WMUN-CD

WMUN-CD, UHF digital channel 45, was a low-powered, Class A television station licensed to New York, New York, United States.

WMUN-CD
New York, New York
United States
ChannelsDigital: 45 (UHF)
Programming
AffiliationsDefunct (formerly infomercials)
Ownership
OwnerLocal Media TV Holdings
(Local Media TV New York, LLC)
WNMF-LD
History
FoundedJanuary 4, 1988 (1988-01-04)
Last air date
August 28, 2017 (2017-08-28) (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)
Call sign meaning
MUN, a Welsh word which means "go"
Technical information
Facility ID73207
ClassCD
Transmitter coordinates40°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) Inc. It was an independent translator station out of Mineola, NY, 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 from WLIG-LP, WLNY-LP, and back to the original call sign of WLIG-CD in 2010. Despite the call changes, the programming stayed much the same. After WLNY-TV announced the station's sale to CBS, 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 PSIP short name Programming
45.11080i4:3WMUN-CDInfomercials
45.21080i4:3WMUN-2Jewelry 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


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