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WGNM
  • United States
  • Channels
  • Virtual: 45
  • BrandingCTN Macon
    Programming
    Affiliations
  • for others, see § Subchannels
  • Ownership
    OwnerChristian Television Network, Inc.
    History
    FoundedAugust 17, 1987

    First air date

    November 30, 1990 (33 years ago) (1990-11-30)

    Former channel number(s)

    • Analog: 64 (UHF, 1990–2008)
  • Digital: 45 (UHF, 2003–2020)
  • Former affiliations

  • UPN (1996–2006)
  • Call sign meaning

    Good News Television of Macon (founding owner)
    Technical information[1]

    Licensing authority

    FCC
    Facility ID24618
    ERP793 kW
    HAAT223 m (732 ft)
    Transmitter coordinates32°45′51N 83°33′32W / 32.76417°N 83.55889°W / 32.76417; -83.55889
    Links

    Public license information

  • LMS
  • Websitectnonline.com/affiliate/wgnm-tv/

    WGNM (channel 45) is a religious television stationinMacon, Georgia, United States, owned and operated by the Christian Television Network (CTN). The station's studios are located on Steven Drive in northwestern Macon, and its transmitter is located on GA 87/US 23/US 129 ALT (Golden Isles Highway), along the TwiggsBibb county line.

    History[edit]

    The station first signed on the air on November 30, 1990, as an independent station owned by the locally based Macon Urban Ministries, doing business as Good News Television. WGNM became a charter affiliate of UPN in 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 some syndicated secular programming, along with an overnight affiliation with the Shop at Home Network, though religious programming has always made up the bulk of WGNM's broadcast schedule.

    Upon the merger of UPN and The WB into The CW, announced in January 2006, CTN used the opportunity to withdraw WGNM from carrying secular programming, refusing to take either The CW or MyNetworkTV. CTN completed the withdrawal on September 2, 2006, and switched to originating a fully religious schedule.

    On February 1, 2008, WGNM turned off its analog transmitter 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 in 1080i high definition.

    Subchannels[edit]

    The station's signal is multiplexed:

    Subchannels of WGNM[3]
    Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
    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]

    1. ^ "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.
  • External links[edit]


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