WCMU-TV: Difference between revisions

| digital = 26 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]])

| country = [[United States]]

| former_channel_numbers = '''Analog:'''<br> 14 (UHF, 1967–2009)

| sister_stations = [[WCMU-FM]]<br>, [[WUCX-FM]]

| erp = 450 [[kilowatt|kW]]

| coordinates = {{nowrap|{{coord|43|45|5.1|N|85|12|46.2|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}}}

| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]

| website = [{{url|http://www.wcmu.org/ www.wcmu.org] }}

'''WCMU-TV''', [[virtual (channel]] 14 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]] [[digital terrestrial television|digital]] channel 26), is a Public Broadcasting Service ([[PBS]]) [[network affiliate#Member stations|member]] [[television station]] [[city of license|licensed]] toin [[Mount Pleasant, Michigan]], United States. The station is, owned by [[Central Michigan University]]. WCMU-TVThe station's studios are located on the CMU campus in Mount Pleasant, and its transmitter is located {{convert|3|mi|km|0}} west of [[Barryton, Michigan]].

WCMU-TV operates three [[broadcast relay station#Satellite stations|satellite stations]]: '''WCMW''' (virtual and UHF digital channel 21) in [[Manistee, Michigan|Manistee]] (with transmitter northeast of [[Ludington, Michigan|Ludington]]), '''WCMV''' (virtual channel 27, UHF digital channel 17) in [[Cadillac, Michigan|Cadillac]] (with transmitter east of [[Kalkaska, Michigan|Kalkaska]]), and '''WCML''' (virtual channel 6, UHF digital channel 24) in [[Alpena, Michigan|Alpena]] (with transmitter north of [[Atlanta, Michigan]]). Collectively branded as '''WCMU Public Media''', the four stations cover an area spanning three [[media market|television markets]] and small portions of several others.

Although Mount Pleasant is part of the [[Flint, Michigan|Flint]]–[[Saginaw, Michigan|Saginaw]]–[[Bay City, Michigan|Bay City]] market, the majority of WCMU Public Media's viewership is in the [[Traverse City, Michigan|Traverse City]]–Cadillac and Alpena markets.

! [[effective radiated power|ERP]]''

! [[height above average terrain|HAAT]]''

| 6 <br>24 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]])

| 300&nbsp;[[kilowatt|kW]]

| {{FCC-TV-Station-profile|WCML|ProfilePublic file}}<br>{{FCC-LMS-Facility|9917|3=LMS}}

| 27 (PSIP)<br>34 (UHF)

| {{FCC-TV-Station-profile|WCMV|ProfilePublic file}}<br>{{FCC-LMS-Facility|9922|3=LMS}}

| 21 (PSIP)<br>20 (UHF)

| {{FCC-TV-Station-profile|WCMW|ProfilePublic file}}<br>{{FCC-LMS-Facility|9913|3=LMS}}

WCMU-TV was previously relayed on '''W46AD''' in [[Traverse City, Michigan|Traverse City]] and '''W69AV''' in [[Leland, Michigan|Leland]]; however, the transmitters ceased operations before their licenses were canceled by the FCC on September 7, 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.michiguide.com/dials/tv/w69av.html |title=Michiguide: W69AV |access-date=2012-06-June 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121117161106/http://www.michiguide.com/dials/tv/w69av.html |archive-date=2012-11-November 17, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>

WCML once carried the -TV suffix.<ref>{{Cite web|title=FCC History Cards for WCML|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=83589|url-status=live}}</ref>

