WUMN-CA

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WUMN-CA
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding = Univision Minneapolis
Univision 13
analog = 13 (VHF)
digital =
satellite = Galaxy 10R Ku-Band 123 degrees West
affiliations = Univision (since March 2005)
founded = September 26, 1985
(On-air since 1990)
location = Minneapolis-St. Paul
callsign_meaning = W
Univision
MiNneapolis or
MiNnesota (postal abbreviation)
owner = Equity Broadcasting
"(sale pending to Luken Communications)"
former_affiliations = The Box, MTV2
former_callsigns = K13UT, K33FB, WBWX-CA
homepage = [http://www.wumn13.com www.wumn13.com]

WUMN-CA (channel 13) is a Univision affiliate in Minneapolis, Minnesota owned by Equity Broadcasting of Little Rock, Arkansas and is the first of two Spanish-language television stations in Minnesota alongside sister station, TeleFutura affiliate WTMS-CA. The station is run via satellite from Little Rock, Arkansas.

History

It was owned by Viacom subsidiary The Box and carried MTV2 until it was purchased in 2004 (curiously, the station operated 24 hours a day, while the MTV2 channel on the city's Time Warner Cable system only operated 12 hours daily from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.).

On September 26, 1985, the low-power station received their license, with the assignment of the calls K13UT. From its official inception in 1990, the station was low-powered, operating at just 110 watts effective radiated power. Around 1995, it used the moniker "Lucky 13." The station had an application to move to channel 33 and increase power (this would have changed the call sign to K33FB), but permission expired before that change could be made. The name changed to WBWX-CA in 2001, then to the current call letters WUMN-CA after the purchase by Equity. In early 2005, the transmitter was upgraded to 1.25 kW, extending the reach of the signal into the suburbs of the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. The transmitter is located in downtown Minneapolis on the IDS Tower at coord|44|58|25|N|93|16|13.00|W|. Because of the flux of the license between channels 13 and 33, the call letters changed several times between K13UT and K33FB before the station acquired its current Class A status in 2001.

On June 25, 2008, Equity disclosed that it was selling WUMN to Luken Communications, LLC.cite news |first=Robert |last=Marich |title=Equity Media Sells RTN to Ease Crunch |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6573488.html |work=Broadcasting & Cable |date=2008-06-26 |accessdate=2008-06-28 ]

News

Equity also produced Spanish-language local newscasts at 5 and 10 pm, originating out of the company's program production center in Davenport, Iowa. On June 6, 2008, Equity discontinued local newscasts at its six Univision affiliates, including WUMN. [ [http://www.tvnewsday.com/articles/2008/06/10/daily.1/ TV Newsday, 6/10/2008] ]

Gallery

External links

* [http://www.wumn13.com WUMN-TV Canal 13 Minneapolis/St. Paul]
*TVQ|WUMN-CA
*BIA|WUMN|TV|CA
* [http://www.northpine.com/broadcast/captures/mn/wumnca.html NorthPine.com: WUMN-CA screen captures]

References

*Deborah Caulfield Rybak (March 26, 2005). New at 5 and 10, news in Spanish. "Star Tribune".