WUTB

{{Infobox television station

| callsign = WUTB

| city =

| logo =

| logo_size = 200px

| branding =

| digital = 26 (UHF), shared with WBFF

| virtual = 24

| affiliations = Roar

| translators =

| subchannels =

| airdate = {{start date and age|1985|12|24|p=y}}

| location = Baltimore, Maryland

| country = United States

| callsign_meaning = United Television Baltimore

| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WKJL-TV (1985–1987)|WHSW (1987–1992){{cite web|title=WUTB|url=https://fccdata.org/?facid=60552|website=FCCData.org|access-date=September 9, 2018|archive-date=September 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909150428/https://fccdata.org/?facid=60552|url-status=live}}|WHSW-TV (1992–1998)}}

| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|Analog: 24 (UHF, 1985–2009)|Digital: 41 (UHF, 2000–2018),{{cite web|title=WUTB: MOD|url=https://fccdata.org/?appid=25076ff35f98b5de015fc5f196c609ce&facid=60552|website=FCCData.org|date=December 8, 2017|access-date=September 9, 2018|archive-date=September 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910014750/https://fccdata.org/?appid=25076ff35f98b5de015fc5f196c609ce&facid=60552|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=WUTB: BPCDT - 19991101AFG|url=https://fccdata.org/?appid=422455&facid=60552|website=FCCData.org|date=June 9, 2000|access-date=September 9, 2018|archive-date=September 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910014756/https://fccdata.org/?appid=422455&facid=60552|url-status=live}} 46 (UHF, 2018–2020)}}

| owner = Deerfield Media

| licensee = Deerfield Media (Baltimore) Licensee, LLC

| operator = Sinclair Broadcast Group via SSA

| sister_stations = WBFF, WNUV

| former_affiliations = {{ubl|Religious Ind. (1985–1987)|HSN (1986–1998)|UPN (1998–2006)|MyNetworkTV (2006–2021)}}

| erp = 420 kW

| haat = {{convert|372.8|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}

| class =

| facility_id = 60552

| coordinates = {{coord|39|20|10.4|N|76|38|57.9|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}

| licensing_authority = FCC

| website =

}}

WUTB (channel 24) is a television station in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, airing programming from the digital multicast network Roar. It is owned by Deerfield Media, which maintains a shared services agreement (SSA) with Sinclair Broadcast Group, owner of Fox/MyNetworkTV affiliate WBFF (channel 45), for the provision of certain services. Sinclair also operates CW affiliate WNUV (channel 54) under a separate local marketing agreement (LMA) with Cunningham Broadcasting. However, Sinclair effectively owns WNUV as the majority of Cunningham's stock is owned by the family of deceased group founder Julian Smith. The stations share studios on 41st Street off the Jones Falls Expressway in the Woodberry neighborhood of north Baltimore. Through a channel sharing agreement, WUTB and WBFF transmit using the latter station's spectrum from an antenna adjacent to the studios.

History

=Prior history of channel 24 in Baltimore=

The channel 24 allocation in Baltimore was originally occupied by WMET-TV, which began broadcasting on March 1, 1967, as the first UHF station in Baltimore and the city's fourth. It was a low-budget and low-powered station that was sister to WOOK-TV/WFAN-TV in Washington, D.C. Both stations were owned by United Broadcasting Company (which is unrelated to the United Television that was owned by Chris-Craft Industries, which later owned channel 24). The original channel 24 was headquartered in the former Avalon Theatre on Park Heights Avenue. In 1972, both stations ceased broadcasting due to financial difficulties.

