Shirley
6:00
4-31-42-48: News (until 7:00)
9: Mornin’
15: Tennessee Valley Today
17: Saved by the Bell
19: Daybreak
21: Bonkers
26: Ten and Six
33: Rush Limbaugh
40: CBS This Morning
44: Perry Mason
54: Gargoyles
68: Bullwinkle
6:30
17: California Dreams
21: Aladdin
33: News
54: V.R. Troopers
68: Mutant League
7:00
4-19-33-42: CBS This Morning (until 8:00 on 42)
6: Good Day Alabama
9-13-15-48: Today
17-68: Mighty Max
21: Littlest Pet Shop
26: Mitchells in the Morning
31: Good Morning America
44: Bugs and Daffy
54: Aladdin
APT: Bloomberg Business News
7:30
17-21-44-54: Eek!Stravaganza
68: Sailor Moon
APT: Puzzle Place
8:00
6: (Fox) After Breakfast
17-44: Budgle the Little Helicopter
21: V.R. Troopers
26: Home Life
40: Sally Jessy Raphael
42: George and Alana
54: Family Matters
68: Bananas in Pajamas
APT: Sesame Street
8:30
17: I Love Lucy
21: Budgle the Little Helicopter
26: This Morning’s Business
44: Infomercial
54: Step by Step
68: Blinky Bill
9:00
4: Gordon Elliott
6-31-40: Regis and Kathie Lee
9: In the Heat of the Night
13: Leeza
15-68: Kenneth Copeland
17: Jenny Jones
19: Crook and Chase
21: Taz-Mania
26: Gerbert
33: Sally Jessy Raphael
42: A Different World
44: Geraldo
48: Ricki Lake
54: (Fox) After Breakfast
APT: Lamb Chop’s Play-a-long
9:30
15: First Business
21: Dinosaurs
26: Lifestyle Magazine
42: Designing Women
68: Joyce Meyer
APT: Reading Rainbow
10:00
4-19-33-40-42: Price Is Right
6: All My Children
9-48: Leeza
13-15: Mark Walberg
17: Ricki Lake
21: Geraldo
26: Cops
31: Maury Povich
44: Jerry Springer
54: Matlock
68: Rockford Files
APT: Mister Rogers
10:30
APT: Shining Time Station
11:00
4-19-33-40-42: Young and the Restless
6: Gordon Elliott
9: Real Life
13: News
15: Bible Televisit
17-21: Rosie O’Donnell
26: Today’s Health
31: All My Children
44: Phil Donahue
48: American Journal
54: Gunsmoke
68: Magnum, P.I.
APT: Lamb Chop’s Play-a-Long
11:15
15: Face the Issues
11:30
15: Court TV: Inside America’s Courts
26: LAPD
48: Inside Edition
APT: Barney and Friends
12:00
4-Midday
6-9-19-31-33-48: News
13-15: Days of Our Lives
17-21: I Love Lucy
26: Movie: A Face in the Rain (’63)
40: By the Way
42: Infomercial
44: George and Alana
54: Mama’s Family
68: Doogie Howser, M.D.
APT: Inspiration of Painting
12:30
4-19-33-40-42: Bold and the Beautiful
6-48: Jeopardy!
9: Days of Our Lives
17-21: Andy Griffith
31: The City
54: Golden Girls
68: Doogie Howser, M.D.
APT: America Sews
1:00
4-19-33-40-42: As the World Turns
6-31: All My Children
13-15: Another World
17: In the Heat of the Night
21: Matlock
44: Perry Mason
54: Blossom
68: What’s Happening!
