WNMU (TV)

Last updated
WNMU
WNMU-TV PBS logo 2019.png
Channels
BrandingWNMU-TV PBS
Programming
Affiliations13.1: PBS
13.2: PBS Kids
13.3: WNMU-TV Plus (PBS West)
13.4: Michigan Learning Channel
13.7: Audio
Ownership
Owner
WNMU-FM
History
First air date
December 28, 1972(50 years ago) (1972-12-28)
Former call signs
WNPB (1972–1975)
WNMU-TV (1975–?) [1]
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
13 (VHF, 1972–2009)
Digital:
33 (UHF, until 2009)
13 (VHF, 2009–2020)
Call sign meaning
Northern Michigan University
Technical information
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 4318
ERP 15.5 kW
HAAT 323 m (1,060 ft)
Transmitter coordinates 46°21′10″N87°51′15″W / 46.35278°N 87.85417°W / 46.35278; -87.85417 (WNMU)
Links
Public license information
Website wnmutv.nmu.edu

WNMU (channel 13) is a PBS member television station licensed to Marquette, Michigan, United States, serving the Central and Western Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It is owned by Northern Michigan University alongside NPR member WNMU-FM (90.1). Both outlets share studios at the Edgar L. Harden Learning Resource Center on the university's campus in Marquette; the television station's transmitter is located in Ely Township southwest of Ishpeming.

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Overview

WNMU first went on the air in 1972, under call sign WNPB. The call signs of WNPB and what had been WNMR-FM were changed to WNMU in December 1975, two weeks apart. [2]

WNMU serves all communities in the UP, over the air on channel 13 in the central UP, and on cable regionwide, including portions of northern Wisconsin not served by PBS Wisconsin stations WPNE-TV or WLEF-TV.

It is also seen on Charter Spectrum cable in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, instead of WCMU-TV, which the rest of the market receives via transmitters throughout the Northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan. In most of the Eastern UP, cable or satellite are required to receive any PBS service; when the digital conversion took place in 2009, the Eastern UP lost terrestrial PBS service when WCMU satellite WCML in Alpena lowered its transmitter power for its digital broadcasts. Neither WCMU nor WNMU currently have plans to expand into the Eastern UP to fill the void left by the departure of WCML from the Eastern UP airwaves.

WNMU was part of the Shaw line-up on its Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, system until 2002, when it was replaced with Detroit's WTVS.

The transmitter for WNMU-TV is located just outside Ishpeming in Ely Township. The antenna is 1,000 feet (300 m) tall.

The future of WNMU radio and TV was threatened in recent years, as budget cuts led to a proposed sale or closure of the stations. However, new funding was approved,[ when? ] keeping the station on the air.

Programming

WNMU produces a number of shows directly from their studios.

In 2012 a broadcast titled Mauvais Sort: Spellbound won a Good News Award for uplifting and excellent journalism. [3]

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect Short nameProgramming [4]
13.1 1080i 16:9 WNMU-HDMain WNMU programming / PBS
13.2 480i WNMU-KD PBS Kids
13.31080iWNMU-PLWNMU-TV Plus / PBS West
13.4480iWNMUMLCMichigan Learning Channel
13.7480iFM-TestAudio

Analog-to-digital conversion

WNMU discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over VHF channel 13, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 33 to VHF channel 13. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "FCC History Cards for WNMU" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ↑ FCC History Cards for WNMU-TV
  3. ↑ Roman Catholic Diocese of Marquette (May 31, 2012). "U.P. Media Honored for Good News" (PDF) (Press release). Roman Catholic Diocese of Marquette. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
  4. ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for WNMU
  5. ↑ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
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