On October 27, 2009, it was announced that the CMU Board of Trustees approved a proposal for CMU to acquire [[Flint, Michigan]]'s PBS member station, WFUM (later [[WCMZ-TV]]), from the [[University of Michigan–Flint]] for a maximum of $1&nbsp;million.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cm-life.com/2009/10/27/breaking-news-board-of-trustees-meeting-today-at-1230-p-m-to-discuss-acquiring-tv-station-in-flint/#comments |title=UPDATED: Board of Trustees approve acquisition of WFUM TV station in Flint |last=Bolitho |first=Jake |date=October 27, 2009 |website=cm-life.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091101093341/http://www.cm-life.com/2009/10/27/breaking-news-board-of-trustees-meeting-today-at-1230-p-m-to-discuss-acquiring-tv-station-in-flint/ |archive-date=November 1, 2009 |url-status=dead |access-date=March 17, 2019}}</ref> The sale was approved by the FCC, allowing the network's presence to expand further south, not only including Flint, but also [[Ann Arbor, Michigan|Ann Arbor]] and into [[Metro Detroit]]. The network provided at least secondary over-the-air coverage from far Northern [[Emmet County, Michigan|Emmet County]] to northern [[Monroe County, Michigan|Monroe County]]. While WFUM was folded into the CMU Public Television network, CMU vowed to include Flint-area events and issues in its programming, as well as produce new programming that would originate from the region. CMU believed the acquisition of WFUM will increase its viewership from 2.2&nbsp;million to 8&nbsp;million.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2009/10/wfum_would_bring_more_local_pr.html |title=WFUM would bring more local programming to Flint under Central Michigan University ownership |last=Mostafavi |first=Beata |date=October 28, 2009 |website=mlive.com |access-date=March 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511013028/http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2009/10/wfum_would_bring_more_local_pr.html |archive-date=May 11, 2018 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref> CMU originally hinted that the takeover of WFUM would begin in late November,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.themorningsun.com/articles/2009/11/07/news/srv0000006772933.txt |title=CMU looks forward to acquiring station |last=Ecker |first=Patricia |date=November 7, 2009 |website=themorningsun.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218081637/http://www.themorningsun.com/articles/2009/11/07/news/srv0000006772933.txt |archive-date=February 18, 2012 |url-status=dead |access-date=March 17, 2019}}</ref> but WCMU took over operations of WFUM on January 15, 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.deltacollegiate.altervista.org/flint-pbs-station-goes-dark-after-38-years/ |title=Flint PBS Station Goes Dark After 38 Years |last=Piwowarski |first=Michael |date=April 25, 2018 |website=deltacollegiate.altavista.org |access-date=March 17, 2019}}</ref> The FCC approved the sale of WFUM in March and CMU officially took over in May at which point the call letters were changed to WCMZ-TV.

On February 8, 2017, Central Michigan University announced it will sell WCMZ-TV in the FCC spectrum auction for $14 million, claiming its viewers are already able to watch PBS on other nearby affiliates, namely [[Delta College (Michigan)|Delta College]]'s [[WDCQ-TV]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2017/02/cmu_auctions_off_flint_public.html |title=CMU to end Flint public television station after $14 million sale |last=Lozon |first=Von |date=February 8, 2017 |website=mlive.com |access-date=March 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913142600/https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2017/02/cmu_auctions_off_flint_public.html |archive-date=September 13, 2018 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref> It signed off on April 23, 2018.<ref name=wcmzsignoff>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2018/04/flint_public_television_statio.html |title=Flint public television station to go off the air Monday |last=Acosta |first=Roberto |date=April 22, 2018 |website=mlive.com |access-date=March 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914055138/https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2018/04/flint_public_television_statio.html |archive-date=September 14, 2018 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

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Unlike other major stations in the Traverse City/Cadillac/SaultCity–Cadillac–Sault Ste. Marie market, CMU Public Television does not have marketwide coverage. Following the [[DTV transition in the United States|2009 digital transition]], the network ''lost'' significant coverage. WCML decently penetrated most of the Eastern Upper Peninsula before the analog shutdown. With the switch to digital, residents of the Eastern Upper Peninsula (except for those on the Lake Huron shoreline) were no longer able to receive WCML due to its 300&nbsp;kW UHF signal. Currently, WCMU Public Media has no plans to add transmitters in the Eastern U.P. All PBS service, whether from CMU Public Television or another station, is available in that region only via cable or satellite. Some cable systems in that region carry another PBS station instead of WCMU — in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, [[Marquette, Michigan|Marquette]]'s [[WNMU (TV)|WNMU]] is seen on [[Spectrum (cable service)|Charter]], while across the locks in [[Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario]], [[Shaw Communications|Shaw]] carries [[Detroit]]'s [[WTVS]] instead mainly because of the lack of a local over-the-air signal to the nearly 90,000 people in the twin Saults and Eastern U.P. (Shaw previously carried WNMU for that same reason before it was replaced by WTVS in 2002.)

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