WMBC-TV

WMBC-TV
WMBC-TV
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Newton, New Jersey
Channels Digital: 18 (UHF)
Virtual: 63 (PSIP)
Subchannels 63.1 WMBC
63.2 Korean
63.3 CGNTV
63.4 SinoVision
63.5 NTDTV
63.6 Azteca America
63.7 WDNJ-FM
63.8 KCBN
Affiliations Independent
Owner Mountain Broadcasting Corporation
Founded April 26, 1993
Call letters' meaning Mountain
Broadcasting
Corporation
Transmitter power 1000 kW
Height 250 metres (820 feet)
Class DT
(digital television)
Facility ID 43952
Transmitter coordinates 40°51′53″N 74°12′3″W / 40.86472°N 74.20083°W / 40.86472; -74.20083
Website wmbctv.com

WMBC-TV, virtual channel 63, is an independent television station licensed to Newton, New Jersey, USA, serving the New York City metropolitan area. Founded and owned by the Mountain Broadcasting Corporation (whose initials serve as the station's call letters), the station's studios are located in West Caldwell, New Jersey, with its transmitter located in Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey.

The station's lineup consists of brokered ethnic programs, a weekday one-hour newscast (composed mainly of repackaged CNN stories), infomercials and children's programs to satisfy the Federal Communications Commission's "educational/informational" requirements.

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History

Mountain Broadcasting was founded in 1985 by a group of Korean Americans, led by the Reverend Sun Young Joo of Wayne, New Jersey. The group secured a construction permit from the FCC to build channel 63 in 1987,[1] and the station began operations on April 26, 1993, with a Christian religious format, running mostly programs from FamilyNet. Later in 1993 they also began running public domain movies and film shorts from Main Street TV, along with FamilyNet programs.

In 1996, when New York City-owned WNYC-TV became WBIS-TV (now WPXN-TV) and dropped its ethnic, foreign-language television programming, WMBC-TV would pick up many hours of such offerings. WMBC also dropped FamilyNet and Main Street TV as well and began to air more infomercials and religious shows directly from ministries. By 1997, it ran a blend of religion and infomercials during the day and ethnic shows by night and on Saturdays. It was also running several hours a week of educational kids shows, and producing a local newscast by then.

In August 1998, WMBC ran Bloomberg News from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Weekdays. By December 2000, it was running infomercials before noon and Bloomberg News, noon to 5 p.m. In September 2002, it dropped Bloomberg News and by then had the format it runs today.[when?]

The station has an extremely weak analog over-the-air signal in New York City but is carried on most of the cable systems in that market, including Time Warner Cable and Cablevision. Its signal was dropped from DirecTV's New York City local stations package on December 31, 2005; however, DirecTV resumed carriage of it in early 2009.

Digital television

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Subchannel Name Video Aspect Programming
63.1 WMBC DT 480i 4:3 main WMBC-TV programming
63.2 MBN A South Korean news channel as of October 2010 (Previously carried CBS SK)
63.3 CGN-TV CGNTV (Christian Global Network Television)
63.4 SinoVSN SinoVision (previously carried MHTV)
63.5 NTDTV New Tang Dynasty Television (previously carried KBS World)
63.6 WMBC DT6 Azteca America
63.7 WDNJ audio simulcast of WDNJ-FM
63.8 KCBN audio simulcast of Korean Christian Broadcasting Network

WMBC-TV also has a Mobile DTV feed of subchannel 63.1, broadcasting at 0.92 Mbit/s. This is the lowest bitrate of any New York City television station mobile feed.[2][3]

On February 17, 2009, the station ended its analog transmissions on UHF channel 63 and continued broadcasting over the air exclusively on its digital channel 18.[4]

Logos

  • The station's logo used prior to 2006. This identification was seen from 2001 to 2006, after the September 11 attacks.

  • The logo used since 2006.

In popular culture

WMBC-TV can be seen on the Prevue Channel during the opening credits of the comedy-drama film Pleasantville (1998).

See also

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References

  1. ^ "Koreans Win TV Franchise." Associated Press, August 22, 1987.
  2. ^ http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=atscmph
  3. ^ http://www.mdtvsignalmap.com/
  4. ^ "CDBS Print".

External links

v · d · eBroadcast television in the New York City metropolitan area
English language
channels

WCBS (2.1 CBS) · WNBC (4.1 NBC, 4.2 Nonstop, 4.4 UniSp) · WNYW 5.1 / WWOR 9.2 (Fox) · WABC (7.1 ABC, 7.2 LWN HD, 7.3 LWN SD) · WWOR 9.1 / WNYW 5.2 (MNTV) · WPIX (11.1 CW, 11.3 This TV, 11.4 Antenna TV) · WPXN (31.1 ION, 31.2 Qubo, 31.3 ION Life) · WSAH (43.2 Ind/RTV) · WRNN (48.1 Ind / AMG TV / JTV / News, 48.2 Mega 48.3 Arirang TV) · WVVH-CA 50 (A1 / RSN, East Hampton) · WLNY (55.1 Ind)
Public television
channels

WNET (13.1 PBS, 13.2 Kids 13) · WLIW (21.1 PBS, 21.2 Create, 21.3 PBS World) · WNYE (25.1 Educ. Ind, 25.2 NYC gov) · WEDW (49.1 PBS / CPTV, 49.2 Create) · WNJN / WNJB (50.1/58.1 PBS / NJTV) · WFME 66.4 (WYBE Philadelphia Ind public TV)
Spanish language
channels

