Editing WBAL-TV (section)

===Subchannels===
The station's signal is [[Multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|+Subchannels of WBAL-TV<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WBAL|title=RabbitEars TV Query for WBAL|website=[[RabbitEars.info]]|accessdate=December 24, 2024}}</ref>
! scope = "col" | [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! scope = "col" | [[Display resolution|Res.]]
! scope = "col" | [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! scope = "col" | Short name
! scope = "col" | Programming
|-
! scope = "row" | 11.1 
| [[1080i]] || rowspan="5" | [[16:9]] || WBAL-DT || [[NBC]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 11.2 
| rowspan="4" | [[480i]] || MeTV || [[MeTV]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 11.3 
| Story || [[Story Television]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 11.4 
| GetTV || [[Get (TV network)|GET]]
|- style="background-color: #f2d1de;"
! scope = "row" | 11.5 
| QVC || [[QVC Over Air]] [[File:4 rounded rect pink.svg|14px|alt=MPEG-4 video|link=MPEG-4 Part 2]]
|- style="background-color:#DFEBF6; border-top: 2px solid #003399;"
! scope = "row" | [[WNUV|54.3]] 
| rowspan=2|480i || rowspan=2|16:9 || Comet || [[Comet (TV network)|Comet]] ([[WNUV]])
|- style="background-color:#DFEBF6;"
! scope = "row" | [[WNUV|54.4]] 
| TheNest || [[The Nest (TV network)|The Nest]] ([[WNUV]])
|}
{{legend|#f2d1de|Subchannel broadcast with [[MPEG-4 Part 2|MPEG-4 video]]}}
{{legend|#DFEBF6|Broadcast on behalf of another station}}

WBAL-TV carries a [[digital subchannel]] on 11.2,<ref>{{cite web|title=Ravens Draft Special Airs Saturday On WBAL-TV|date=April 23, 2009|url=http://www.wbaltv.com/sports/19250361/detail.html|access-date=October 9, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930075341/http://www.wbaltv.com/sports/19250361/detail.html|archive-date=September 30, 2011}}</ref> which launched in August 2005 as "11 Insta-Weather Plus", an affiliate of [[NBC Weather Plus]] until the network dissolved in November 2008; after that, the subchannel carried automated local and regional weather information provided by NBC Plus until April 2009, when an alternate programming format was adopted featuring local weather information, newscasts and other special programming. On March 5, 2012, WBAL launched a 10 p.m. newscast on the subchannel (which was renamed "WBAL Plus" the previous year).<ref name="WBAL Plus">[https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/columnists/zurawik/bal-wbal-tv-10-pm-newscast-kate-amara-digital-channel-20120207-story.html#:~:text=WBAL%2DTV%2C%20which%20has%20seen,the%20station%20will%20announce%20Wednesday. WBAL-TV to launch 10 p.m. newscast with Kate Amara March 5], ''[[The Baltimore Sun]]'', February 8, 2012.</ref>

On July 24, 2012, Hearst Television renewed its affiliation agreement with [[MeTV]] through 2015, to maintain existing affiliations with eight Hearst-owned stations that were already carrying the digital multicast network. As part of the renewal, Hearst also signed agreements to add the network as digital subchannels of WBAL-TV and sister stations [[KCRA-TV]] in [[Sacramento]], WCVB-TV in Boston, [[KOCO-TV]] in [[Oklahoma City]] and [[WXII-TV]] in [[Greensboro]].<ref>[https://tvnewscheck.com/uncategorized/article/me-tv-adds-five-more-hearst-stations/ Me-TV Adds Five More Hearst Stations], ''TVNewsCheck'', July 24, 2012.</ref> MeTV was added to subchannel 11.2 on September 10, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=MeTV Comes to Maryland on WBAL-TV|website=WBAL-TV 11|date=September 4, 2015|url=https://www.wbaltv.com/article/metv-comes-to-maryland-on-wbal-tv/7095769}}</ref>