WVUA-CD

WVUA-CD and WVUA
Channels for WVUA-CD
Channels for WVUA
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
Founded
  • WVUA-CD: December 29, 1994 (1994-12-29)
  • WVUA: November 10, 1998 (1998-11-10)
First air date
  • WVUA-CD: October 31, 1996 (1996-10-31)
  • WVUA: June 6, 2002 (2002-06-06)
Former call signs
  • WVUA-CD:
    • W49BO (1996–1997)
    • WJRD-LP (1998–2002)
    • WVUA-CA (2002–2015)
  • WVUA:
    • WLDM (2002–2005)
    • WUOA (2005–2015)
Former channel numbers
  • WVUA-CD:
    • Analog: 49 (UHF, 1996–2000), 7 (VHF, 2000–2015)
    • Translator: WJMY-CD 17 Tuscaloosa
  • WVUA: Analog: 23 (UHF, 2002–2009)
Call sign meaning
Voice of the University of Alabama (in reference to university-owned radio station WVUA-FM)
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID
  • WVUA-CD: 70429
  • WVUA: 77496
Class
  • WVUA-CD: CD
ERP
  • WVUA-CD: 15 kW
  • WVUA: 26 kW
HAAT
  • WVUA-CD: 179.9 m (590 ft)
  • WVUA: 395 m (1,296 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
Translator(s)WDVZ-CD 3 Tuscaloosa
Links
Public license information
Websitewvua23.com

WVUA-CD (channel 7) is a low-power, Class A television station licensed to both Tuscaloosa and Northport, Alabama, United States, affiliated with the classic television network Cozi TV. Owned by the University of Alabama, the station maintains studios and transmitter facilities within the Digital Media Center at Bryant–Denny Stadium on the university's campus in Tuscaloosa.

As WVUA-CD's broadcasting radius does not reach the entire Birmingham–Tuscaloosa–Anniston market, the station's programming is simulcast to the remainder of the area on full-power satellite WVUA (channel 23), which is also licensed to Tuscaloosa with its transmitter located atop Red Mountain, near the southern edge of Birmingham.