Editing WTTO (section)

===Analog-to-digital conversion===
On February 2, 2009, Sinclair Broadcast Group announced in an e-mail release to all cable and satellite television providers carrying its television stations that, regardless of the exact date of the [[Digital television transition in the United States|mandatory switchover to digital-only broadcasting for full-power stations]] (which Congress rescheduled days later to June 12), its stations (including WABM) would shut down their analog signals on the originally scheduled transition date of February 17.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sinclair Sticks To Feb. 17 Analog Cutoff|url=http://digitalvideoreport.blogspot.com/2009/02/sinclair-sticks-to-feb-17-analog-cutoff.html|first=Ted|last=Hearn|website=Digital Video Report|date=February 2, 2009|access-date=February 24, 2009}}</ref>

WTTO and WDBB ended regular programming on their analog signals, respectively over UHF channels 21 and 17, at 11:59&nbsp;p.m. on that date. WTTO's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 28, using [[virtual channel]] 21. WDBB also continued to operate its digital signal on its pre-transition digital channel, UHF 18, using virtual channel 17.<ref>{{cite web|title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|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}}</ref> As part of the [[SAFER Act]],<ref name="FCC Nightlight">{{cite web|title=UPDATED List of Participants in the Analog Nightlight Program|url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-291375A1.pdf|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|date=June 12, 2009|access-date=June 4, 2012}}</ref> WTTO and WDBB kept their analog signal on the air until March 19 to inform viewers of the digital television transition through a loop of [[public service announcement]]s from the [[National Association of Broadcasters]].

With the digital conversion, WTTO moved its transmitter facilities from its analog transmitter site {{convert|3|mi|km}} east on Red Mountain to a digital transmitter overlooking the Goldencrest neighborhood, that it shares with radio stations [[WZZK]] (104.7 FM) and [[WBPT]] (106.9 FM). The move and the resulting expansion of its coverage area, resulted in the shutdown of W62BG as the main signal provided adequate coverage of the entire Birmingham area; the translator's license was canceled in late October 2011.