WMUN-CD
WMUN-CD, UHF digital channel 45, was a low-powered, Class A television station licensed to New York, New York, United States. The station was owned by Local TV Media Holdings.
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Channels | |
Programming | |
Affiliations | Defunct (formerly infomercials) |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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WNMF-LD | |
History | |
Founded | January 4, 1988 |
Last air date | August 28, 2017 (license cancelled) |
Former call signs | W57BC (1988–1995) WLIG-LP (1995–1996) WLNY-LP (1996–2010) WLIG-CD (2010–2012) |
Analog/DT1: Independent (via WLIG and WLNY-TV, 1988–Mid 2012) Classic Arts Showcase (Mid-Late 2012) DT2: Jewelry TV (DT2, 2015–2017) | |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 73207 |
Class | CD |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°45′08″N 73°58′04″W |
Translator(s) | W19EH-D Stamford, Connecticut |
History
As W57BC, WLIG, and WLNY
Founded in 1988, the station was owned by WLIG (now WLNY-TV). It was an independent translator station out of Mineola, New York, after W44AI (now WNYX-LD) moved the license to New York City as an independent station airing public access TV. In the following years, 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 programming stayed much the same. After WLNY-TV was sold to CBS Television Stations, the translator station 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 W19EH-D as a translator, behind 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.[1] Local Media TV surrendered WMUN-CD's license to the FCC for cancellation on August 28, 2017.
Digital television
Digital channels
The station's digital channel is multiplexed:
Channel | Video | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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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.