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WMBC-TV 
Newton, New Jersey Channels Digital: 18 (UHF)
Virtual: 63 (PSIP)Subchannels 63.1 WMBC
63.2 Korean
63.3 CGNTV
63.4 SinoVision
63.5 NTDTV
63.6 Azteca America
63.7 WDNJ-FM
63.8 KCBNAffiliations Independent Owner Mountain Broadcasting Corporation Founded April 26, 1993 Call letters' meaning Mountain
Broadcasting
CorporationTransmitter power 1000 kW Height 250 metres (820 feet) Class DT
(digital television)Facility ID 43952 Transmitter coordinates 40°51′53″N 74°12′3″W / 40.86472°N 74.20083°W Website wmbctv.com WMBC-TV, virtual channel 63, is an independent television station licensed to Newton, New Jersey, USA, serving the New York City metropolitan area. Founded and owned by the Mountain Broadcasting Corporation (whose initials serve as the station's call letters), the station's studios are located in West Caldwell, New Jersey, with its transmitter located in Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey.
The station's lineup consists of brokered ethnic programs, a weekday one-hour newscast (composed mainly of repackaged CNN stories), infomercials and children's programs to satisfy the Federal Communications Commission's "educational/informational" requirements.
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History
Mountain Broadcasting was founded in 1985 by a group of Korean Americans, led by the Reverend Sun Young Joo of Wayne, New Jersey. The group secured a construction permit from the FCC to build channel 63 in 1987,[1] and the station began operations on April 26, 1993, with a Christian religious format, running mostly programs from FamilyNet. Later in 1993 they also began running public domain movies and film shorts from Main Street TV, along with FamilyNet programs.
In 1996, when New York City-owned WNYC-TV became WBIS-TV (now WPXN-TV) and dropped its ethnic, foreign-language television programming, WMBC-TV would pick up many hours of such offerings. WMBC also dropped FamilyNet and Main Street TV as well and began to air more infomercials and religious shows directly from ministries. By 1997, it ran a blend of religion and infomercials during the day and ethnic shows by night and on Saturdays. It was also running several hours a week of educational kids shows, and producing a local newscast by then.
In August 1998, WMBC ran Bloomberg News from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Weekdays. By December 2000, it was running infomercials before noon and Bloomberg News, noon to 5 p.m. In September 2002, it dropped Bloomberg News and by then had the format it runs today.[when?]
The station has an extremely weak analog over-the-air signal in New York City but is carried on most of the cable systems in that market, including Time Warner Cable and Cablevision. Its signal was dropped from DirecTV's New York City local stations package on December 31, 2005; however, DirecTV resumed carriage of it in early 2009.
Digital television
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
Subchannel Name Video Aspect Programming 63.1 WMBC DT 480i 4:3 main WMBC-TV programming 63.2 MBN A South Korean news channel as of October 2010 (Previously carried CBS SK) 63.3 CGN-TV CGNTV (Christian Global Network Television) 63.4 SinoVSN SinoVision (previously carried MHTV) 63.5 NTDTV New Tang Dynasty Television (previously carried KBS World) 63.6 WMBC DT6 Azteca America 63.7 WDNJ audio simulcast of WDNJ-FM 63.8 KCBN audio simulcast of Korean Christian Broadcasting Network WMBC-TV also has a Mobile DTV feed of subchannel 63.1, broadcasting at 0.92 Mbit/s. This is the lowest bitrate of any New York City television station mobile feed.[2][3]
On February 17, 2009, the station ended its analog transmissions on UHF channel 63 and continued broadcasting over the air exclusively on its digital channel 18.[4]
Logos
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The station's logo used prior to 2006. This identification was seen from 2001 to 2006, after the September 11 attacks.
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The logo used since 2006.
In popular culture
WMBC-TV can be seen on the Prevue Channel during the opening credits of the comedy-drama film Pleasantville (1998).
See also
- List of independent television stations in the U.S.
- List of television stations in New Jersey
- List of United States over-the-air television networks
References
- ^ "Koreans Win TV Franchise." Associated Press, August 22, 1987.
- ^ http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=atscmph
- ^ http://www.mdtvsignalmap.com/
- ^ "CDBS Print".
External links
- wmbctv.com, station's official website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WMBC
Broadcast television in the New York City metropolitan area English language
channelsWCBS (2.1 CBS) · WNBC (4.1 NBC, 4.2 Nonstop, 4.4 UniSp) · WNYW 5.1 / WWOR 9.2 (Fox) · WABC (7.1 ABC, 7.2 LWN HD, 7.3 LWN SD) · WWOR 9.1 / WNYW 5.2 (MNTV) · WPIX (11.1 CW, 11.3 This TV, 11.4 Antenna TV) · WPXN (31.1 ION, 31.2 Qubo, 31.3 ION Life) · WSAH (43.2 Ind/RTV) · WRNN (48.1 Ind / AMG TV / JTV / News, 48.2 Mega 48.3 Arirang TV) · WVVH-CA 50 (A1 / RSN, East Hampton) · WLNY (55.1 Ind)
Public television
channelsSpanish language
channelsReligious stations Shopping stations WASA-LD (25.1 Infomercials/RTV) · WKOB-LD (42.5 Infomercials) · WSAH (43.1 Infomercials) · W41DO-D (60.1 HSN)
Other stations WNYZ-LP 6 (Ind/Radio) · WEBR-CD (17.2-4 MBC, KRB) · WXNY-LD (32.1 Ind) · WNYX-LD (35.1Ind) · WDVB-LD 39 (ImaginAsian) · WKOB-LD (42.3 RTV) · WKOB-LD (42.4 HOT TV) · WNXY 43.1 (Ind) · WMBC (63.1 Ind, 63.4 SinoVision, 63.5 NTDTV, 63.7 WDNJ-FM, 63.8 KCBN) · WFME (66.2 WFME-FM audio, 66.3 Family Radio/KEAR audio, 66.5 foreign Family Radio audio, 66.6 RTI audio, 66.7 KWO35 audio)
Local cable channels BronxNet · BCAT · Caribbean International Network · CN8 · FiOS1 · MNN · MSG Network · MSG Plus · NET · News 12 Networks · NY1 · NY1 Noticias · NY1 Rail and Road · nyctv · Queens Public Television · SportsNet New York · Telecare · YES Network
Defunct MSG Metro Channels · New Jersey Network (PBS) · WRNY · WWOR EMI Service · KC2XAK 24 (NBC, Bridgeport, UHF/experimental)
ATSC-M/H Mobile DTV
encrypted channels
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See Also: Hartford/New HavenBroadcast Television Stations by Affiliation in the state of New Jersey ABC affiliates CBS affiliates The CW affiliates FOX Affiliates Ion Affiliates MyNetworkTV affiliates WWOR 9 (Secaucus) serving North Jersey - WPHL 17 (Camden) serving South Jersey
NBC affiliates WNBC 4 (Newark) serving North New Jersey - WCAU 10 (Camden) serving Southwest & Central New Jersey - WMGM 40 / WMGM-LP 7 (Wildwood/Atlantic City serving Southeast New Jersey)
PBS member stations Spanish-language stations Other stations W25AW 25 (America One, Trenton) - WQAV-LP 34 (Asia Vision/Ind, Atlantic City) - WDVB-CA 39 (ImaginAsian, Edison)
WMCN 44 (53) (ShopNBC, Atlantic City) - WGTW 48 (TBN, Burlington) - WMBC 63 (Ind, Newton) - WFME 66 (Religious Ind, West Milford)See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, ION, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in New JerseyCategories:- Channel 18 digital TV stations in the United States
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