WGNM
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| Branding | CTN Macon |
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| Ownership | |
| Owner | Christian Television Network, Inc. |
| History | |
| Founded | August 17, 1987 |
First air date | November 30, 1990 |
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Call signmeaning | Good News Television of Macon (founding owner) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 24618 |
| ERP | 793 kW |
| HAAT | 223 m (732 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 32°45′51″N83°33′32″W/ 32.76417°N 83.55889°W |
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Public license information | |
| Website | ctnonline |
WGNM(channel 45) is areligious television stationinMacon, Georgia,United States,owned and operatedby theChristian Television Network(CTN). The station's studios are located on Steven Drive in northwestern Macon, and its transmitter is located onGA 87/US 23/US 129 ALT(Golden Isles Highway), along theTwiggs–Bibbcounty line.
History
[edit]The station first signed on the air on November 30, 1990, as anindependent stationowned by the locally based Macon Urban Ministries,doing business asGood News Television. WGNM became a charter affiliate ofUPNin the summer of 1996. The station was sold to the Christian Television Network in February 2004; despite this, the new owner maintained the UPN affiliation and somesyndicatedsecularprogramming, along with an overnight affiliation with theShop at Home Network,though religious programming has always made up the bulk of WGNM's broadcast schedule.
Upon the merger of UPN andThe WBintoThe CW,announced in January 2006, CTN used the opportunity to withdraw WGNM from carrying secular programming, refusing to take either The CW orMyNetworkTV.CTN completed the withdrawal on September 2, 2006, and switched to originating a fully religious schedule.
On February 1, 2008, WGNM turned off itsanalogtransmitter and began broadcasting exclusively in digital.[2]
On April 24, 2020, at 12 p.m., WGNM moved from RF channel 45 to RF channel 33 and began broadcasting in1080ihigh definition.
Subchannels
[edit]The station's signal ismultiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 45.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | WGNM-DT | CTN |
| 45.2 | 480i | 4:3 | Lifesty | CTN Lifestyle |
| 45.3 | CTNi | CTN International | ||
| 45.4 | 16:9 | BUZZR | Buzzr | |
| 45.5 | 4:3 | BIZ-TV | Biz TV |
References
[edit]- ^"Facility Technical Data for WGNM".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
- ^"Public Attachmatch"(PDF).hraunfoss.fcc.gov.
- ^"RabbitEars TV Query for WGNM".RabbitEars.info.