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Despite Winchendon being technically part of the Boston television market, the station's signal is unable to reach Boston due to its low-power status, along with the transmitters being located in rural New Hampshire, far away from the other Boston market stations' transmitters. To circumvent this, the station is simulcast on the sixth digital subchannel of Boston-licensed low-power station WCRN-LD (channel 31).
History
For channel 22's history prior to March 20, 2020, see WGMU-LP.
WVMA-CD was formerly a translator of WGMU-LP, which was itself a translator of WNMN (now WYCI) in Saranac Lake, New York, which at the time was a Retro Television Network affiliate (vowing that MyNetworkTV became a programming service in 2009 instead of a full TV network).[3] As a separate station, WGMU had studios on Pine Haven Shores Road in Shelburne which are still being used. On cable, the station was seen in Burlington on Comcast channel 7 and in Plattsburgh on Charter Spectrum channel 18. It was not seen on Vidéotron systems in Montreal, Quebec. The nearest WGMU-CA outlying translator to Montreal, W52CD channel 52 in St. Albans, barely reached the city. Syndicated programming on the station included Montel, Jerry Springer, Frasier, and Still Standing. It did not air any news or sports programs.
Prior to December 2010, WGMU-CA experienced long term outages (i.e. dead air; static/snow), lasting several weeks or months, and only broadcast sporadically.
The station formerly had a construction permit for a digital transmitter on channel 49. However, the permit no longer appears in the FCC database as of early 2012.[4]
WGMU-CA and repeater W19BR were downgraded from Class A status and reverted to standard low-power stations on October 24, 2012 due to failure to file children's television reports.[5] WGMU-LP had been a class A station since 2002, when the station was still WBVT-LP.[6]
The FCC canceled the licenses of WGMU-LP and repeaters W19BR and WBVT-LP on March 12, 2015 for failure to broadcast for a year; WGMU-LP and W19BR had gone off the air on November 18, 2013, while WBVT shut down four days later.[7] WVMA-CD, with a new status of WGMU's former Claremont repeater, was sold to Sound Communications in 2013[8][9] and transferred to Novia Communications (a company partially co-owned with Sound) a year later.[10][11] WVMA-CD was the company's only media holding outside of its usual territory of upstate New York before it allied itself with Waypoint Media in the late 2010s. As of 2020, is a full-time affiliate of Antenna TV.[12] Said station has since been re-licensed to Winchendon, Massachusetts, with its transmitter remaining in New Hampshire.
References
^"WVMA-CD - TV Station Profile - FCC Public Inspection Files". publicfiles.fcc.gov. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
^Seyler, Dave (October 24, 2012). "Two Class A TVs busted to LPTV status". Television Business Report. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
^Fybush, Scott (March 18, 2002). "Millennium Spins it at the Shore". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
^Hashemzadeh, Hossein (March 12, 2015). "Re: WGMU-LP, Burlington, VT; W19BR, Monkton, VT and WBVT-LP, Burlington, VT" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
^"APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT OF BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. May 13, 2013. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
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This article s factual accuracy may be compromised due to out of date information Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information December 2020 WVMA CD virtual channel 17 UHF digital channel 22 is a low powered Class A Antenna TV affiliated television station licensed to Winchendon Massachusetts United States which is technically part of the Boston television market but primarily serving western New Hampshire The station is owned by Woodland Communications a company controlled by Bill and Paige Christian partners in Waypoint Media WVMA CD s studios are located on Pleasant Street in Claremont New Hampshire and its transmitter is located near Scovill Road in Walpole New Hampshire 1 2 WVMA CDWinchendon MassachusettsUnited StatesChannelsDigital 22 UHF Virtual 17BrandingAntenna TV 22 1ProgrammingAffiliationsAntenna TVOwnershipOwnerWoodland Communications LLCOperatorVision CommunicationsHistoryFirst air date1994 29 years ago 1994 as a translator of WGMU LP March 20 2020 3 years ago 2020 03 20 Antenna TV Last air dateNovember 18 2013 9 years