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'''WGMU-CA''' is a [[Class A television service|Class A]] [[television station]] that is licensed to [[Burlington, Vermont|Burlington]]. It broadcasts an analog signal on [[UHF]] channel 39 from a transmitter in [[Charlotte, Vermont|Charlotte]]. The station can also be seen on [[Burlington Telecom]] digital channel 14, [[Charter Communications|Charter]] channel 18, and [[Comcast]] channel 80. Locally owned by CEC Media Group, it is a full-time satellite of [[Retro Television Network|RTV]] affiliate [[WNMN]] in [[Saranac Lake, New York]]. The channel has studios on Pine Haven Shores Road in [[Shelburne, Vermont|Shelburne]].The offices & studios have been locked up since end of January 2011. Blue Water Realty of Shelburne owns the office park CEC was in & after no rent for months they were forced to evict TV 40, Champak Marketing & the FM channel that CEC leased fom Randy Michaels. The landlord stated that besides him there is a long list of creditors filing suits against the company.
'''WGMU-CA''' is a [[Class A television service|Class A]] [[television station]] that is licensed to [[Burlington, Vermont|Burlington]]. It broadcasts an analog signal on [[UHF]] channel 39 from a transmitter in [[Charlotte, Vermont|Charlotte]]. The station can also be seen on [[Burlington Telecom]] digital channel 14, [[Charter Communications|Charter]] channel 18, and [[Comcast]] channel 80. Locally owned by CEC Media Group, it has been a full-time satellite of [[Retro Television Network|RTV]] affiliate [[WNMN]] in [[Saranac Lake, New York]]. The channel has studios on Pine Haven Shores Road in [[Shelburne, Vermont|Shelburne]].


==Repeaters==
==history==
It operates the largest network of repeaters of any area station.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Call letters
! Channel
! Licensed to
! Transmitter location
! Notes
|-
| '''W17CI''' || 17 || [[Claremont, New Hampshire]] || [[Mount Ascutney]] || *part of Southern [[New Hampshire]] sub-[[media market|market]]<br>*shares tower with [[WNNE]] and [[Vermont Public Television|WVTA]]
|-
| '''W19BR''' || 19 || [[Monkton, Vermont|Monkton]] || [[Charlotte, Vermont|Charlotte]] || shares tower with WGMU
|-
| '''WBVT-CA''' || 30 || Burlington || [[Jericho (town), Vermont|Jericho]] || has an application to broadcast from a transmitter shared with W52CD southeast of [[St. Albans (town), Vermont|St. Albans]] along [[Interstate 89|I-89]]
|-
| '''W36CP''' || 36 || [[Newport, Vermont|Newport]] || west of [[Lyndonville, Vermont|Lyndonville]] along [[Interstate 91|I-91]] ||
|-
| '''W49BI''' || 49 || [[Ellenburg, New York]] || west of town near [[Clinton County, New York|Clinton]] and [[Franklin County, New York|Franklin]] county line ||
|-
| '''W52CD''' || 52 || St. Albans || southeast of town along I-89 ||
|-
| '''W54CV''' || 54 || Burlington || East [[Barre, Vermont (city)|Barre]] ||
|-
| '''W61CE''' || 61 || [[Rutland (city), Vermont|Rutland]] || Grandpa Knob in East Hubbardton ||
|}

==History==
WGMU originally signed-on in 1994 as '''W39AS''' but identified themselves on-air as "WWIN". On January 11, 1995, the station joined [[The WB]]. In 1998, W39AS changed its call letters to '''WBVT-LP'''. <ref>http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=20588&Callsign=WGMU-CA</ref> In May 1999, WB programming began airing on [[Fox Network|Fox]] affiliate [[WFFF-TV]] in a secondary nature and WBVT picked up UPN from [[WWBI-LP]]. During a period in 2003, the station aired [[America One]] programing during the day while showing a "UPN 39" logo in the top-right corner of the screen. The station aired UPN programming during prime time but would not air the network's kid shows. In 2004, WBVT's previous owners (NYN, LLC) were experiencing financial problems which led them to give control of the station to [[Equity Media Holdings]] (then known as Equity Broadcasting). The company would buy the station outright in February 2005.
WGMU originally signed-on in 1994 as '''W39AS''' but identified themselves on-air as "WWIN". On January 11, 1995, the station joined [[The WB]]. In 1998, W39AS changed its call letters to '''WBVT-LP'''. <ref>http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=20588&Callsign=WGMU-CA</ref> In May 1999, WB programming began airing on [[Fox Network|Fox]] affiliate [[WFFF-TV]] in a secondary nature and WBVT picked up UPN from [[WWBI-LP]]. During a period in 2003, the station aired [[America One]] programing during the day while showing a "UPN 39" logo in the top-right corner of the screen. The station aired UPN programming during prime time but would not air the network's kid shows. In 2004, WBVT's previous owners (NYN, LLC) were experiencing financial problems which led them to give control of the station to [[Equity Media Holdings]] (then known as Equity Broadcasting). The company would buy the station outright in February 2005.