APT: Puzzle Place
1:30
9: Another World
54: Dinosaurs
68: Blossom
APT: Shining Time Station
2:00
4-19-33-40-42: Guiding Light
6-31: General Hospital
13: Real Life
15: Leeza
17: George and Alana
21: Goof Troop
26: Meet Corliss Archer
44: Andy Griffith
48: Another World
54: Budgle the Little Helicopter
68: Richard Bey
APT: Mister Rogers
2:30
9: Inside Edition
21: Gargoyles
26: Campbells
44: I Love Lucy
54: Goof Troop
APT: Barney and Friends
3:00
4: Family Matters
6: Ricki Lake
9: Maury Povich
13: Day and Date
15: Real Life
17-44-54: Taz Mania
19: America’s Funniest Home Videos
21: Bobby’s World
26: Highlander: The Animated Series
31: Full House
33-40: Oprah Winfrey
42: Baywatch
48: Montel Williams
68: Geraldo
APT: Lamb Chop’s Play-a-long
3:30
4: Simpsons
17-44-54: Bobby’s World
19: America’s Funniest Home Videos
21: Batman and Robin
26: Flintstones
31: Full House
APT: Reading Rainbow
4:00
4: Mama’s Family
6-9-48: Oprah Winfrey
13: Inside Edition
15: Real Stories of the Highway Patrol
17-44-54: Batman and Robin
19: Coach
21: Power Rangers ZEO
26: Merrie Melodies
31: Rosie O’Donnell
33: Montel Williams
40: Fresh Prince
42: Jenny Jones
68: Tempestt
APT: Kratts’ Creatures
4:30
4: A Current Affair
13: Cheers
15: Top Cops
17-44-54: Power Rangers ZEO
19: Andy Griffith
21-40: Step by Step
26: Animaniacs
APT: Bill Nye the Science Guy
5:00
4-6-13-19-31-33-40-42-48: News
9-21-54: Fresh Prince
15: American Times
17: Ricki Lake
26: Biker Mice from Mars
44: Animaniacs
68: Family Matters
APT: Wishbone
5:30
4-19-33-40-42: CBS News
6-31: ABC News
9-13-15-48: NBC News
21: Roseanne
26: Talk of the Town
44: Saved by the Bell
54: Simpsons
68: Family Matters
APT: Storytime
6:00
4-6-9-13-15-19-31-33-40-42-48: News
17: Fresh Prince
21-54: Home Improvement
26: Reality Check
44: Baywatch
68: Cosby Show
APT: Sneak Previews
6:30
4: America’s Most Wanted: Final Justice
6-9-33-40-48: Wheel of Fortune
13-31: Hard Copy
15-42: Extra!
17-21: College Football Today
19: Andy Griffith
54: Home Improvement
68: Fresh Prince
APT: For the Record
7:00
4-19-33-40-42: Candid Camera’s 50th Anniversary
6: SEC Football ’96 Preview
9-13-15-48: Friends
17-21-44-54: Living Single
26: Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
31: High Incident
68: Movie: King of New York (’89)
APT: Democratic Convention
7:30
9-13-15-48: Single Guy
17-21-44-54: Living Single
8:00
4-6-19-31-33-40-42: Democratic Convention
9-13-15-48: Seinfeld
17-21-44-54: New York Undercover
26: Nightfighters
8:30
9-13-15-48: Democratic Convention
9:00
17-21-54: Star Trek: the Next Generation
26: Outer Limits
44: Wayans Bros.
9:30
44: Jamie Foxx
10:00
4-6-9-13-15-19-31-33-40-42-48: News
17-21-44: Andy Griffith
26: Ten and Six
54: Roseanne
68: Amen
APT: Fate of the Plains
10:30
17-21-54: In the Heat of the Night
44: Matlock
68: Mama’s Family
10:35
4-19-33-40-42: David Letterman
6-31: Nightline
9-13-15-48: Jay Leno
11:00
26: For the People
68: Top Cops
11:05
6-31: Seinfeld
11:30
17: LAPD
21: Coach
26: Crimson Tide This Week
44: Damn Right
54: Cops
68: Matlock
APT: Jack Horkheimer: Star Hustler
11:35
4: Married…with Children
6: Entertainment Tonight
9-13-15-48: Conan O’Brien
19-33-40-42: U.S. Open Highlights
31: Rush Limbaugh
12:00
17: Infomercials (until 1:00)
21: LAPD
26: Cato Forum
44: Informercial
54: Northern Exposure
12:05
4: U.S. Open Highlights
6: Ricki Lake
19-33-40-42: Tom Snyder
31: A Current Affair
12:30
21: Infomercial
44: ANC News
68: Soul Train
12:35
4: Tom Snyder
9-13-15-48: Greg Kinnear
31: America’s Most Wanted: Final Justice
1:00
17-44: Movie: Wanted: Babysitter (’75)
21: Perfect Strangers
26: Youngbloods
54: Jerry Springer
1:05
6-31: News
9: Nightside (until 3:30)
13: Cops
19: Married…with Children
33: Hard Copy
40: Rush Limbaugh
42: Northern Exposure
48: Baywatch
1:30
21: Infomercial
68: The Hitchhiker
1:35
4: Phil Donahue
