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WMYG-LP
CityLake City, Florida
Channels
BrandingMy 11 Gainesville
Programming
AffiliationsDefunct
Ownership
Owner
  • New Age Media, LLC
  • (New Age Media of Gainesville License, LLC)
OperatorSinclair Broadcast Group
(via master service agreement)
WGFL, WNBW-DT, WYME-CD
History
First air date
July 3, 1985 (1985-07-03)
Last air date
November 18, 2015 (2015-11-18)
(30 years, 138 days)
(license canceled)
Former call signs
W15AG (1985–2001)
WJXE-LP (2001–2002)
WBFL-LP (2002–2003)
WLCF-LP (2003–2006)
Former channel number(s)
15 (UHF, 1985–2002)
As WGFL repeater:
The WB (primary, 1997–2002)
UPN (secondary, 1997–2002)
CBS (2002–2006)
As stand-alone station:
MyNetworkTV (2006–2015)
Call sign meaning
MyNetworkTV Gainesville
Technical information
ClassTX
ERP3 kW
HAAT140 m (459 ft)
Transmitter coordinates30°12′50″N 82°39′0″W / 30.21389°N 82.65000°W / 30.21389; -82.65000

WMYG-LP (channel 11) is a defunct low-power analog television station in Lake City, Florida, United States, which operated from 1985 to 2015. Last owned by New Age Media, it was most recently affiliated with MyNetworkTV. It was functionally replaced by a digital subchannel of co-owned, High Springs–licensed CBS affiliate WGFL (channel 28). WMYG-LP was also sister to two Gainesville-licensed stations: low-power, Class A Antenna TV affiliate WYME-CD (channel 45) and full-power NBC affiliate WNBW-DT (channel 9). The latter is actually owned by MPS Media but operated by New Age Media under a local marketing agreement (LMA). All of the stations, in turn, are operated under a master service agreement by Sinclair Broadcast Group. WMYG-LP's operations were based at the shared studios of WGFL and WNBW-DT on Northwest 80th Boulevard (along I-75/SR 93) in Gainesville; its transmitter was located in Lake City's Lacymark section.

WMYG-LP did not operate a

16:9 high definition.[1]

The broadcast license for WMYG-LP was canceled on November 18, 2015;[2][3] its programming continues under WGFL's license as "My 11" (referring to its channel position on most cable systems in the market).

The Gainesville

Charter Spectrum in Ocala (part of the Orlando market) that both offer WRBW. In Lake City (part of the Jacksonville market), Comcast Xfinity provided WFOX-DT2
in lieu of WMYG, which was technically a station local to Lake City.

History

WMYG-LP signed-on July 3, 1985 airing an analog signal on UHF channel 15 with the call sign W15AG. In 1997, after WGFL launched as a primary

Independent
. During its tenure with the network, that station served as the default affiliate for much of North Central Florida.

WGFL quickly joined CBS to keep the network available in Gainesville. It also changed its on-air moniker from "WB 53" to "CBS 4" (named after the cable channel number on Cox systems). Corresponding with the network change, WGFL began broadcasting a digital signal on UHF channel 28. A second digital subchannel was established to continue a primary WB (through The WB 100+) and secondary UPN affiliation. This used the calls "WBFL" in a fictional manner (to match off-air analog channel 11) and was known on-air as "WB 10" after the cable channel location on Cox.

On January 24, 2006, UPN and The WB announced the two networks would cease broadcasting and merge. The new combined operation would be called

Twentieth Television
.

MyNetworkTV was created in order 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 September 5, WMYG became a separate station and joined MyNetworkTV. The call letters stayed the same since they refer to the network and it became known on-air as "My 11" (again referring to its cable channel).

Meanwhile on September 18, ABC affiliate WCJB-TV added a new second digital subchannel of its own to be part of The CW provided through The CW Plus. WYPN-CA (a Class A repeater of WMYG) changed call letters to WYME-CA and become a separate station affiliated with MeTV. The service is a network designed for digital subchannels offering classic television sitcoms, dramas, and classic commercials from the 1950s through 1980s. WNBW added a second digital subchannel to offer a digital signal of WYME and expand its reach.

On September 25, 2013, New Age Media announced that it would sell most of its stations, including WMYG-LP and WGFL, to the Sinclair Broadcast Group.[4][5] On October 31, 2014, New Age Media requested the dismissal of its application to sell WMYG-LP;[6] the next day, Sinclair purchased the non-license assets of the stations it planned to buy from New Age Media and began operating them through a master service agreement.[7][8]

Translators

WMYG-LP previously rebroadcast its signal via the following translator stations:

Station Channel VC Audio Video Aspect Former callsigns Notes
WNFT-LD 15 (UHF digital) 8.1 DD2.0 480i
4:3
 WNFT-LP (2003–2007) Now a Bounce TV affiliate
WYPN-CA1 45 (UHF analog) N/A DD2.0 480i 4:3 W14CB (1994–1997)
WJXE-LP (1997–2001) 		Now WYME-CD and an affiliate of Antenna TV
  1. WYPN was the former UPN affiliate for the Gainesville market (joining the network on December 1, 2004).[9]

Newscasts

WMYG formerly aired nightly newscasts from GTN News, an

Independent News Network from its studios located in Little Rock, Arkansas (formerly in Davenport, Iowa), and supplemented by local reporters in the Gainesville area. Initially, newscasts at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. were offered;[10] the weeknight 7 p.m. newscast only lasted for a few months while the nightly 10 p.m. newscast continued for a few more years until being phased out due to budget cuts in 2014.[11] WGFL-DT2 now runs an hour block of Last Man Standing at 10 p.m.[3]

References

  1. ^ RabbitEars TV Query for WGFL
  2. ^ FCC, Federal Communications Commission -. "Facility Details « Licensing and Management System Admin « FCC". enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov. Retrieved 2018-10-25.
  3. ^ a b "Schedule". MyCBS4.com. Sinclair Broadcast Group. Retrieved 2018-10-25.
  4. ^ Haber, Gary (September 25, 2013). "Sinclair Broadcast Group to pay $90M for eight New Age Media TV stations". Baltimore Business Journal. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
  5. ^ "Sinclair To Buy 8 New Age Stations for $90M". TVNewsCheck. September 25, 2013. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
  6. ^ Kirkpatrick, Daniel A. (October 31, 2014). "Re: New Age Media of Gainesville License, LLC…" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
  7. ^ "Sinclair Reports Third Quarter 2014 Financial Results" (PDF) (Press release). Baltimore: Sinclair Broadcast Group. November 5, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
  8. ^ "Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. Form 10-Q". sbgi.edgarpro.com. November 10, 2014. Archived from the original on January 7, 2016. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
  9. ^ writer, MARINA BLOMBERG Sun staff. "Cox lineup drops WJCT; WUFT taking its place". Retrieved 2017-11-11.
  10. ^ "Florida News Center » Blog Archive » More info on GTN…". flnewscenter.com. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
  11. ^ Lots of changes within the Gainesville market that I didn't know about... The Changing Newscasts Blog, September 13th, 2014.
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