WUTB (channel 24) is a television station in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, airing programming from the digital multicast network TBD.
Sinclair also operates CW affiliate WNUV (channel 54) under a separate local marketing agreement (LMA) with Cunningham Broadcasting.
The stations share studios on 41st Street off the Jones Falls Expressway in the Woodberry neighborhood of north Baltimore.
In February 1977, Jesus Lives, Inc., whose president hosted a syndicated talk show of the same name, applied to build a new station on channel 24.
[12] Right before going on air, Look and Live agreed to sell the station to Family Media Inc., a subsidiary of Christian publishing company Thomas Nelson.
Where Baltimore had one independent station, it suddenly had three: WBFF, WKJL-TV, and WNUV-TV, which had devoted its evenings to Super TV subscription service until March 31, 1986.
[17] The FCC granted full approval in January 1987, at which time the station began 24-hour HSN broadcasting with the new call sign of WHSW.
Further, Silver King, which was preparing to debut its "CityVision" concept for major-market independents, did not feel Baltimore was large enough to support one.
[19] On January 18, 1998, the WNUV affiliation switch to The WB took effect, and channel 24 began airing UPN programming under new WUTB call letters.
WUTB was thrown together in four weeks, allowing UPN to remain on the air in the market without a single day of lost network programming.
On September 4, 2006, WUTB began simulcasting the weekday morning and 10 p.m. newscasts from former Washington sister station, Fox-owned WTTG.
During the 2006 MLB postseason, WTTG's 10 p.m. newscast aired on Washington's MyNetworkTV station WDCA under the name Fox 5 News at 10 Special Edition, while continuing to be simulcast on WUTB.
[34] Through an affiliation agreement between the MyNetworkTV and former owner Fox Television Stations, WUTB began carrying Bounce TV on 24.2 in March 2012.