WTBL-LD

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title: "WTBL-LD" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1990-establishments-in-mississippi", "biloxi,-mississippi", "low-power-television-stations-in-mississippi", "metv-affiliates", "telemundo-affiliates", "television-channels-and-stations-established-in-1990", "television-stations-in-biloxi,-mississippi"] description: "Television station in Pascagoula, Mississippi" topic_path: "arts/film" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTBL-LD" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Television station in Pascagoula, Mississippi ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox television station"]

Field	Value
callsign	WTBL-LD
city	Pascagoula, Mississippi (nominal city of license)
logo	Telemundo Biloxi.png
branding
digital	31 (UHF)
virtual	51
affiliations
airdate	1990
location	Biloxi–Gulfport, Mississippi
country	United States
former_callsigns
former_channel_numbers
owner	Gray Television
licensee	Gray Television Licensee, LLC
sister_stations	WLOX
former_affiliations
erp
haat
facility_id	67989
class	LD
coordinates
licensing_authority	FCC
website	(51.2)
::

| callsign = WTBL-LD | city = Pascagoula, Mississippi (nominal city of license) | logo = Telemundo Biloxi.png | branding = | analog = | digital = 31 (UHF) | virtual = 51 | translators = | affiliations = | founded = | airdate = 1990 | location = Biloxi–Gulfport, Mississippi | country = United States | callsign_meaning = | former_callsigns = | former_channel_numbers = | owner = Gray Television | licensee = Gray Television Licensee, LLC | sister_stations = WLOX | former_affiliations = | erp = | haat = | facility_id = 67989 | class = LD | coordinates = | licensing_authority = FCC | website = (51.2)

WTBL-LD (channel 51) is a low-power television station serving Biloxi and Gulfport, Mississippi, United States, as an affiliate of MeTV and Telemundo. It is nominally licensed to Pascagoula, Mississippi; however, it only provides a marginal signal to that area. WTBL-LD is owned by Gray Television alongside dual ABC/CBS affiliate WLOX (channel 13). The two stations share studios on DeBuys Road in Biloxi, where WTBL-LD's transmitter is also located.

History

The original construction permit for the station was granted on October 29, 1987, for operation on channel 46; the station was assigned the call letters W46AV. Originally owned by Tel-Radio Communications Properties, the permit was transferred to the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) in 1988. A license to cover was issued August 16, 1990. It moved to channel 51 in 2000 and became W51CU.

TBN sold W51CU to Tim Wall, owner of Scranton Broadcasting Company, LLC in 2010. Soon after the sale was approved (but while still under TBN ownership), the station changed its call letters to WGUD-LP. Scranton relaunched WGUD-LP on September 1, 2010, as a FamilyNet affiliate, with some local programming. On January 4, 2013, the station changed its call sign to WGUD-LD. In 2017, due to the eventual rebranding of FamilyNet, WGUD-LD changed affiliates again.

On October 3, 2022, the station changed its callsign from WGUD-LD to WTBL-LD.

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed: ::data[format=table title="Subchannels of WTBL-LD{{cite web|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WTBL#station|title=RabbitEars TV Query for WTBL|website=[[RabbitEars]]}}"]

Channel	Display	Aspect	Short name	Programming	51.1	51.2	51.3	51.4
480i	16:9	WTBLLD1	MeTV
1080i	WTBLHD	Telemundo
720p	GCSEN	Gulf Coast Sports & Entertainment Network
480i	THE365	365BLK
::

WTBL-LD currently has a construction permit to move its signal to digital channel 38. A previous such permit, granted in 2006, expired on June 19, 2009. Around 2011, WGUD-LP consummated its relocation, and began broadcasting three subchannels, with programming from FamilyNet, MeTV and Pursuit Channel. The Cowboy Channel replaced FamilyNet on July 1, 2017.

Beginning in October 2024, WTBL-LD's third subchannel has been affiliated with the Gray Television owned Gulf Coast Sports & Entertainment Network. The network is the television home of the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association.

References

References

1. "Application Search Details (1)". [[Federal Communications Commission]].
2. "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission.
3. "Application Search Details (2)". Federal Communications Commission.
4. "Application Search Details (3)". Federal Communications Commission.
5. "Application Search Details (4)". Federal Communications Commission.
6. (April 5, 2010). "Application for Transfer of Control of a Corporate Licensee or Permittee, or for Assignment of Licensee or Permit of TV OR FM Translator Station or Low Power Television Station". Federal Communications Commission.
7. "Licensing and Management System".
8. "WTBL-LD PASCAGOULA, MS".
9. "RabbitEars TV Query for WTBL".
10. (April 27, 2010). "Application for Authority to Construct or Make Changes in a Low Power TV, TV Translator or TV Booster Station". Federal Communications Commission.

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