WAMY-TV

"WAMY-TV"
Huntsville / Decatur / The Shoals, Alabama United States

Branding	My WAMY
Channels	Digital: WZDX-DT 54.2 (UHF) Virtual: 54.2 (PSIP)
Affiliations	MyNetworkTV (2006–present)
Owner	Nexstar Broadcasting Group (Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.)
First air date	1998 (1998)
Call letters' meaning	We're Alabama's MYNetworkTV
Sister station(s)	WZDX
Former callsigns	"WAWB-TV" (1995–2006)
Former affiliations	The WB (1995–2006, via The WB 100+)
Transmitter power	700 kW (digital)
Height	517.9 m (digital)
Facility ID	28119 (digital)
Transmitter coordinates	34°44′12.7″N 86°31′58.9″W / 34.736861°N 86.533028°W / 34.736861; -86.533028 (digital)

"WAMY-TV" is the MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station for the Tennessee Valley area of Northeastern Alabama. Owned by Nexstar Broadcasting Group, WAMY is sister to Fox affiliate WZDX and the two share studios on North Memorial Parkway (U.S. 231/U.S. 431/and U.S. 72) in Huntsville. Syndicated programming on the station includes: Everybody Loves Raymond, Seinfeld, Maury, and The Wendy Williams Show. Many MyNetworkTV affiliates are housed on digital subchannels of other stations and use their call signs but WAMY and cable-only "WNFM-TV" in Southwest Florida are the only network affiliates that have fictional calls.

WAMY is broadcast on WZDX's second digital subchannel. This airs on UHF channel 54.2 from a transmitter in Monte Sano Mountain in the Mountain Heights section of the city. In most areas, the station is carried on Comcast and Charter cable channel 8. As a result, its logo refers to this although it is known on-air as My WAMY. There are some locations, including Decatur, where the station is located on other cable systems and channels. DirecTV carries WAMY-TV for subscribers in the Huntsville, Alabama designated market area, most DirecTV satellite receivers display WAMY on virtual channel 6.

History

The station's logo when it was known as WAWB and affiliated with The WB.

The station first began broadcasting in 1998. It was only offered on cable and was affiliated with the new WB network via The WB 100+, a group of cable-only WB stations that shared programming outside of primetime. It had the call letters WAWB-TV and used them in a fictional manner. Those calls should not be confused with WUPV in Richmond, Virginia which used the calls officially from 1995 until 1997. As a WB affiliate, WAWB was known on-air as "The Valley's WB". It was unusual that when the station signed-on it was a cable-only WB affiliate. That arrangement was common for television markets numerically ranked at 100 or above. In those areas, The WB was offered on cable as part of The WB 100+. The Huntsville/Decatur/Florence market is ranked at 84 well below the cut off at 100.

In 2002, when WZDX launched the second digital signal of the market on UHF channel 41, WAWB began to be seen on that station's new second digital subchannel. This move was made in order to offer non-cable viewers access to WB programming. On January 24, 2006, The WB and UPN announced that they would end broadcasting and merge. The new network would be called The CW. The letters would represent the first initial of its corporate parents: CBS (the parent company of UPN) and the Warner Bros. unit of Time Warner. On February 22, News Corporation announced that it would start up another new broadcast network called MyNetworkTV. This new network, which would be sister to Fox, would be operated by Fox Television Stations and its syndication division Twentieth Television.

MyNetworkTV was created to give UPN and WB stations, not mentioned as becoming CW affiliates, another option besides becoming independent. It was also created to compete against The CW. On April 4, UPN affiliate WHDF was announced as becoming the market's CW affiliate. On April 18, it was made public that WAWB was to become the area's MyNetworkTV affiliate. The station began showing the new MyNetworkTV network logo in the corner of the screen on June 1 during promotions of the coming switch. WAWB changed its fictional call letters to "WAMY-TV" when MyNetworkTV began broadcasting on September 5. WHDF began broadcasting The CW on September 18.

On November 6, 2013, Nexstar Broadcasting Group announced that it would purchase the Grant stations, including WZDX (and thus "WAMY") for $87.5 million.^[1] The sale was completed on December 1, 2014.^[2]

"WAMY-TV" was an initial affiliate of the American Sports Network with its first broadcast on August 30, 2014.^[3]

References

↑ Malone, Michael (November 6, 2013). "Nexstar to Acquire Seven Grant Stations For $87.5 Million". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved November 6, 2013.
↑ Consummation Notice,CDBS Public Access Federal Communications Commission, Retrieved 3 December, 2014.
↑ Minium, Harry (August 27, 2014). "ODU's opener with Hampton to be televised in 66 markets". HamptonRoads.com. The Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved September 8, 2014.

