- WWME-CA
Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WWME-CA
station_
station_slogan = Classic Television Defined
station_branding =MeTV
analog = WWME-CA 23 (UHF)
digital = WWME-LD 23.1 (39.1) (UHF)
WCIU-DT 26.2 (27.2) (UHF)
affiliations = Independent
founded =January 1 2005
location =Chicago, Illinois
callsign_meaning = W W Memorable Entertainment Television (MeTV)
owner =Weigel Broadcasting
licensee = Channel 23 Limited Partnership
sister_stations =WCIU-TV ,WMEU-CA
former_affiliations =
effective_radiated_power =
homepage = [http://www.metvchicago.com www.metvchicago.com]WWME-CA is a class A station in
Chicago, Illinois . It is owned byWeigel Broadcasting , which also owns sister stationsWCIU-TV andWMEU-CA . The station broadcasts programming under theMeTV brand.Programming
Until January 1, 2005, Channel 23 was a brokered-time ethnic station. This was originally the format of WCIU from 1964-December 31, 1994. That programming now airs on FBT (Digital subchannel 26.6).
The "MeTV" moniker originated on channel 23 as a block of TV shows from 12 noon to 3pm. This consisted of shows like "Jack Benny", "Sargent Bilko", "Carol Burnett", "Maude", and "
One Day at a Time ". The MeTV logo was never used on WCIU. This block of programming underwent several changes adding and subtracting shows and expanding time periods. On January 1, 2005, Weigel rechristened WFBT as WWME-CA and made the entire station MeTV. It shifted ethnic programing to and the call letters WFBT to channel 48.On February 5, 2008, Weigel Broadcasting announced that WFBT-CA (analog 48) would be renamed to WMEU and begin airing "Me Too" beginning March 1. "Me Too" is an extension of "MeTV" with even more programs. Current WFBT programming has moved to a digital subchannel of WCIU. [ [http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-080205-metv,0,6448734.story Weigel Broadcasting Adds More Classic Programming] , "Chicago Tribune",
February 5 ,2008 ]MeTV is also broadcast on digital subchannel 26.2 and Digital Channel 23.1. On
March 11 2008 WWME-LP signed on RF Channel 39 at 1.8kw becoming Chicago's first low-power digital station.An old DX photo showed that WWME used to trace itself to W23AT, a WFBT translator. The W23AT calls were also used for a low-power music videos station in
Mokena, Illinois .í! MeTV
On
August 4 2007 , WWME began carrying classic television series dubbed in Spanish under the Sí! MeTV branding.References
External links
* [http://www.metvchicago.com Official Site]
*TVQ|WWME-CA
*TVQ|WWME-LD
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