WMUM-TV

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WMUM-TV
(satellite of WGTV,
Athens/Atlanta, Georgia)
city =
station_
station_slogan = Bringing You the Best
station_branding = GPB
analog = 29 (UHF)
digital = 7 (VHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = PBS
network =
founded =
airdate = January 1, 1968
location = Cochran/Macon, Georgia
callsign_meaning = Mercer
University
Macon
former_callsigns = WDCO-TV (1968-2006)
former_channel_numbers = 15 (1968-1990)
owner = Georgia Public Broadcasting
licensee = Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission
sister_stations =
former_affiliations = NET (1968-1970)
effective_radiated_power = 5000 kW (analog)
22 kW (digital)
HAAT = 350 m (analog)
369 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 23935
coordinates = coord|32|28|12.2|N|83|15|18|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.gpb.org/ www.gpb.org]

WMUM-TV channel 29, part of the GPB network is the tenth and last public television station established in the state of Georgia. WMUM serves the geographical center of the state of Georgia, including the city of Macon from its transmitter in Cochran. The station's signal travels in about a 40-mile (64 km) radius from the transmitter site.

WMUM began broadcasting digitally on Channel 7 in April 2008

History

WMUM-TV signed on January 1, 1968 on channel 15 as WDCO-TV. In 1990, the station changed its UHF frequency from channel 15 to channel 29, the only time a GPB station has swapped channels. In the summer of 2006, the station changed its call sign to WMUM-TV, named after Mercer University in Macon. The name change reflects Mercer's involvement in GPB's operations in the Macon market, especially in the field of radio (see WMUM-FM).

External links

* [http://www.gpb.org/ GPB Website]
*TVQ|WMUM
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