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WVTM-TV: History & Measurement

WVTM-TV (channel 13) is a television station in Birmingham, Alabama, United States, affiliated with NBC and CBS. Owned by Hearst Television, the station maintains studios and transmitter facilities atop Red Mountain, between Vulcan Trail and Valley View Drive in southeastern Birmingham, adjacent to the Vulcan statue and next to the studios of Fox…

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WVTM-TV topic overview

The analysis highlights History and Measurement as prominent areas in the source structure around WVTM-TV.

Related topics
92
Source areas
4
Connected nodes
96
Extracted relationships
122
Related term clusters
30
Bridge connections
96

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 57 topics
Overview · 20 topics
News operation · 12 topics
Technical information · 3 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Owner
Hearst Television · (WVTM Hearst Television Inc.)
Affiliations
13.1: NBC · 13.4: CBS · for others, see § Subchannels
Branding
WVTM 13
Call sign meaning
Vulcan–Times Mirror, referencing the Vulcan statue and station ownership from 1980 to 1993
Channels
Digital: 7 (VHF) · Virtual: 13
City
Birmingham, Alabama

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Overview

History

News operation

Technical information

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Advanced semantic analysis

How WVTM-TV connects Entity context

The extracted context around WVTM-TV shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, WVTM-TV → Among, Argyle, Argyle Television Holdings, Austin, Birmingham, Citing, Dallas, December, February, Four, In March, KDFW, KTBC, KTVI, Los Angeles, Louis, March, Newhouse, Rosemary Lucas, St Another extracted example is WVTM-TV → Birmingham, Columbus, Department, FCC, In April, June, Justice, Media General, NBC, NBC Television Stations, New Vision Television, North Carolina, October, Ohio, On January, Providence, Raleigh, Rhode Island, The FCC, The Media General. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

WVTM-TV

Top relations

related to WVTM-TV: Times-Mirror ownership and the Argyle–New World carousel · 29
WVTM-TV → Among, Argyle, Argyle Television Holdings, Austin, Birmingham, Citing, Dallas, December, February, Four, In March, KDFW, KTBC, KTVI, Los Angeles, Louis, March, Newhouse, Rosemary Lucas, St
related to Media General ownership · 26
WVTM-TV → Birmingham, Columbus, Department, FCC, In April, June, Justice, Media General, NBC, NBC Television Stations, New Vision Television, North Carolina, October, Ohio, On January, Providence, Raleigh, Rhode Island, The FCC, The Media General
related to As an NBC owned-and-operated station · 22
WVTM-TV → ABC, Access Hollywood, Among, Birmingham, Fox, In June, July, KNSD, NBC, New World, New World Communications, On May, Pax, Paxson Communications Corporation, San Diego, Telecommunications Act, The New World, The Tonight Show, Tonight, WPXH
related to Hearst Television ownership · 17
WVTM-TV → August, Birmingham, CBS, December, Georgia, Hearst Television, Hearst-owned, LIN, LIN Media, March, Media General, New Vision, Nexstar Media Group, Savannah, WIAT, WJCL, WVTM
Former affiliations · 4
WVTM-TV → ABC (secondary, 1949–1961), CBS (primary 1949–1954, joint primary 1961–1970), DuMont (secondary, 1952–1955), NBC (joint primary, 1961–1965)
Affiliations · 3
WVTM-TV → 13.1: NBC, 13.4: CBS, for others, see § Subchannels
Former call signs · 3
WVTM-TV → WABT (1953–1958), WAFM-TV (1949–1953), WAPI-TV (1958–1980)
Channels · 2
WVTM-TV → Digital: 7 (VHF), Virtual: 13
Former channel numbers · 2
WVTM-TV → Analog: 13 (VHF, 1949–2009), Digital: 52 (UHF, until 2009), 13 (VHF, 2009–2020)
Owner · 2
WVTM-TV → (WVTM Hearst Television Inc.), Hearst Television

Important terminology

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Important terminology

birmingham station wvtm nbc news stations wbrc television channel cbs new wapi-tv wiat years network abc time general 13 ratings

