This is a list of broadcast television stations that are licensed in the U.S. state of
Alabama
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Full-power stations
VC refers to the station's
PSIP
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virtual channel
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. RF refers to the station's physical RF channel.
Defunct full-power stations
*Channel 26:
WYLE Wyle or WYLE may refer to:
* WYLE (FM), a radio station (95.1 FM) licensed to serve Grove City, Pennsylvania, United States
* WYLE (TV), commercial television station in Florence, Alabama
*Wyle Laboratories, provider of specialized engineering, sc ...
- Ind. - Florence (4/19/1986 - 2/8/2007)
*Channel 48:
WKAB-TV
WKAB-TV (channel 48) was a television station in Mobile, Alabama, United States. It was the first television station to broadcast in Mobile, operating from December 1952 to August 1954. As a UHF television station it was at a severe competitive ...
- CBS/Dumont - Mobile (12/29/1952 - 8/1/1954)
LPTV
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stations
Translators
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See also
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Alabama media
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List of newspapers in Alabama
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List of radio stations in Alabama
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Media
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* Means of communication, tools and channels used to deliver information or data
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cities
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in Alabama:
Birmingham
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Huntsville
Huntsville is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Alabama. The population of the city is estimated to be 241,114 in 2024, making it the 100th-most populous city in the U.S. The Huntsville metropolitan area had an estimated 525,465 ...
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Mobile,
Montgomery,
Tuscaloosa
Tuscaloosa ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, Tuscaloosa County in west-central Alabama, United States, on the Black Warrior River where the Gulf Coastal Plain, Gulf Coastal and Piedmont (United States), Piedm ...
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Alabama Broadcasters Association
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Alabama
Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gu ...
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Television stations
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