WVUA-CA

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WVUA-CA / WUOA
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Branding	WVUA-7
Slogan	Your Home Team
Channels	WVUA: 7 (VHF) WUOA: 23 (UHF) analog, No digital
Affiliations	America One ShopNBC (ShopNBC not seen on WUOA)
Owner	University of Alabama
Founded	WVUA: 1998 (on channel 49; moved to channel 7 in 2001) WUOA: 1999(?)
Call letters meaning	WVUA: Voice of the University of Alabama (named after the radio station) WUOA: University of Alabama
Former callsigns	WVUA: WJRD (1998-2001) WUOA: WLDM (1999-2005)
Former affiliations	PAX (1998-2002)
Transmitter Power	WVUA: 0.43 kW (analog) WUOA: 890 kW (analog)
Website	WVUA

WVUA-CA is a television station owned and operated by the University of Alabama, affiliated with the America One and ShopNBC networks. It operates within the University's College of Communication and Information Sciences, drawing on the resources of its Department of Telecommunication and Film.[1]

The station began in 1998 as WJRD on Channel 49, bringing local news coverage to west Alabama for the first time since WDBB (17) and WCFT (33) shifted focus to the Birmingham area.

A $1 million gift from the influential Bryant family allowed the University to acquire WJRD in 2001. After moving its operations onto the University campus, the station adopted the call sign WVUA in January 2002.

In addition to repeaters in Greensboro (WDVZ-CA Channel 3) and Demopolis (WJMY-LP Channel 25), WVUA's signal is carried cable operators Comcast and Charter Communications in Tuscaloosa and surrounding areas.

In November 2004, Channel 23 LLC filed an application with the FCC to donate its full-power station, WLDM, to the University. Today, as WUOA, Channel 23 serves as a semi-repeater for WVUA; WUOA carries most of WVUA's schedule, though during some parts of the day, it would run programming separate from WVUA -- for instance: while WVUA shows ShopNBC during late-night, WUOA would show America One programming instead.

In 2006, WVUA was added to the Birmingham local stations lineup for both Dish Network and DirecTV, thus adding a substantial number of potential viewers.

[edit] External links

• Query the FCC's TV station database for WVUA-CA
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WDVZ-CA
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WJMY-LP
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WUOA
• WVUA Homepage

Broadcast television in the Central Alabama (Birmingham / Anniston / Tuscaloosa) market  (Nielsen DMA #40)
WBXA-CA 2 (MTV2) - WBRC 6 (Fox) - WVUA-CA 7 (i/A1/ShopNBC) - WCIQ 7 / WBIQ 10 (PBS/APT) - WVTM 13 (NBC) - WOTM-LP 19 (Ind) - WTTO 21 / WDBB 17 (The CW) - WUOA 23 (i/A1) - WJXS 24 (FamNet) - WBUN-CA 28 (Daystar) - WCFT 33 (ABC) - W34BI 34 (HSC) - WJSU 40 (ABC) - WIAT 42 (CBS) - WPXH 44 (i) - W49AY 47 (Ind/Rel.) - WOIL-LP 47 (Daystar)- WBMA 58 (ABC) - WTJP 60 (TBN) - WABM 68 (MNTV)