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| callsign = WVMA-CD |
| callsign = WVMA-CD |
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| logo = |
| logo = WVMA-AntennaTV-Logo 01 (cropped).jpg |
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| logo_size = 150px |
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| slogan = |
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| branding = Antenna TV 22.1 |
| branding = Antenna TV 22.1 |
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| city = |
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| digital = |
| digital = 22 ([[UHF]]) |
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| virtual |
| virtual = 17 |
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| translators = {{ubl|WCRN-LD 31.6 (30.2 UHF) [[Boston]]|WVCC-LD 6 ([[Westmoreland, NH]])|WYBM-LD 15 (Westmoreland, NH)}} |
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| translators = |
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| affiliations = [[Antenna TV]] |
| affiliations = [[Antenna TV]] |
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| owner = Woodland Communications, [[ |
| owner = Woodland Communications, [[LLC]] |
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| licensee = |
| licensee = |
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| operator |
| operator = Vision Communications |
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| airdate = {{plainlist}} |
| airdate = {{plainlist}} |
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* {{start date and age|1994}} (as a translator of [[WGMU-LP]]) |
* {{start date and age|1994}} (as a translator of [[WGMU-LP]]) |
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* {{start date and age|2020|03|20}} (Antenna TV) |
* {{start date and age|2020|03|20}} (Antenna TV) |
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{{endplainlist}} |
{{endplainlist}} |
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| last_airdate = {{end date and age|2013|11|18}} (as a translator of WGMU-LP) |
| last_airdate = {{end date and age|2013|11|18}} (as a translator of WGMU-LP) |
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| location = [[Winchendon, Massachusetts]] |
| location = [[Winchendon, Massachusetts]] |
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| country = United States |
| country = United States |
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| former_affiliations = [[Independent station |
| former_affiliations = {{ubl|[[Independent station|Independent]] (1994–1995)|[[The WB]] (1995–1999)|[[UPN]] (1999–2006)|[[America One]] (secondary, 2003)|[[MyNetworkTV]] (2006–2008)|[[Dark (broadcasting)|Dark]] (2008–2009, 2013–2020)|[[Retro TV]] (2009–2013)}} |
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| former_callsigns = {{plainlist}} |
| former_callsigns = {{plainlist}} |
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* W69DG ( |
* W69DG (1999) |
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* W17CI (1999–2014) |
* W17CI (1999–2014) |
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* W47ES-D ( |
* W47ES-D/-CD (2014) |
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* W47ES-CD (12/24/2014–12/31/2014) |
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| erp = 15 [[ |
| erp = 15 [[kW]] |
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| haat = {{convert|307.8|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} |
| haat = {{convert|307.8|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} |
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| facility_id = 48413 |
| facility_id = 48413 |
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| class = [[Class A television service|CD]] |
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| coordinates = {{coord|43|2|0|N|72|22|2|W|type:landmark}} |
| coordinates = {{coord|43|2|0|N|72|22|2|W|type:landmark}} |
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| licensing_authority = [[ |
| licensing_authority = [[FCC]] |
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| homepage = |
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'''WVMA-CD''' |
'''WVMA-CD''' (channel 17) is a [[low-power broadcasting#Television|low-power]], [[Class A television station]] licensed to [[Winchendon, Massachusetts]], United States (which is technically part of the [[Boston]] [[television market]]), but primarily serving western [[New Hampshire]]. The station is owned by Woodland Communications, a company controlled by Bill and Paige Christian, partners in Waypoint Media, and has an affiliation with the classic television network [[Antenna TV]]. WVMA-CD's studios are located on Pleasant Street in [[Claremont, New Hampshire]], and its [[broadcast transmitter|transmitter]] is located near Scovill Road in [[Walpole, New Hampshire]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=WVMA-CD - TV Station Profile - FCC Public Inspection Files|url=https://publicfiles.fcc.gov/tv-profile/wvma-cd/|access-date=December 12, 2020|website=publicfiles.fcc.gov|archive-date=January 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117011200/https://publicfiles.fcc.gov/tv-profile/wvma-cd|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=WVMA-CD WINCHENDON, MA|url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=print_station&facility_id=48413|access-date=December 12, 2020|website=www.rabbitears.info}}</ref> |