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Television stations in Northern Alabama, including Huntsville, Decatur, Florence and the Shoals

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Local stations	WXFL-LD (10.1 Dream TV) WTZT-CD (11.1 Cozi TV) WHDF (15.1 CW) WHNT-TV (19.1 CBS, 19.2 WHNT2 HD, 19.3 Antenna TV) WHIQ/WFIQ (25.1/36.1 PBS/APT, 25.2/36.2 World, 25.3/36.3 Create) WMJN-LP (29.1 Heartland, 29.2 Retro TV) WAAY-TV (31.1 ABC, 31.2 WX, 31.3QVC Over The Air) WNAL-LD (32.1 PBJ) W17DJ-D (38.1 3ABN, 38.2 3ABN Proclaim, 38.3 Dare to Dream, 38.4 3ABN Latino, 38.5 3ABN Radio, 38.6 3ABN Radio Latino, 38.7 Radio 74) WBCF-LD (39.1 Me+U TV, 39.2 Youtoo America, 39.3 Biz TV) WAFF-TV (48.1 NBC, 48.2 Bounce TV, 48.3 GritTV) WYAM-LD (51.1 Launch TV, 51.2 Azteca 51.3 WYAM-AM Simulcast) WZDX (54.1 Fox, 54.2 MNTV/ASN, 54.3 MeTV, 54.4 Escape) WHVD-LD (67.1 Daystar)

Adjacent locals	WMAE 12 (PBS/MPB) WNGH 18 (PBS, Booneville, MS/GPB, Dalton, GA)

Cable channels	"WAMY" 8 (MNTV)

Defunct stations	WYLE 26 (The WB, S@H, JTV) W46CF 46 / W59CF 59 (UBN) W64BJ 64 (TBN) W67CO 67 (TBN via WTJP-TV-Gadsden, AL)

See also Memphis TV Nashville TV Chattanooga TV Atlanta TV Birmingham TV Tupelo TV

MyNetworkTV network affiliates in the state of Alabama

WTVY-DT 4.2 (Dothan) "WAMY" 8 / WZDX-DT 54.2 (Huntsville) WFGX 35 (Mobile) WABM 68.1 (Birmingham)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Alabama

Nexstar Broadcasting Group

ABC	KAMC² KCAU KMID KODE² KQTV KSVI KTVX WATN WAWV² WDHN WEHT WIVT WJET WMBB WOI WSYR WTVO² WUTR² WVNY² WWTI

CBS	KGPE KLAS KLBK KLST KOLR² KREX / KREG / KREY KTAB KXMB / KXMC / KXMD / KXMA WCIA WFRV WHBF WJMN WMBD WROC WTAJ WYOU²

The CW	KASN² KASW KCWI KGCW KGET¹ KUCW KXMB / KXMC / KXMD / KXMA WBRL WCWJ WLMT WTVW² WWCW WWTI¹

Fox	KADN KARD KCIT² KHMT² KFQX KFTA³ KFXK⁶ KJTL² KLJB⁵ KLRT² KMSS⁵ KPEJ⁵ KWKT WFFF WFFT WFXP² WFXR WFXV WGMB WJKT WLAX / WEUX WNTZ WQRF WYZZ⁴ WZDX

MyNetworkTV	KARZ KCPN² KGJT KJBO² KADN¹ KOZL KSHV⁶ KTPN / KLPN⁶ KYLE WZDX¹ WCIX WLMT¹ WNTZ WPNY WTVO¹ ²

NBC	KADN¹ KAMR KARK KETK KFDX KGET KLAF KNWA KRBC² KSAN² KSEE KSNF KTAL KTSM KTVE² KVEO WBGH WBRE WETM WTWO WVLA⁶

Other	Telemundo KKEY - KTAB¹ Independent station KZUP Independent station/Heroes & Icons WHAG TV CMS company Lakana Online ad company Yashi

Acquisitions	Communications Corporation of America Grant Broadcasting Newport Television West Virginia Media Holdings

¹ These stations broadcast these networks on their digital subchannels. ² Nexstar operates these stations owned by Mission Broadcasting. ³ Sale of the station to Mission Broadcasting is awaiting FCC approval. Nexstar will continue to operate the station. ⁴ Nexstar operates WYZZ owned by Cunningham Broadcasting. ⁵ Nexstar operates this station owned by Marshall Broadcasting. ⁶ Nexstar operates this station owned by White Knight Broadcasting.

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