WMBB

WMBB
Brand	News 13 - On Your Side
City of License	Panama City, Florida
Market	Panama City, Florida
Channel	13 digital Subcarrier 13.2 (MeTV; CW 1/1/24) Formerly: 13 analog (1973-2009) 19 digital (2001-2008)
Network Affiliation	Current: ABC Formerly: NBC (1973-1982)
Founded	1973
Company	Nexstar Media Group
President
Current Popular Non-Network Shows	Dr. Phil Entertainment Tonight

WMBB is the callsign for the ABC affiliate in the Panama City, Florda market. It broadcasts on digital channel 13. The station shut its analog 13 off on February 15, 2009. Its subcarrier, channel 13.2, runs Me-TV. The subcarrier will also broadcast ACC sports events. Diginets Escape TV and Laff TV will be coming to the station soon.

The station first signed on as NBC affiliate WDTB on October 4, 1973. It was named for Denver T. Brannon, its founder. WJHG/channel 7 had been NBC with ABC as secondary up to this point. Full ABC programming was furnished by cable from Dothan Alabama ABC affiliate WDHN/channel 18 and Pensacola's WEAR/channel 3. With channel 13's sign-on, WJHG became a full-time ABC station. Tallahassee did not have an NBC station at the time, and WDTB was poised to be it, even though their transmitter was too far away and many Tallahassee viewers were getting NBC from Albany GA's WALB/channel 10. (WTWC/channel 40 signed on in the 1980s as Tallahassee's NBC affiliate.)

In 1977, WDTB changed its call to WMBB, the letters standing for "World's Most Beautiful Beaches." In 1982, they switched to ABC, with NBC moving to WJHG. On May 18, 1989, an F-15 Air Force jet clipped a wire on the station's transmitter, destroying it completely. A new transmitter with wider coverage across the panhandle was built and went on the air in August of 1990.

On January 1, 2024, the CW network will move from WJHG's subchannel tier to WMBB's. Nexstar owns WMBB and a majority stake in the CW.

WMBB's logo, 1990.

Digital programming

Virtual	Physical	Name	Programming
13.1	13.1	WMBB-DT	Main WMBB (ABC)
13.2	13.2	WMBB-DT2	MeTV (The CW 1/1/24)
13.3	13.3	WMBB-DT3	Escape TV (soon)
13.4	13.4	WMBB-DT4	Laff TV (soon)

Current Prime-Time Schedule

Day	6:00	6:30	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00
Monday	News 13 at 6	Entertainment Tonight	The Bachelor				Bad Romance		News 13 at 10
Tuesday			Will Trent		The Rookie		The Good Doctor
Wednesday			The Conners	Not Dead Yet	Abbott Elementary	Celebrity Family Feud	Judge Steve Harvey
Thursday			American Idol				Will Trent
Friday			Shark Tank		20/20
Saturday		According to Jim	NBA Countdown	NBA basketball
Sunday	America's Funniest Home Videos		American Idol				What Would You Do?

Legend
new	encore	premiere	finale	movie or special	live	local

External Links

Official website for WMBB