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Revision as of 20:31, 9 June 2011

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WGMU-CA is a Class A television station that is licensed to Burlington. It broadcasts an analog signal on UHF channel 39 from a transmitter in Charlotte. The station can also be seen on Burlington Telecom digital channel 14, Charter channel 18, and Comcast channel 80. Locally owned by CEC Media Group, it has been a full-time satellite of RTV affiliate WNMN in Saranac Lake, New York. The channel has studios on Pine Haven Shores Road in Shelburne.

history

WGMU originally signed-on in 1994 as W39AS but identified themselves on-air as "WWIN". On January 11, 1995, the station joined The WB. In 1998, W39AS changed its call letters to WBVT-LP. [1] In May 1999, WB programming began airing on Fox affiliate WFFF-TV in a secondary nature and WBVT picked up UPN from WWBI-LP. During a period in 2003, the station aired America One programing during the day while showing a "UPN 39" logo in the top-right corner of the screen. The station aired UPN programming during prime time but would not air the network's kid shows. In 2004, WBVT's previous owners (NYN, LLC) were experiencing financial problems which led them to give control of the station to Equity Media Holdings (then known as Equity Broadcasting). The company would buy the station outright in February 2005.

During times of financial trouble and the transition to Equity ownership, there were plenty of technical problems on the channel. There was a point where it would be off-air for days at a time. During this dark period, some area cable systems (including Adelphia in Burlington) temporarily replaced WBVT with Boston's WSBK-TV. In 2005 once the station was in Equity's hands and back in shape, it changed its call letters again to the current WGMU-CA. This was done in order to distinguish itself as a UPN station and no longer a WB affiliate. In Fall 2006, UPN ceased broadcasting and merged with The WB into a new network called The CW. Only one UPN/WB affiliate in each market could join The CW, and WGMU was rejected in favor of WFFF. Instead, it joined MyNetworkTV another new network created by News Corporation for former UPN/WB stations that could not affiliate with The CW. The new affiliation took effect on September 5 and WGMU changed its branding to "My 39".

Before MyNetworkTV affiliation, WGMU did not have a website of its own. The station formerly had a website as WBVT. When it was bought by Equity and changed to WGMU, it got a website at "gmupn.com" that later disappeared. With the network switch, Equity created a new site for the station located at "mytv-burlington.com" which is no longer active. On December 8, 2008, Equity Media Holdings filed for bankruptcy. As a result, WGMU was temporarily taken off-the-air. [2] On April 16, 2009, Equity held an auction of all its television stations where WGMU and its repeaters were bought by Convergence Media Group [3] [4] [5] who was also buying nearby station WCWF (which it recalled WNMN). The sale was approved by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in July 2009.

After this, WGMU returned to the air as a satellite of WNMN which is an Retro Television Network affiliate.[6] 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 channel 18. It was not seen on Vidéotron systems in Montreal, Quebec. The nearest WGMU outlying translator to Montreal, W52CD channel 52 in St. Albans, barely reaches 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 has experienced long term black outs (i.e. dead air; static/snow), lasting several weeks or months, and so has only been broadcasting sporadically. There has been no signal since, with the station now silent.

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References

  1. ^ http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=20588&Callsign=WGMU-CA
  2. ^ https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101302828&formid=910&fac_num=20588
  3. ^ http://www.tvnewsday.com/articles/2009/04/17/daily.11/
  4. ^ "Takers found for 60 Equity stations". Television Business Report. April 18, 2009. Retrieved April 20, 2009.
  5. ^ https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101312890&formid=314&fac_num=20588
  6. ^ http://www.prlog.org/10293174-heritage-television-station-to-return-to-champlain-valley-and-north-country-wgmu-channel-39.html


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