13: America’s Most Wanted: Final Justice
19: Empty Nest
33: Jerry Springer
1:40
6: Land’s End
31: Lauren Hutton and…
2:00
21: Movie: Invaders from Mars
26: Capitol Watch
54: Infomercial
2:05
13: A Current Affair
19: Up to the Minute (until 5:00)
42: Lauren Hutton and…
48: News
2:10
31: Stories of the Highway Patrol
2:30
54: Gordon Elliott
2:35
4: Infomercials
13: Maury Povich
33: The Hitchhiker
42: Married…with Children
2:40
6: Home Shoppers’ Spree
31: World News Now (until 5:00)
48: Nightside (until 5:00)
3:00
26: Movie: TBA
44: Night Flight
3:05
33: Geraldo
42: Empty Nest
3:30
6: Gordon Elliott
9: Headline News (until 5:30)
54: Infomercials (until 5:00)
3:35
4-42: Up to the Minute (until 4:30 on 4; 5:00 on 42)
13: Nightside (until 5:00)
4:00
21: Infomercial
44: Lonely Chef
68: Shepherd’s Chapel Bible Study
4:05
33: Up to the Minute
4:30
4: This Morning’s Business
6: Headline News (until 5:30)
21: Rockford Files
44: ANC News
Source: TV Guide Northern Alabama Edition 8/24-30/96
CHANNELS LISTED
*Birmingham*
6-WBRC (ABC)
13-WVTM (NBC)
21-WTTO (Fox)---now CW
42-WBMG (CBS)---now WIAT
68-WABM (UPN)---now MNTV
*Huntsville*
19-WHNT (CBS)
31-WAAY (ABC)
48-WAFF (NBC)
54-WZDX (Fox)
*Tuscaloosa*
17-WDBB (Fox)
33-WCFT (CBS)
*Anniston*
40-WJSU (CBS)
*Gadsden*
44-WNAL (Fox/WB)---now WPXH (Ion)
*Florence*
15-WOWL (NBC)---now WHDF (CW, serving Huntsville and the Tennessee Valley)
26-WYLE (WB)---no longer broadcasting
*Columbus, MS*
4-WCBI (CBS)
*Tupelo*
9-WTVA (NBC)
APT: Alabama Public Television (WCIQ-7, Mount Cheaha State Park; WBIQ-10, Birmingham; 25-WHIQ, Huntsville; WFIQ-36, Florence)
5:00
4-19-40-42: CBS News (until 6:00 on 40)
13: NBC News
15: Daybreak
17: Shepherd’s Chapel Bible Study
26: Senior Style
31: WAAY Too Early
33: AG-Day
48: Cooper and Company
54: Phil Donahue
5:30
4: AG-Day
6-13: News (until 7:00)
9-15: NBC News
19: Morning Folks
21: Infomercial
26: You Need to Know
33: CBS News
42: This Morning’s Business
44: Outdoors with Archie Phillips
68: Laverne and Shirley
6:00
4-31-42-48: News (until 7:00)
9: Mornin’
15: Tennessee Valley Today
17: Saved by the Bell
19: Daybreak
21: Bonkers
26: Ten and Six
33: Rush Limbaugh
40: CBS This Morning
44: Perry Mason
54: Gargoyles
68: Bullwinkle
6:30
17: California Dreams
21: Aladdin
33: News
54: V.R. Troopers
68: Mutant League
7:00
4-19-33-42: CBS This Morning (until 8:00 on 42)
6: Good Day Alabama
9-13-15-48: Today
17-68: Mighty Max
21: Littlest Pet Shop
26: Mitchells in the Morning
31: Good Morning America
44: Bugs and Daffy
54: Aladdin
APT: Bloomberg Business News
7:30
17-21-44-54: Eek!Stravaganza
68: Sailor Moon
APT: Puzzle Place
8:00
6: (Fox) After Breakfast
17-44: Budgle the Little Helicopter
21: V.R. Troopers
26: Home Life
40: Sally Jessy Raphael
42: George and Alana
54: Family Matters
68: Bananas in Pajamas
APT: Sesame Street
8:30
17: I Love Lucy
21: Budgle the Little Helicopter
26: This Morning’s Business
44: Infomercial
54: Step by Step
68: Blinky Bill
9:00
4: Gordon Elliott
6-31-40: Regis and Kathie Lee
9: In the Heat of the Night
13: Leeza
15-68: Kenneth Copeland
17: Jenny Jones
19: Crook and Chase
21: Taz-Mania
26: Gerbert
33: Sally Jessy Raphael
42: A Different World
44: Geraldo
48: Ricki Lake
54: (Fox) After Breakfast
APT: Lamb Chop’s Play-a-long
9:30
15: First Business
21: Dinosaurs
26: Lifestyle Magazine
42: Designing Women
68: Joyce Meyer
APT: Reading Rainbow
10:00
4-19-33-40-42: Price Is Right
6: All My Children
9-48: Leeza
13-15: Mark Walberg
17: Ricki Lake
21: Geraldo
26: Cops
31: Maury Povich
44: Jerry Springer
54: Matlock
68: Rockford Files
APT: Mister Rogers
10:30
APT: Shining Time Station
11:00
4-19-33-40-42: Young and the Restless
6: Gordon Elliott
9: Real Life
13: News
15: Bible Televisit
17-21: Rosie O’Donnell
26: Today’s Health
31: All My Children
44: Phil Donahue
48: American Journal
54: Gunsmoke
68: Magnum, P.I.
