WMUB-LD

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Coordinates: 32°45′52″N 83°33′32″W / 32.76444°N 83.55889°W / 32.76444; -83.55889
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WMUB-LD
  • kW
HAAT223.9 m (735 ft)
Transmitter coordinates32°45′52″N 83°33′32″W / 32.76444°N 83.55889°W / 32.76444; -83.55889
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Websitewmub.tv
www.mercer.edu

WMUB-LD,

US 129 ALT (Golden Isles Highway), along the Bibb–Twiggs county line. The station is available on all major cable providers in Central Georgia
.

History

The station first signed on the air on September 17, 2010 as an affiliate of

My Family TV. On November 1, 2013, the station changed its affiliation to Cozi TV
.

On March 31, 2014, Georgia Eagle Media donated WRWR-LD to

MHz WorldView.[2][3]

In mid-July 2014, WRWR-LD changed its callsign to WMUB-LD.

On January 1, 2016, WMUB-LD changed affiliation to France 24.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital channel is

multiplexed
:

Channel Video Aspect Short name Programming[4]
38.1 480i
16:9
 WMUB 38 Main WMUB-LD programming / France 24

The station carried Universal Sports on its second digital subchannel until January 1, 2012, when the network converted into a cable- and satellite-only network. On January 2, 2012, the station began carrying Tuff TV on its second digital subchannel (the network was dropped on March 31, 2014).

On February 2, 2021, WMUB-LD transitioned from RF channel 38 to RF channel 31.

Programming

Local programming

As WRWR-LD, the station produced several locally-produced programs, including Inside Georgia Politics (hosted by then-State Senator Cecil Staton), Todd Wilson's Georgia Journal, Under the Hood with Chris Ford, and Observations (hosted by local neurosurgeon Dr. Joe Sam Robinson, focusing on topics and people related to local healthcare issues). During high school football season, the station broadcasts a "Game of the Week" each Friday evening, featuring notable games from Houston County's five area high schools as well as occasional games from the Westfield School and Stratford Academy.

On November 12, 2010, WRWR-LD began airing Mercer Bears basketball games, with Todd Wilson and Drew Bollea providing play-by-play. In January 2012, the station began airing

ESPN Plus
.

On August 12, 2014, WMUB announced it would replace the SEC TV games with the American Sports Network package.

Newscasts

On September 17, 2010, WRWR-LD debuted Newsnight on the Patriot, a two-hour nightly evening newscast aimed at the Warner Robins and Houston County area that aired weeknights from 6:00 to 8:00 and 10:00 to 11:30 p.m. (later 10:00 to 12:00 a.m.).

WMAZ launched HD news for the first time with their 5:00 p.m. newscast. The program was cancelled on March 31, 2014, when WRWR-LD's license was donated by the station's owner Cecil Staton to Mercer University
. With the donation, Mercer planned on producing a new student-produced newscast for the station beginning in the summer of 2014.

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WMUB-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. The Macon Telegraph
    , March 26, 2014.
  3. ^ WRWR Launches MHz Worldview in Macon, GA
  4. ^ RabbitEars TV Query for WMUB
  5. ^ "The Warner Robins Patriot - A New Voice in Defense of the Republic". warnerrobinspatriot.com. Archived from the original on 2010-10-09.

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