WBML

WBML is the FOX station serving the Birmingham, AL and Anniston, AL areas on UHF channel 18. The station is owned by Graham Media Group.  It, along with an RKO station, are the only two stations in the Birmingham, Alabama market that were not affected by the 2015 broadcast TV realignment. Syndicated programming on WBML includes: Friends, Two and a Half Men, Supermarket Sweep, and Seinfeld among others.
==Newscast Themes==
no music (1955-1978)
Production Music: Tabloid - NBC Background Music Library (1978-1981)
That's What A Friend Is 4 - Klein & (1981-1983)
The One For All - Gari Media Group (1983-1988)
Brave New World - Shelly Palmer Company (1988-1997)
Total Coverage - 615 Music (1997-2004)
News Matrix - Stephen Arnold Music (2004-2011)
Third Coast - Stephen Arnold Music (2011–present)
==Logos==
WBML ID bumper 1986.png|WBML bumper from 1986 as an ABC affiliate taken from Heart of the City
== Controversial program ==
In 1994, on April 1, WBML aired a program called "The Great Werepoodles at Large" in place of their news. The news anchors, Mark Stevens and Melissa Diaz, wore realistic anthro poodle fursuits (based off Melissa's two poodles) and spoke in French acccents, and the show featured them (using the aliases the "Monsieur" and "Madame") hosting, and throwing dog bones made of plaster and yelling about righteousness while disturbing imagery projected behind them. At the end of the show, they told a bulletin reporting that Capshaw Mountain in Harvest had erupted and was spraying lava and ash onto nearby homes. The report showed footage of lava flowing down a hillside (taken from the March 27, 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens) and edited remarks from President Bill Clinton (who called the situation "serious"). According to the Madame, the disaster had been caused by a geological chain reaction set off by the eruption of Mount St. Helens a week earlier. At the end of the credits, the two anthro poodles held up a card that read "April Fool".
Following the report, some Harvest residents began to flee their homes. The Harvest Police Department received over a hundred calls from people who believed that the report was true. The Alabama Department of Civil Defense was also inundated with calls from residents who wanted to know if they should evacuate their homes. WBML received dozens of calls from angry viewers. It then lead to accusations of obscenity and cancellation after only one episode.
The station issued an apology during its next news program the next day.
Category:Channel 18
Category:Birmingham, Alabama
Category:Alabama
Category:Fox network affiliates
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1955
Category:Former ABC affiliates
Category:Anniston, Alabama
Category:Graham Media Group