WVTM-TV relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 122 structured relationships around WVTM-TV. Examples in this analysis include WVTM-TV → Affiliations → 13.1: NBC and WVTM-TV → Affiliations → 13.4: CBS. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
WVTM-TVAffiliations13.1: NBC1.00infobox
WVTM-TVAffiliations13.4: CBS1.00infobox
WVTM-TVAffiliationsfor others, see § Subchannels1.00infobox
WVTM-TVBrandingWVTM 131.00infobox
WVTM-TVCall sign meaningVulcan–Times Mirror, referencing the Vulcan statue and station ownership from 1980 to 19931.00infobox
WVTM-TVChannelsDigital: 7 (VHF)1.00infobox
WVTM-TVChannelsVirtual: 131.00infobox
WVTM-TVCityBirmingham, Alabama1.00infobox
WVTM-TVERP47.6 kW1.00infobox
WVTM-TVFacility ID741731.00infobox
WVTM-TVFirst air dateJune 12, 1949 (1949-06-12)1.00infobox
WVTM-TVFormer affiliationsCBS (primary 1949–1954, joint primary 1961–1970)1.00infobox
WVTM-TVFormer affiliationsABC (secondary, 1949–1961)1.00infobox
WVTM-TVFormer affiliationsDuMont (secondary, 1952–1955)1.00infobox
WVTM-TVFormer affiliationsNBC (joint primary, 1961–1965)1.00infobox
WVTM-TVFormer call signsWAFM-TV (1949–1953)1.00infobox
WVTM-TVFormer call signsWABT (1953–1958)1.00infobox
WVTM-TVFormer call signsWAPI-TV (1958–1980)1.00infobox
WVTM-TVFormer channel numbersAnalog: 13 (VHF, 1949–2009)1.00infobox
WVTM-TVFormer channel numbersDigital: 52 (UHF, until 2009), 13 (VHF, 2009–2020)1.00infobox
WVTM-TVHAAT400.3 m (1,313 ft)1.00infobox
WVTM-TVLicensing authorityFCC1.00infobox
WVTM-TVOwnerHearst Television1.00infobox
WVTM-TVOwner(WVTM Hearst Television Inc.)1.00infobox
WVTM-TVPublic license informationPublic file1.00infobox
WVTM-TVPublic license informationLMS1.00infobox
WVTM-TVWebsitewww.wvtm13.com1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around WVTM-TV bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Years, Birmingham and Alabama. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

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    • Birmingham
    • Alabama
    • Stations
    • Nbc
    • Station
    • Television
    • Mirror
    • Times
    • Years
    • Network
    • Cbs
    • News
  • birmingham, alabama
    • Television
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    • News
    • Channel
    • Station
    • Wvtm-tv
    • Alabama
    • Birmingham
    • Stations
    • Network
    • Air
    • Times
  • nbc
    • Cbs
    • Air
    • Abc
    • Affiliation
    • Station
    • Wapi-tv
    • Wbmg
    • Programs
    • General
    • Wvtm-tv
    • Network
    • Affiliate
  • cbs
    • Nbc
    • Abc
    • Air
    • Wapi-tv
    • Affiliation
    • Network
    • Affiliate
    • Became
    • Wbmg
    • Programs
    • Station
    • Channel
  • hearst television
    • Birmingham
    • Alabama
    • Stations
    • Station
    • Mirror
    • Times
    • Network
    • Argyle
    • Wapi
    • Wvtm-tv
    • Cbs
    • Wvtm
  • owned-and-operated station
    • Nbc
    • Television
    • Alabama
    • Birmingham
    • Years
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    • Air
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    • Programs
    • Wvtm-tv
    • Wvtm
  • birmingham black barons
    • Television
    • News
    • Channel
    • Station
    • Alabama
    • Stations
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    • Years
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    • Affiliate
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  • dumont television network
    • Birmingham
    • Alabama
    • Stations
    • Programs
    • Station
    • Mirror
    • Times
    • Network
    • Television
    • Argyle
    • Wapi
    • Wbmg

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For WVTM-TV, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects WVTM-TV with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
WVTM-TV — History · splits 39 ⟂ 58
WVTM-TV — Overview · splits 76 ⟂ 21
WVTM-TV — News operation · splits 84 ⟂ 13
WVTM-TV — Technical information · splits 93 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

WVTM-TV

Nodes97
Edges96
Triples122
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.020619
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around WVTM-TV to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History & Measurement, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — WVTM-TV · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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