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15-542: WTBS may refer to: WTBS-LD , a low-power television station (channel 6) licensed to Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. WPCH-TV , a television station (channel 17 analog/20 digital) licensed to Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., which used the call sign WTBS from 1979 to 2007 TBS (American TV channel) , a nationwide cable channel spun off from WTBS WMBR , an M.I.T. student radio station (88.1 FM) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., which used

30-428: A station is evicted from its transmitter site or must move for another reason, it may also continue operating from a temporary site under the same rules, as long as it does not change or increase its coverage area or plan to permanently broadcast from that site. These rules allow stations to resume broadcasting quickly in case of a state of disaster . A station may go silent entirely for up to ten days without notifying

45-641: A temporary facility, to avoid losing its license after one continuous year of silence. The one-year limit was written into the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and cannot be overridden by the FCC due to extenuating circumstances. This silent/operational STA process presents a loophole in that it can be used to work around the Telecommunications Act indefinitely, and such STAs are normally granted with little oversight. In January 2018,

60-474: A temporary site for several weeks before going silent for the rest of the year. Station owner Birach Broadcasting Corporation has claimed it is stuck with the temporary facilities as it has been unable to get zoning approval for a new transmitter site. An STA can also be used for special events as a Restricted Service Licence is in the U.K. , however this is rare. A market has developed around proprietary devices that provide live audio or video to attendees of

75-575: Is multiplexed : Special temporary authority A common reason to apply for STA is an equipment failure. In case a station cannot use its licensed antenna or transmission system, it can immediately continue operations using any available antenna or operating parts of existing system, as long as an STA is filed for within 24 hours. An AM station may use a random wire antenna if necessary. AM stations operating directionally are limited to 25 percent of their licensed power if their directional array fails and they must operate non-directionally under STA. If

90-513: Is also heard via stereo audio on 87.75 FM. Steve Hegwood, the operator of Mix 87.7 announced it would cease using the WTBS frequency on January 31, 2019 due to financial shortfalls and an overcompetitive market for radio targeted at Atlanta's black community. As of February 1, 2019, WTBS-LP became a Regional Mexican station called "La Invasora". WTBS-LP was licensed for digital operation on July 14, 2021, and changed its call sign to WTBS-LD. On July 16,

105-539: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages WTBS-LD WTBS-LD (channel 6) is a low-power television station in Atlanta, Georgia , United States, which has been owned by Prism Broadcasting since 1991. The station's transmitter is located at the American Tower Site on Chester Avenue in downtown Atlanta . The original WTBS-LD (channel 26)

120-572: The FCC at all, and up to thirty days with only a letter of notification. A station that is or will be silent for longer than thirty days must apply for a "silent STA", which can be granted for up to six months. The FCC typically required that silence be for reasons beyond the operator's control, such as total equipment failure or loss of programming, and asked for plans to return the station to air. The commission has since started to grant silent STAs for financial reasons. Stations that are silent can also apply for an operational STA to resume broadcasting from

135-524: The FCC initiated a crackdown on stations that exploit the loophole. The first high-profile case was co-owned stations WBVA in Bayside, Virginia , and WVAB in Virginia Beach, Virginia , whose 2017 license renewals were designated for a hearing. The stations have operated under a cycle of silent and operational STAs since 2008; they applied yearly to broadcast with 30 and 6 watts, respectively, from

150-486: The U.S. Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title WTBS . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WTBS&oldid=1255799265 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Broadcast call sign disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

165-641: The analog WTBS-LP reappeared under special temporary authority on TV channel 6, which can also be received on 87.75 MHz of the FM dial. All analog television channels had been scheduled to cease broadcasting in September 2015; this was suspended by the FCC in April of that year. In 2017, it was announced that July 13, 2021 would be the new analog low-power television transmission shutoff date. Analog channel 6 later broadcast an urban AC format branded as "Mix 87.7", which

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180-409: The call sign WTBS from 1961 to 1979 The British Broadcasting Corporation Wartime Broadcasting Service Legal entities of Jehovah's Witnesses Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania , the main corporation for worldwide activities of Jehovah's Witnesses Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York , the corporation for administrative functions of Jehovah's Witnesses within

195-731: The same site along with CW affiliate WPCH-TV (channel 17), Univision owned-and-operated station WUVG-DT (channel 34), CBS affiliate WANF (channel 46), TBN O&O WHSG-TV (channel 63), and several other stations. The original WTBS-LD's license was cancelled by the Federal Communications Commission on March 17, 2021. The station signed on as W56CD in Rome, Georgia ; then W26BT; WANX-LP in January 2000; and WTBS-LP on October 15, 2007. The WANX call letters were formerly used by CBS affiliate WANF. In 2014,

210-486: The station received special temporary authority from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to provide an ancillary audio signal at 87.7 FM .On July 20, 2023, an FCC "Report and Order" included this station as one of 13 "FM6" stations allowed to continue to operate an FM radio broadcast, as a "ancillary or supplementary" service. Sometime between 2020 and 2022, La Invasora 87.7 became La Que Buena 87.7 and retained Its Regional Mexican format. The station's signal

225-457: Was also a low-power television station in Atlanta, affiliated with Estrella TV . The station, which broadcast six subchannels , was a digital satellite of the current WTBS-LD, then known as WTBS-LP. The digital transmitter, which signed on in early January 2011, was, with its sister station WANN-CD , located just northeast of the city on one of the two large towers on Briarcliff Road , at

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