WMUN-CD
| New York, New York United States | |
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| Channels | Digital: 45 (UHF) Virtual: 45 |
| Programming | |
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| Ownership | |
| Owner | Local Media TV Holdings (Local Media TV New York, LLC) |
| Sister stations | WNMF-LD |
| History | |
| Founded | January 4, 1988 |
| Last air date | August 28, 2017 (license cancelled) |
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| Technical information | |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 73207 |
| Class | CD |
| ERP | 15 kW |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°45′8.1″N 73°58′2.1″W / 40.752250°N 73.967250°WCoordinates: 40°45′8.1″N 73°58′2.1″W / 40.752250°N 73.967250°W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed. |
| Translator(s) | W19EH-D Stamford, CT |
| Links | |
| Public license information | Profile LMS |
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 to 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.
Subchannels
The station's signal was multiplexed:
| 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.
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- 1988 establishments in New York (state)
- 2017 disestablishments in New York (state)
- Defunct mass media in New York (state)
- Defunct television stations in the United States
- Low-power television stations in New York (state)
- Mineola, New York
- Television channels and stations disestablished in 2017
- Television channels and stations established in 1988
- Television stations in New York City
- Northeastern United States television station stubs
