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WBMA-LD (channel 58) is a low-power television station in Birmingham, Alabama, United States, affiliated with ABC.It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside MyNetworkTV affiliate WABM (channel 68) and Homewood-licensed CW affiliate WTTO (channel 21); Sinclair also operates Bessemer-licensed WDBB (channel 17), which serves as a full satellite station of WTTO, under a local marketing ...
Even though WBMA was the official ABC affiliate for the Birmingham market, Allbritton chose instead to name the triumvirate operation "ABC 33/40", using the over-the-air channel numbers of WCFT and WJSU instead as the collective branding for the stations, making it appear as if WCFT was the primary station and WJSU was acting as its satellite.
James Max Spann Jr. (born June 6, 1956) is a television meteorologist, TikTok, and podcast host based in Birmingham, Alabama. [1] He currently works for WBMA-LD (ABC 33/40), Birmingham's ABC affiliate. Spann has worked in the field since 1978. [2] He also hosts the podcast WeatherBrains which he started in 2006. [3] [4] [5]
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Even though WBMA was the official ABC affiliate for the Birmingham market, Allbritton chose instead to name the triumvirate operation "ABC 33/40", using the over-the-air channel numbers of WCFT and WJSU instead as the collective branding for the stations, making it appear as if WCFT was the primary station and WJSU was acting as its satellite.
The tornado entered Cullman while being tracked and broadcast live via several tower cameras, including those operated by Birmingham Fox affiliate WBRC (channel 6) and ABC affiliate WBMA-LD/WCFT-TV/WJSU-TV (channels 58, 33, and 40 – ABC 33/40), for several minutes. The ABC 33/40 camera captured the destruction of a communications tower ...
John Oldshue is a former meteorologist [1] and storm chaser for ABC 33/40 in Birmingham, Alabama, from 1997 to 2011, before he retired to run a small business.He won an Emmy award for coverage of the Tuscaloosa tornado on December 16, 2000, alongside meteorologist James Spann.
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