WWMT TV Channel 3 Kalamazoo/Grand Rapids

Slogan: WWMT 3, Where News Comes First

Web site: www.wwmt.com

E-mail: visit web site

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Programming: WWMT and WWMT-DT on TitanTV.com

Analog Power/Height/Offset: 100,000 watts / 1001 feet / -
- Analog Service Area

Digital Channel: 2

Final Digital Channel: 8

Digital Power/Height: 6,900 watts / 1001 feet
directional antenna
- Digital Service Area

Digital Const. Permit: 25,000 watts / 843 feet (Channel 8)
- Digital Service Area

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More Technical Information:

Call Sign History:

  • WWMT: 12/5/1985
  • WKZO-TV: sign on, 6/1/1950

Call Sign Origin: We're West Michigan Television

Network Affiliation History:

  • 9/2006: CBS & CW (digital only)
  • 1962: CBS
  • 1960: CBS primary, ABC
  • 6/1/1950: CBS primary, NBC, ABC

On Air Date: June 1, 1950

Owner: Freedom Communications

Telephone: (269) 388-3333

Notes/History:

  • 4/2008: Construction permit granted for post-transition digital facilities on Channel 8.
  • 2006: Announced that WWMT will become the West Michigan affiliate for the new CW network. The programming will air on one of WWMT-DT's side channels.
  • 5/2001: Application granted for digital facilites on channel 2
  • 7/1998: Acquired from Granite by Freedom Communications
  • 1995: Acquired by Granite Broadcasting
  • 1985: John Fetzer sells station to Busse Broadcasting
  • 1968: Color broadcasts begin
  • 1950s: Likely carried some DuMont Network programs as a secondary affiliate
  • 6/1/1950: On-air as WKZO-TV, owned by John E. Fetzer with CBS affiliation and secondary affiliations with NBC and ABC. Second-oldest TV station in West Michigan.


Transmitter location:

Barry County

 


Old logo gallery:

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