=As WKJL/WHSW=

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.{{cite news|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1977/BC-1977-03-07.pdf|work=Broadcasting|date=March 7, 1977|accessdate=December 18, 2019|title=For the Record|page=72|archive-date=June 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619000150/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1977/BC-1977-03-07.pdf|url-status=live}} The firm promised to use the station "as a tool to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ".{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104003254/bids-made-on-two-new-local-television-st/|date=November 3, 1978|page=D5|first=Michael K.|last=Hirten|title=Bids Made On Two New Local Television Stations|newspaper=The Evening Sun|location=Baltimore, Maryland|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 18, 2022|archive-date=June 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619000152/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104003254/bids-made-on-two-new-local-television/|url-status=live}} A competing applicant, Buford Television of Maryland, eyed the station for possible use to transmit subscription television.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104003366/jesus-group-seeks-christian-channel/|date=July 28, 1979|page=A16|first=Frank P.L.|last=Somerville|title=Jesus group seeks 'Christian channel'|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|location=Baltimore, Maryland|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 18, 2022|archive-date=June 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619000151/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104003366/jesus-group-seeks-christian-channel/|url-status=live}} Jesus Lives ended the comparative hearing in December 1980 by buying out Buford Television's bid.{{cite news|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1980/BC%201980%2012%2022.pdf|page=104|title=For the Record|work=Broadcasting|date=December 22, 1980|accessdate=December 18, 2019|archive-date=June 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619000150/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1980/BC%201980%2012%2022.pdf|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104003496/fcc-approves-christian-tv-station-bid/|date=December 21, 1980|page=B1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104003464/evangelist-tv-gets-baltimore-area/ B7]|first=Frank P.L.|last=Somerville|title=FCC approves Christian TV station bid|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|location=Baltimore, Maryland|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 18, 2022|archive-date=June 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619000151/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104003496/fcc-approves-christian-tv-station-bid/|url-status=live}}

The construction of WKJL-TV went very slowly. The founder, Rev. Philip Zampino, moved to Florida, and the license fight had saddled Jesus Lives with legal fees. By 1982, the station project a late 1984 launch.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104003647/mrs-pascal-benton-join-tv-directors-r/|date=August 28, 1982|page=B1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104003695/ B2]|first=Joel|last=McCord|title=Mrs. Pascal, Benton join TV directors: Religious station is expected to be on the air in 1984|newspaper=The Evening Sun|location=Baltimore, Maryland|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 18, 2022|archive-date=June 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619000152/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104003647/mrs-pascal-benton-join-tv-directors/|url-status=live}} $75,000 had been raised to purchase and prepare a site in the Randallstown area, of $100,000 needed.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104003780/75000-raised-so-far-for-religious-tv/|date=December 28, 1982|page=D1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104003795/ D3]|first=Gwen|last=Ifill|author-link=Gwen Ifill|title=$75,000 raised so far for religious TV station|newspaper=The Evening Sun|location=Baltimore, Maryland|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 18, 2022|archive-date=June 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619000152/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104003780/75000-raised-so-far-for-religious-tv/|url-status=live}} However, fundraising continued to lag, and so too did construction activities. Jesus Lives, which renamed itself Look and Live Ministries, accepted a $100,000 loan from Liberty Baptist College, owned by Jerry Falwell, in late 1984 to accelerate the process.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104003890/christian-tv-channel-going-on-air-here/|date=September 20, 1985|page=A1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104003984/ A6]|first=Mark|last=Bomster|first2=Ellen|last2=Hawks|title=Christian TV channel going on air here|newspaper=The Evening Sun|location=Baltimore, Maryland|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 18, 2022|archive-date=June 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619000152/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104003890/christian-tv-channel-going-on-air-here/|url-status=live}} 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.{{r|Even850920}}

