13 WVTM Birmingham

Known as NBC 13

WVTM 13 signed on in 1949. Over the years they went through a couple different network affiliations but by the late 1960's they were an NBC affiliate. By the 1980's they were owned by Times Mirror Broadcasting.

In the early 1990's they were purcheased by Agile Broadcasting. In 1994 New World would agree to purchase WVTM along with sister stations 2 KTVISt Louis, 4KDFW Dallas/Ft Worth, and 7 KTBCAustin to New World. The other three would switch to Fox but WVTM would stay with NBC affiliation. The reason was that New World would not switch WVTM to Fox was because New World made a deal to pruchase Great American Broadcasting stations which owned WBRC crosstown. Great American would agree to not include WBRC in their deal with New World and sell them to Fox directly making WBRC the eventual Fox station. KTVI-TV/DT is the Fox television affiliate in St. ... KDFW (FOX 4) is the FOX owned & operated television station in the Dallas, Texas/Fort Worth, Texas DMA with its transmitter located in Cedar Hill. ... KTBC (FOX 7) is the FOX owned & operated television station in Austin, Texas. ...

New World would sell off all their stations late in 1996. Fox affiliates would sell to Fox outright while New World's two NBC stations (WVTM and KNSD 39 San Diego) would sell to NBC directly. The National Broadcasting Company or NBC is an American radio and television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ...

So today 13 WVTM is known as NBC 13 and owned and operated by NBC. They run about 30 hours a week of local news along with NBC news. The National Broadcasting Company or NBC is an American radio and television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ...