WMUN-CD

Television station in New York, United States
40°45′8.1″N 73°58′2.1″W / 40.752250°N 73.967250°W / 40.752250; -73.967250Translator(s)W19EH-D Stamford, CTLinks
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WMUN-CD (channel 45) was a low-power, Class A television station in New York City. The station was owned by Local Media TV Holdings.

History

As W57BC, WLIG, and WLNY

Founded in 1988 as W57BC, the station was owned by Long Island–based independent station WLIG (now WLNY-TV). It was a translator station out of Mineola, New York; a previous WLIG translator, W44AI (later WNYX-LD), had moved its license to New York City as an independent station airing public access TV. The call letters changed to WLIG-LP in 1995, to WLNY-LP in 1996, and to WLIG-CD in 2010; despite the call changes, the station continued to relay WLNY-TV's programming. After WLNY-TV was sold to CBS Television Stations, WLIG-CD was sold to Local Media in 2012 and temporarily ceased broadcasting.

As WMUN-CD

In mid-2012, the call letters changed to WMUN-CD, and the station began running Classic Arts Showcase full-time. By late 2012, CAS was dropped and the station began airing infomercials. The following year, children's programming was added to fulfill E/I requirements, plus locally produced programming such as Community Impact. In the summer of 2014, The Balancing Act was added to the station's afternoon lineup.

WMUN-CD was the third television station that operated translator station W19EH-D in Stamford, Connecticut, after WEBR-CD, WCBS-TV and WPIX.

Community Impact was moved to late afternoons in 2015, and additional children's programming was added for an hour on weekday and weekend afternoons, thus exceeding the E/I requirements. A few weeks later, the children's programming, along with public affairs programming, was dropped and the station began to air infomercials full-time. The following year, E/I programming returned on the air.

On April 13, 2017, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that WMUN-CD was a successful bidder in the spectrum auction, and would be surrendering its license in exchange for $23,191,413.[2] Local Media TV surrendered WMUN-CD's license to the FCC for cancellation on August 28, 2017.

Subchannels

The station's signal was multiplexed:

Subchannels of WMUN-CD
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
45.1 1080i 16:9 WMUN-CD Infomercials
45.2 WMUN-2 Jewelry TV

In March 2015, home shopping channel Jewelry TV was added to the station's 45.2 sub-channel under the name WMUN-2.

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WMUN-CD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ FCC Broadcast Television Spectrum Incentive Auction — Auction 1001 Winning Bids

External links

  • Call Sign History – Federal Communications Commission
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