Family Media completed construction, and on December 24, 1985, channel 24 returned to Baltimore nearly 14 years after it had left, as WKJL-TV.{{cite news|pages=1B, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40765900/new_tv_station_to_emphasize_family_shows/ 8B]|title=New station will emphasize family shows|first=Bill|last=Carter|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40765840/new_station_will_emphasize_family_shows/|work=Baltimore Sun|location=Baltimore, Maryland|via=Newspapers.com|date=December 19, 1985|accessdate=December 18, 2019|archive-date=December 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218212225/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40765840/new_station_will_emphasize_family_shows/|url-status=live}} Family Media harbored intentions of possibly expanding with more stations to feature family programming and conservative-oriented news.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40790181/channel-24/|date=March 8, 1986|page=1D, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40790186/ 3D]|first=Steve|last=McKerrow|title=Channel 24: Goal of new Baltimore TV station is 'wholesome' programming|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|location=Baltimore, Maryland|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 18, 2022|archive-date=June 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619000152/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40790181/channel-24/|url-status=live}} It also briefly tried its hand at a local children's show, Pop's Place with Stu Kerr.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104004306/stu-kerr-is-returning-with-a-kids-show/|date=June 24, 1986|page=C11|first=Steve|last=McKerrow|title=Stu Kerr is returning with a kids' show|newspaper=The Evening Sun|location=Baltimore, Maryland|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 18, 2022|archive-date=June 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619000153/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104004306/stu-kerr-is-returning-with-a-kids-show/|url-status=live}}

However, the Baltimore entertainment market had changed rapidly around the time that WKJL-TV started. 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. The boom in independents coincided with a flattening of national advertising revenues, squeezing stations economically. In this environment, Family Media bowed out after less than a year and filed to sell the station to Silver King Broadcasting, the stations division of the Home Shopping Network, which was purchasing outlets in major markets.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40790242/changes-at-channel-45/|date=August 21, 1986|page=1B, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40790238/ 10B]|first=Bill|last=Carter|title=Changes at Channel 45|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|location=Baltimore, Maryland|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 18, 2022|archive-date=June 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619000153/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40790242/changes-at-channel-45/|url-status=live}} In October 1986, the station added 18 hours a day of HSN programming, conserving six hours daily of its existing programming and a six-hour religious block on Sunday mornings.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40790216/tune-in-buy-by-tube/|date=October 16, 1986|page=B1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40790228/ B11]|first=Steve|last=McKerrow|title=Tune in, buy by tube|newspaper=The Evening Sun|location=Baltimore, Maryland|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 18, 2022|archive-date=June 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619000154/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40790216/tune-in-buy-by-tube/|url-status=live}} 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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104005108/new-owner-for-baltimore-federal-tougher/|date=January 23, 1987|page=C12, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104005162/ C9]|first=Sherrie|last=Clinton|title=New owner for Baltimore Federal: Tougher federal rules prompted sale|newspaper=The Evening Sun|location=Baltimore, Maryland|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 18, 2022}}

=As WUTB=

HSN owned WHSW for just a decade before an unexpected buyer appeared. In 1997, Sinclair Broadcast Group signed a group affiliation deal with The WB that saw several of its UPN affiliates, including WNUV, switch to that network. This would have left UPN without a Baltimore station. 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. UPN half-owner Chris-Craft Industries, through its United Television division, spent $80 million to buy WHSW.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48581123/hsn-agrees-to-sell-ch-24-to-calif-firm/|date=November 14, 1997|page=1C, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48581095/ 8C]|first=Greg|last=Schneider|title=HSN agrees to sell Ch. 24 to Calif firm|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|location=Baltimore, Maryland|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 18, 2022|archive-date=June 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619000155/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48581123/hsn-agrees-to-sell-ch-24-to-calif-firm/|url-status=live}}

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. Days prior, the FCC had approved the sale of the station. 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40790292/|work=Baltimore Sun|access-date=April 12, 2020|title=Getting a new channel up to speed|first=Chris|last=Kaltenbach|date=January 25, 1998|page=10F|location=Baltimore, Maryland|via=Newspapers.com}} In its first year, the station immediately began outperforming the national ratings for UPN.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40790279/wutb-celebrates-first-successful-year/|date=January 20, 1999|page=5E|first=Chris|last=Kaltenbach|title=WUTB celebrates first successful year|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|location=Baltimore, Maryland|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 18, 2022}} Chris-Craft ran the station out of then-sister station WWOR-TV's facilities in Secaucus, New Jersey, and fed the station's programming to its transmitter site in Baltimore; this included WWOR's local news coverage of the September 11 attacks. On July 25, 2001, Fox Television Stations purchased WUTB and the other Chris-Craft stations; the purchase led to some speculation that WBFF would lose Fox programming.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104005812/wbff-vows-to-keep-news/|date=September 13, 2000|page=3E|first=David|last=Folkenflik|title=WBFF vows to keep news|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|location=Baltimore, Maryland|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 18, 2022}} WBFF, along with Sinclair's 19 other Fox affiliates, would renew their affiliations in November 2002, keeping UPN on WUTB.{{cite news |last1=Trigoboff |first1=Dan |title=Station Break |url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/station-break-69974 |access-date=March 12, 2023 |work=Broadcasting & Cable |date=November 4, 2002 |language=en}}

