WNVO

WNVO, virtual channel 18 (VHF digital channel 31), is a Univision-affiliated television station licensed to and serving the –– media market. The station is owned by as part of a duopoly with Birmingham-licensed  affiliate WTFB-TV, Entravision also controls Birmingham-licensed  affiliate WRSN-TV under a shared services agreement (SSA) with. All three stations share studios on Lorna Ridge Drive in Hoover, WNVO's transmitter is located atop in Birmingham near the city's southern edge.

History
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted an original construction permit on May 13, 1993 to Orsenigo Hispanic Television Inc. to build a TV station on VHF channel 18 in the Birmingham suburb of Hoover. On April 19, 1995, WNVO signed-on for the very first time after a few test broadcasts in 1994.

In August 1999, Orsenigo Hispanic Television Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and began the sale of WNVO to for $500,000. The FCC approved the license transfer in October 1999 and Entravision took over the station later that same month.

Programming
The majority of the programming aired on this station comes from the national Univision network. However, WNVO does have a news department which produces the highest rated Spanish newscasts in the Birmingham–Tuscaloosa–Anniston market.

Newscasts
WNVO currently produces three live newscasts each weekday covering the area.

Weekdays

 * Noticias Univision Birmingham a Las Cuatro with Constance de Ribera and Sebastián Zuloaga - 4–4:30 p.m.
 * Noticias Univision Birmingham a Las Diez with Luciano Caruana and Maruja Nápoles - 10–10:30 p.m.