General (under that deal, MeTV replaced RTV on some Media General-owned stations in other markets). Analog-to-digital conversion In November 2002, WVTM-TV signed on its digital television signal on UHF channel 52. The station shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 13, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 52, which was among the high band UHF channels (52–69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition, to its former analog-era VHF channel 13 for post-transition operations. WVTM was one of more than ten television stations around the country that requested for a power increase due to problems with the reception of VHF digital signals in areas within their markets of service following the transition. The station then moved back to channel 13 for its post-transition operations. The July 2, 2020, repack moved the station to RF channel 7. References External links MeTVBirmingham.com – WVTM-DT2 ("Me-TV Birmingham") official website Birmingham TV News: Station Histories Birmingham Rewound-Birmingham TV Memories Huntsville Rewound-Huntsville AL TV Memories VTM-TV WVTM-TV NBC network affiliates MeTV affiliates GetTV affiliates Hearst Television New World Communications television stations Former General Electric subsidiaries 1949 establishments in Alabama