=MyNetworkTV era, sale to Sinclair=

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| caption1 = WUTB's logo as My24 from September 2006 to June 2013; after Sinclair took control of the station, its on-air brand was changed to MyTV Baltimore.

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| caption2 = WUTB's logo as MyTV Baltimore from June 2013 to July 2021.

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On January 24, 2006, CBS Corporation and the Warner Bros. Entertainment unit of Time Warner announced that they would shut down The WB and UPN and merge some of their programming on a new network called The CW.{{Cite web |last=Seid |first=Jessica |date=January 24, 2006 |title='Gilmore Girls' meet 'Smackdown'; CW Network to combine WB, UPN in CBS-Warner venture beginning in September |url=https://money.cnn.com/2006/01/24/news/companies/cbs_warner/ |website=CNN Money |publisher=CNN |access-date=August 3, 2020 |archive-date=March 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316043531/http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/24/news/companies/cbs_warner/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Carter |first=Bill |date=January 24, 2006 |title=UPN and WB to Combine, Forming New TV Network |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/24/business/media/24cnd-network.html?bl |website=The New York Times |access-date=February 22, 2017 |archive-date=October 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017035638/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/24/business/media/24cnd-network.html?bl |url-status=live }} However, none of the Fox-owned UPN stations were chosen as charter affiliates for the new network, immediately dropping UPN branding; with many major-market stations needing programming, News Corporation created MyNetworkTV to service its stations, including WUTB, and others passed over by The CW.{{Cite news |date=February 22, 2006 |title=News Corp. to launch new mini-network for UPN stations |work=USA Today |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2006-02-22-fox-my-network_x.htm |access-date=January 21, 2013 |archive-date=September 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923100154/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2006-02-22-fox-my-network_x.htm |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |date=February 22, 2006 |title=News Corp. Unveils MyNetworkTV |work=Broadcasting & Cable |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/102922-News_Corp_Unveils_My_Network_TV.php |access-date=June 1, 2013 |archive-date=April 17, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417165134/http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/102922-News_Corp_Unveils_My_Network_TV.php |url-status=live }} WNUV then affiliated with The CW in May.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104006099/sinclairs-wnuv-to-air-new-cw-network-in/|date=May 3, 2006|page=1C, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104006130/ 3C]|first=David|last=Zurawik|title=Sinclair's WNUV to air new CW network in fall|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|location=Baltimore, Maryland|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 18, 2022|archive-date=June 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619000254/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104006099/sinclairs-wnuv-to-air-new-cw-network/|url-status=live}}

On May 15, 2012, as part of a five-year affiliation agreement extension between Fox and Sinclair's 19 Fox affiliates (including WBFF) through 2017, Fox included an option for Sinclair to purchase WUTB, exercisable from July 1, 2012, to March 31, 2013. In exchange, Fox received an option to buy any combination of six Sinclair-owned CW and MyNetworkTV affiliates (two of which were standalone stations affiliated with the latter service) in three of four markets: Raleigh (WLFL and WRDC), Las Vegas (KVCW and KVMY), Cincinnati (WSTR-TV) and Norfolk, Virginia (WTVZ).{{cite news|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/59463/sinclair-reups-with-fox-gets-wutb-option|title=Sinclair Reups With Fox, Gets WUTB Option|work=TVNewsCheck|date=May 15, 2012|access-date=May 15, 2012|archive-date=May 9, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509075210/http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/59463/sinclair-reups-with-fox-gets-wutb-option|url-status=live}} On November 29, 2012, Sinclair exercised its option to purchase WUTB through Deerfield Media for $2.7 million.{{cite web|title=Sinclair Makes It A Triopoly in Baltimore|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/63866/fox-selling-wutb-baltimore-to-deerfield-llc|publisher=TVNewsCheck|access-date=November 29, 2012|archive-date=October 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002134624/http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/63866/fox-selling-wutb-baltimore-to-deerfield-llc|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Sinclair Broadcast to buy 7 TV outlets for $452.5M|url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/sinclair-broadcast-to-buy-7-tv-outlets-for-4525m-2012-07-19|publisher=MarketWatch|access-date=July 19, 2012|archive-date=June 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130629211307/http://www.marketwatch.com/story/sinclair-broadcast-to-buy-7-tv-outlets-for-4525m-2012-07-19|url-status=live}}