APT: Lamb Chop’s Play-a-Long
11:15
15: Face the Issues
11:30
15: Court TV: Inside America’s Courts
26: LAPD
48: Inside Edition
APT: Barney and Friends
12:00
4-Midday
6-9-19-31-33-48: News
13-15: Days of Our Lives
17-21: I Love Lucy
26: Movie: A Face in the Rain (’63)
40: By the Way
42: Infomercial
44: George and Alana
54: Mama’s Family
68: Doogie Howser, M.D.
APT: Inspiration of Painting
12:30
4-19-33-40-42: Bold and the Beautiful
6-48: Jeopardy!
9: Days of Our Lives
17-21: Andy Griffith
31: The City
54: Golden Girls
68: Doogie Howser, M.D.
APT: America Sews
1:00
4-19-33-40-42: As the World Turns
6-31: All My Children
13-15: Another World
17: In the Heat of the Night
21: Matlock
44: Perry Mason
54: Blossom
68: What’s Happening!
APT: Puzzle Place
1:30
9: Another World
54: Dinosaurs
68: Blossom
APT: Shining Time Station
2:00
4-19-33-40-42: Guiding Light
6-31: General Hospital
13: Real Life
15: Leeza
17: George and Alana
21: Goof Troop
26: Meet Corliss Archer
44: Andy Griffith
48: Another World
54: Budgle the Little Helicopter
68: Richard Bey
APT: Mister Rogers
2:30
9: Inside Edition
21: Gargoyles
26: Campbells
44: I Love Lucy
54: Goof Troop
APT: Barney and Friends
3:00
4: Family Matters
6: Ricki Lake
9: Maury Povich
13: Day and Date
15: Real Life
17-44-54: Taz Mania
19: America’s Funniest Home Videos
21: Bobby’s World
26: Highlander: The Animated Series
31: Full House
33-40: Oprah Winfrey
42: Baywatch
48: Montel Williams
68: Geraldo
APT: Lamb Chop’s Play-a-long
3:30
4: Simpsons
17-44-54: Bobby’s World
19: America’s Funniest Home Videos
21: Batman and Robin
26: Flintstones
31: Full House
APT: Reading Rainbow
4:00
4: Mama’s Family
6-9-48: Oprah Winfrey
13: Inside Edition
15: Real Stories of the Highway Patrol
17-44-54: Batman and Robin
19: Coach
21: Power Rangers ZEO
26: Merrie Melodies
31: Rosie O’Donnell
33: Montel Williams
40: Fresh Prince
42: Jenny Jones
68: Tempestt
APT: Kratts’ Creatures
4:30
4: A Current Affair
13: Cheers
15: Top Cops
17-44-54: Power Rangers ZEO
19: Andy Griffith
21-40: Step by Step
26: Animaniacs
APT: Bill Nye the Science Guy
5:00
4-6-13-19-31-33-40-42-48: News
9-21-54: Fresh Prince
15: American Times
17: Ricki Lake
26: Biker Mice from Mars
44: Animaniacs
68: Family Matters
APT: Wishbone
5:30
4-19-33-40-42: CBS News
6-31: ABC News
9-13-15-48: NBC News
21: Roseanne
26: Talk of the Town
44: Saved by the Bell
54: Simpsons
68: Family Matters
APT: Storytime
6:00
4-6-9-13-15-19-31-33-40-42-48: News
17: Fresh Prince
21-54: Home Improvement
26: Reality Check
44: Baywatch
68: Cosby Show
APT: Sneak Previews
6:30
4: America’s Most Wanted: Final Justice
6-9-33-40-48: Wheel of Fortune
13-31: Hard Copy
15-42: Extra!