ago 2013 11 18 as a translator of WGMU LP Former call signsW69DG 8 30 1999 W17CI 1999 2014 W47ES D 12 17 2014 12 24 2014 W47ES CD 12 24 2014 12 31 2014 Former affiliationsIndependent 1994 1995 The WB 1995 1999 UPN 1999 2006 America One secondary 2003 MyNetworkTV 2006 2008 Dark 2008 2009 2013 2020 Retro TV 2009 2013 Technical informationLicensing authorityFCCFacility ID48413ERP15 kWHAAT307 8 m 1 010 ft Transmitter coordinates43 2 0 N 72 22 2 W 43 03333 N 72 36722 W 43 03333 72 36722Translator s WCRN LD 31 6 30 2 UHF BostonWVCC LD 6 Westmoreland NH WYBM LD 15 Westmoreland NH LinksPublic license informationPublic fileLMSDespite Winchendon being technically part of the Boston television market the station s signal is unable to reach Boston due to its low power status along with the transmitters being located in rural New Hampshire far away from the other Boston market stations transmitters To circumvent this the station is simulcast on the sixth digital subchannel of Boston licensed low power station WCRN LD channel 31 History EditFor channel 22 s history prior to March 20 2020 see WGMU LP WVMA CD was formerly a translator of WGMU LP which was itself a translator of WNMN now WYCI in Saranac Lake New York which at the time was a Retro Television Network affiliate vowing that MyNetworkTV became a programming service in 2009 instead of a full TV network 3 As a separate station WGMU had studios on Pine Haven Shores Road in Shelburne which are still being used On cable the station was seen in Burlington on Comcast channel 7 and in Plattsburgh on Charter Spectrum channel 18 It was not seen on Videotron systems in Montreal Quebec The nearest WGMU CA outlying translator to Montreal W52CD channel 52 in St Albans barely reached the city Syndicated programming on the station included Montel Jerry Springer Frasier and Still Standing It did not air any news or sports programs Prior to December 2010 WGMU CA experienced long term outages i e dead air static snow lasting several weeks or months and only broadcast sporadically The station formerly had a construction permit for a digital transmitter on channel 49 However the permit no longer appears in the FCC database as of early 2012 4 WGMU CA and repeater W19BR were downgraded from Class A status and reverted to standard low power stations on October 24 2012 due to failure to file children s television reports 5 WGMU LP had been a class A station since 2002 when the station was still WBVT LP 6 The FCC canceled the licenses of WGMU LP and repeaters W19BR and WBVT LP on March 12 2015 for failure to broadcast for a year WGMU LP and W19BR had gone off the air on November 18 2013 while WBVT shut down four days later 7 WVMA CD with a new status of WGMU s former Claremont repeater was sold to Sound Communications in 2013 8 9 and transferred to Novia Communications a company partially co owned with Sound a year later 10 11 WVMA CD was the company s only media holding outside of its usual territory of upstate New York before it allied itself with Waypoint Media in the late 2010s As of 2020 is a full time affiliate of Antenna TV 12 Said station has since been re licensed to Winchendon Massachusetts with its transmitter remaining in New Hampshire References Edit WVMA CD TV Station Profile FCC Public Inspection Files publicfiles fcc gov Retrieved 2020 12 12 WVMA CD WINCHENDON MA www rabbitears info Retrieved 2020 12 12 1 dead link TV Query Results Video Division FCC USA Transition fcc gov 2017 09 26 Retrieved 2017 12 29 Seyler Dave October 24 2012 Two Class A TVs busted to LPTV status Television Business Report Retrieved October 25 2012 Fybush Scott March 18 2002 Millennium Spins it at the Shore North East RadioWatch Retrieved October 25 2012 Hashemzadeh Hossein March 12 2015 Re WGMU LP Burlington VT W19BR Monkton VT and WBVT LP Burlington VT PDF CDBS Public Access Federal Communications Commission Retrieved March 12 2015 APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT OF BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE CDBS Public Access Federal Communications Commission May 13 2013 Retrieved March 12 2015 Consummation Notice CDBS Public Access Federal Communications Commission August 26 2013 Retrieved March 12 2015 Station Trading Roundup 7 Deals Over 116M TVNewsCheck August 26 2014 Retrieved March 12 2015 Consummation Notice CDBS Public Access Federal Communications Commission November 19 2014 Retrieved March 12 2015 Antenna TV www facebook com Retrieved 2020 12 12 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title WVMA CD amp oldid 1144321616, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
