Callsign: | WYAM-LD |
City: | Priceville, Alabama |
Branding: | WYAM TV51 |
Digital: | 28 (UHF) |
Virtual: | 51 |
Country: | US |
Owner: | Wiley family |
Licensee: | Decatur Communication Properties LLC |
Sister Stations: | WYAM |
Founded: | 1994 |
Erp: | 12.2 kW |
Haat: | 57.20NaN0 |
Facility Id: | 17351 |
Class: | LD |
Coordinates: | 34.5667°N -86.9128°W |
Licensing Authority: | FCC |
WYAM-LD (channel 51) is a low-power television station licensed to Priceville, Alabama, United States, serving the Decatur area. Owned by the Wiley family through Decatur Communication Properties LLC, it is sister to WYAM (890 AM), a Spanish-language radio station in the area. The two outlets share studios on Central Parkway on Decatur's south side; WYAM-LD's transmitter is located on Deere Road southeast of the city.
The station started on channel 56 in 1996. In 2000, the Wiley family purchased the station; it was added to the local Charter cable system, increasing its reach and making it available to cable households for the first time.[1] Two years later, the station began broadcasting Decatur city council and Morgan County Commission meetings, which it continued to do through 2016.[2] It also aired high school sports and a local talk show, Valley Happenings; the station had seven live programs, including one in Spanish, by 2004.
In 2022, the Wileys announced their intention to retire after selling WYAM radio and television, which were listed for $3.4 million.[3]
The station's signal is multiplexed:
Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming | |
---|---|---|---|---|
51.1 | WYAM 51 | Main WYAM-LD programming | ||
51.2 | Unknown | |||
51.3 | WYAM 89 | Audio of WYAM (890 AM) |