17-21: College Football Today
19: Andy Griffith
54: Home Improvement
68: Fresh Prince
APT: For the Record
7:00
4-19-33-40-42: Candid Camera’s 50th Anniversary
6: SEC Football ’96 Preview
9-13-15-48: Friends
17-21-44-54: Living Single
26: Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
31: High Incident
68: Movie: King of New York (’89)
APT: Democratic Convention
7:30
9-13-15-48: Single Guy
17-21-44-54: Living Single
8:00
4-6-19-31-33-40-42: Democratic Convention
9-13-15-48: Seinfeld
17-21-44-54: New York Undercover
26: Nightfighters
8:30
9-13-15-48: Democratic Convention
9:00
17-21-54: Star Trek: the Next Generation
26: Outer Limits
44: Wayans Bros.
9:30
44: Jamie Foxx
10:00
4-6-9-13-15-19-31-33-40-42-48: News
17-21-44: Andy Griffith
26: Ten and Six
54: Roseanne
68: Amen
APT: Fate of the Plains
10:30
17-21-54: In the Heat of the Night
44: Matlock
68: Mama’s Family
10:35
4-19-33-40-42: David Letterman
6-31: Nightline
9-13-15-48: Jay Leno
11:00
26: For the People
68: Top Cops
11:05
6-31: Seinfeld
11:30
17: LAPD
21: Coach
26: Crimson Tide This Week
44: Damn Right
54: Cops
68: Matlock
APT: Jack Horkheimer: Star Hustler
11:35
4: Married…with Children
6: Entertainment Tonight
9-13-15-48: Conan O’Brien
19-33-40-42: U.S. Open Highlights
31: Rush Limbaugh
12:00
17: Infomercials (until 1:00)
21: LAPD
26: Cato Forum
44: Informercial
54: Northern Exposure
12:05
4: U.S. Open Highlights
6: Ricki Lake
19-33-40-42: Tom Snyder
31: A Current Affair
12:30
21: Infomercial
44: ANC News
68: Soul Train
12:35
4: Tom Snyder
9-13-15-48: Greg Kinnear
31: America’s Most Wanted: Final Justice
1:00
17-44: Movie: Wanted: Babysitter (’75)
21: Perfect Strangers
26: Youngbloods
54: Jerry Springer
1:05
6-31: News
9: Nightside (until 3:30)
13: Cops
19: Married…with Children
33: Hard Copy
40: Rush Limbaugh
42: Northern Exposure
48: Baywatch
1:30
21: Infomercial
68: The Hitchhiker
1:35
4: Phil Donahue
13: America’s Most Wanted: Final Justice
19: Empty Nest
33: Jerry Springer
1:40
6: Land’s End
31: Lauren Hutton and…
2:00
21: Movie: Invaders from Mars
26: Capitol Watch
54: Infomercial
2:05
13: A Current Affair
19: Up to the Minute (until 5:00)
42: Lauren Hutton and…
48: News
2:10
31: Stories of the Highway Patrol
2:30
54: Gordon Elliott
2:35
4: Infomercials
13: Maury Povich
33: The Hitchhiker
42: Married…with Children
2:40
6: Home Shoppers’ Spree
31: World News Now (until 5:00)
48: Nightside (until 5:00)
3:00
26: Movie: TBA
44: Night Flight
3:05
33: Geraldo
42: Empty Nest
3:30
6: Gordon Elliott
9: Headline News (until 5:30)
54: Infomercials (until 5:00)
3:35
4-42: Up to the Minute (until 4:30 on 4; 5:00 on 42)
13: Nightside (until 5:00)
4:00
21: Infomercial
44: Lonely Chef
68: Shepherd’s Chapel Bible Study
4:05
33: Up to the Minute
4:30
4: This Morning’s Business
6: Headline News (until 5:30)
21: Rockford Files
44: ANC News