In January 2013, Fox announced that it would not buy any of the Sinclair stations included in the purchase option.{{cite news|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/65306/sinclair-in-an-acquisition-state-of-mind|title=Sinclair In An Acquisition State Of Mind|work=TVNewsCheck|date=February 6, 2013|access-date=February 26, 2013|archive-date=May 9, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509065728/http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/65306/sinclair-in-an-acquisition-state-of-mind|url-status=live}} On May 6, 2013, the FCC granted its approval of WUTB to Deerfield Media, which was formally consummated on June 1.{{Cite web|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101558116&formid=905&fac_num=60552|title=CDBS Print|access-date=June 4, 2013|archive-date=October 31, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031204510/https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101558116&formid=905&fac_num=60552|url-status=live}} Sinclair began operating WUTB under a local marketing agreement, and operations moved to the WBFF-WNUV studio center in Woodberry.

=TBD era begins=

In July 2021, WUTB's "My TV Baltimore" programming was moved to WBFF's second subchannel, with TBD programming, previously carried by the WBFF subchannel, in turn moving to WUTB.

Newscasts

On September 4, 2006, WUTB began simulcasting the weekday morning and 10 p.m. newscasts from former Washington sister station, Fox-owned WTTG. Branded by the station as My 24 News, an on-screen logo bug with the My 24 News brand was placed on the bottom left hand corner of the screen. Management at both stations cited the decision to simulcast the news programs as a by-product of cross-regional news interests and increasing overlap between the Baltimore and Washington media markets.

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. The same situation occurred in 2007, but the newscast was known as My 20 News at 10. When Fox Sports or other programming delayed the 10 p.m. newscast from airing on WTTG, it was still produced for WUTB. The station dropped the morning news simulcast after the November 30, 2007, edition and the 10 p.m. simulcast was discontinued by January 2008.

On January 8, 2016, Sinclair announced that American Sports Network would launch as a dedicated, digital multicast network under the American Sports Network name with 10 stations including WUTB on January 11, 2016.{{cite web|title=ASN launches 24/7 broadcast network on Monday|url=http://americansportsnet.com/asn-launches-247-broadcast-network-on-monday/|website=americansportsnet.com|access-date=January 8, 2016|archive-date=January 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130105803/http://americansportsnet.com/asn-launches-247-broadcast-network-on-monday/|url-status=live}}

Technical information

=Subchannel=

Through an affiliation agreement between the MyNetworkTV and former owner Fox Television Stations, WUTB began carrying Bounce TV on 24.2 in March 2012. The network moved to WMAR-TV's third subchannel on September 15, 2014.{{cite web |url=http://www.netnewscheck.com/article/35988/wmar-launches-bounce-tv-in-baltimore |title=WMAR Launches Bounce TV in Baltimore |publisher=Net News Check |date=September 15, 2014 |access-date=October 28, 2014 |archive-date=November 5, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105102000/http://www.netnewscheck.com/article/35988/wmar-launches-bounce-tv-in-baltimore |url-status=live }}

=Analog-to-digital conversion=

WUTB shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 24, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 41,{{cite web |url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds |access-date=March 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |archive-date=August 29, 2013 }} using virtual channel 24.