WPIX 11.2 (Estrella TV) · WNET 13.3 (V-me) · WPXO 34.1 (CV) · WNYN 39.1-5 (Ind) · WXTV 41.1 / WFTY 67.2 / WFUT 68.2 (UNI) · WXTV 41.2 / WFTY 67.1 / WFUT 68.1 (TFT) · WNJU (47.1 TMD) · WTBY 54.4 (Enlace) · WMBC 63.6 (AZA)
Religious stations

WBQM-LD 3.1 / WWPS 9 / WMBQ-CA 46 / WMBQ-LD 10 (COR) · WEBR-LD 17.1 (GCN) · WKOB-LD 42.1/42.2 (DS) · WTBY (54.1 TBN, 54.2 Church, 54.3 JCTV, 54.5 Smile) · WFME (66.1 Ind Rel., 66.2 WFME-FM, 66.3 KEAR-AM) WMBC 63.3 (CGNTV)
Shopping stations

WASA-LD (25.1 Infomercials/RTV) · WKOB-LD (42.5 Infomercials) · WSAH (43.1 Infomercials) · W41DO-D (60.1 HSN)
Other stations

WNYZ-LP 6 (Ind/Radio) · WEBR-CD (17.2-4 MBC, KRB) · WXNY-LD (32.1 Ind) · WNYX-LD (35.1Ind) · WDVB-LD 39 (ImaginAsian) · WKOB-LD (42.3 RTV) · WKOB-LD (42.4 HOT TV) · WNXY 43.1 (Ind) · WMBC (63.1 Ind, 63.4 SinoVision, 63.5 NTDTV, 63.7 WDNJ-FM, 63.8 KCBN) · WFME (66.2 WFME-FM audio, 66.3 Family Radio/KEAR audio, 66.5 foreign Family Radio audio, 66.6 RTI audio, 66.7 KWO35 audio)
Local cable channels

BronxNet · BCAT · Caribbean International Network · CN8 · FiOS1 · MNN · MSG Network · MSG Plus · NET · News 12 Networks · NY1 · NY1 Noticias · NY1 Rail and Road · nyctv · Queens Public Television · SportsNet New York · Telecare · YES Network
Defunct
ATSC-M/H Mobile DTV
encrypted channels
are italicized

WNBC 4.2 (Nonstop) · WNYW 5.1 (Fox)2 · WWOR 9.1 (MNTV) · WNET 13.1 (PBS)1 · WPXN 31.2 (Qubo) · WXNY 32.1 (Ind)1 · WNYX 35.1 (Ind)1 · WNXY 43.1 (Ind)1 · WNJU 47.1 (Telemundo) · WRNN 48.1 (Ind)1 · WLNY 55.1 (IND) · WLNY 55.2 (Blank) · WMBC 63.1 (IND) ·
1Coming in 2011, 2via WWOR-TV 9.2

New York State television: Albany/Schenectady • Binghamton • Buffalo • Burlington/Plattsburgh • Elmira • New York City • Rochester • Syracuse • Utica • Watertown

Pennsylvania Broadcast television: Binghamton, NY • Buffalo, NY • Elmira, NY • Erie • Johnstown/Altoona/State College • New York City • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • Scranton/Wilkes-Barre • Susquehanna Valley (Harrisburg) • Washington, DC • Youngstown, OH

See Also: Hartford/New Haven
v · d · eBroadcast Television Stations by Affiliation in the state of New Jersey
ABC affiliates

WPVI 6 (Camden) - WABC 7 (Newark)
CBS affiliates

WCBS 2 (Newark) - KYW 3 (Camden)
The CW affiliates

WPIX 11 (Newark) - WPSG 57 (Camden)
FOX Affiliates

WNYW 5 (Newark) - WTXF 29 (Camden)
Ion Affiliates

WPXN 31 (Newark) - WPPX 61 (Camden)
MyNetworkTV affiliates

WWOR 9 (Secaucus) serving North Jersey - WPHL 17 (Camden) serving South Jersey
NBC affiliates

WNBC 4 (Newark) serving North New Jersey - WCAU 10 (Camden) serving Southwest & Central New Jersey - WMGM 40 / WMGM-LP 7 (Wildwood/Atlantic City serving Southeast New Jersey)
PBS member stations

NJTV:
North Jersey: WNJN 50 (Montclair) - WNJB 58 (New Brunswick)
South Jersey: WNJS 23 (Camden) - WNJT 52 (Trenton)
Other: WHYY 12 (Camden) - WNET 13 (Newark)
Spanish-language stations

WPXO-LD 34 (CV, East Orange) - WXTV 41 (UNI, Paterson) - WNJU 47 (TEL, Linden) - WWSI 62 (TEL, Atlantic City)
WUVP 65 (UNI, Vineland) - WFUT 68 (TFU, Newark)
Other stations

W25AW 25 (America One, Trenton) - WQAV-LP 34 (Asia Vision/Ind, Atlantic City) - WDVB-CA 39 (ImaginAsian, Edison)
WMCN 44 (53) (ShopNBC, Atlantic City) - WGTW 48 (TBN, Burlington) - WMBC 63 (Ind, Newton) - WFME 66 (Religious Ind, West Milford)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, ION, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in New Jersey

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