WMAK

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WMAK
city =
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding = 7 WMAK
digital = 7 (VHF)
other_chs = WEZK-LP 28 Knoxville (city)
WJZC-LP 22 Sevierville
affiliations = Independent
Retro Television Network
network =
founded =
airdate = July 31, 2004
location = Knoxville, Tennessee
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner = South Central Communications
licensee = Knoxville Channel 7, LLC
sister_stations =
former_affiliations =
effective_radiated_power = 55 kW
HAAT = 382 m
class =
facility_id = 83931
coordinates = coord|36|0|35.8|N|83|55|57.2|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.wmaktv.com/ www.wmaktv.com]

WMAK, channel 7, is a digital television station serving the Knoxville, Tennessee area. WMAK signed on July 31, 2004, making it one of the few stations in the US to sign on exclusively as a digital station, with no full-powered analog counterpart. WMAK also has two low-powered, Class-A analog repeaters in the Knoxville area: WEZK-LP, channel 28, in Knoxville, and WJZC-LP, channel 22, in Sevierville.

WMAK is owned by Knoxville Channel 7, LLC, a division of South Central Communications (which also owns radio stations in Knoxville, and formerly owned the neighboring WVLT-TV (Channel 8)).

As an independent television station, WMAK airs syndicated programs like "Sex and the City", "Extra", "The People's Court", "Judge Mathis" and "I Love Lucy" as well as recent and classic motion pictures.

On September 8, 2008, the station added programming from the Retro Television Network. [http://www.tvnewsday.com/articles/2008/09/05/daily.4/]

Broadcasting

WMAK's transmission tower is located on Sharps Ridge slightly north of downtown Knoxville, and the broadcast signal covers all of the East Tennessee viewing area.

WMAK is the only television station in Knoxville capable of originating local high-definition content.

Currently, the station broadcasts:
*high-definition (16x9 widescreen) output on Channel 7-1
*standard-definition (4x3) output on Channel 7-2

External links

* [http://www.wmaktv.com/ WMAK's web site]
* [http://www.southcentralcommunications.net/ South Central Communications (co-owner)]
* [http://www.myspace.com/wmak WMAK's MySpace site]
*TVQ|WMAK
*TVQ|WEZK-LP
*TVQ|WJZC-LP
*BIA|WMAK|TV|TV