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Despite Winchendon being technically part of the Boston television market, the station's signal is unable to reach Boston due to its low-power status, along with the transmitters being located in rural New Hampshire, far away from the other Boston market stations' transmitters. To circumvent this, the station is simulcast on the sixth digital subchannel of Boston-licensed low-power station WCRN-LD (channel 31).{{citation needed|date=June 2023}} |
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==History== |
==History== |
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{{For|channel 22's history prior to March 20, 2020|WGMU-LP}} |
{{For|channel 22's history prior to March 20, 2020|WGMU-LP}} |
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WVMA-CD was formerly a [[Broadcast relay station#Broadcast translators|translator]] of [[WGMU-LP]], which was itself a translator of WNMN (now [[WYCI]] in [[Saranac Lake, New York]], which at the time was a [[Retro Television Network]] affiliate (vowing that [[MyNetworkTV]] became a programming service in 2009 instead of a full TV network).<ref>[http://www.prlog.org/10293174-heritage-television-station-to-return-to-champlain-valley-and-north-country-wgmu-channel-39.html]{{dead link|date=December 2017}}</ref> As a separate station, WGMU had studios on Pine Haven Shores Road in Shelburne which are still being used. On cable, the station was seen in Burlington on [[Xfinity|Comcast]] channel 7 and in Plattsburgh on [[Spectrum |
WVMA-CD was formerly a [[Broadcast relay station#Broadcast translators|translator]] of [[WGMU-LP]], which was itself a translator of WNMN (now [[WYCI]]) in [[Saranac Lake, New York]], which at the time was a [[Retro Television Network]] affiliate (vowing that [[MyNetworkTV]] became a programming service in 2009 instead of a full TV network).<ref>[http://www.prlog.org/10293174-heritage-television-station-to-return-to-champlain-valley-and-north-country-wgmu-channel-39.html]{{dead link|date=December 2017}}</ref> As a separate station, WGMU had studios on Pine Haven Shores Road in Shelburne which are still being used. On cable, the station was seen in Burlington on [[Xfinity|Comcast]] channel 7 and in Plattsburgh on [[Charter Spectrum]] channel 18. It was not seen on [[Vidéotron]] systems in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]]. The nearest WGMU-CA outlying translator to Montreal, W52CD channel 52 in [[St. Albans (town), Vermont|St. Albans]], barely reached the city. [[Broadcast syndication|Syndicated]] programming on the station included ''[[The Montel Williams Show|Montel]]'', ''[[The Jerry Springer Show|Jerry Springer]]'', ''[[Frasier]]'', and ''[[Still Standing (American TV series)|Still Standing]]''. It did not air any news or sports programs. |
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Prior to December 2010, WGMU-CA experienced long term outages (i.e. dead air; static/snow), lasting several weeks or months, and only broadcast sporadically. |
Prior to December 2010, WGMU-CA experienced long term outages (i.e. dead air; static/snow), lasting several weeks or months, and only broadcast sporadically. |
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The station formerly had a [[construction permit]] for a digital transmitter on channel 49. However, the permit no longer appears in the FCC database as of early 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=WGMU-LD |title=TV Query Results - Video Division (FCC) USA |publisher=Transition.fcc.gov |date= |
The station formerly had a [[construction permit]] for a digital transmitter on channel 49. However, the permit no longer appears in the FCC database as of early 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=WGMU-LD |title=TV Query Results - Video Division (FCC) USA |publisher=Transition.fcc.gov |date=September 26, 2017 |access-date=December 29, 2017}}</ref> |
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⚫ | WGMU-CA and repeater W19BR were downgraded from |
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⚫ | WGMU-CA and repeater W19BR were downgraded from Class A status and reverted to standard low-power stations on October 24, 2012, due to failure to file children's television reports.<ref name=tvbr-wgmunoclassa>{{cite news|last=Seyler|first=Dave|title=Two Class A TVs busted to LPTV status|url=http://rbr.com/two-class-a-tvs-busted-to-lptv-status/|access-date=October 25, 2012|newspaper=Television Business Report|date=October 24, 2012}}</ref> WGMU-LP had been a class A station since 2002, when the station was still WBVT-LP.<ref name=nerw-wbvtclassa>{{cite news|last=Fybush|first=Scott|title=Millennium Spins it at the Shore|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-020318.html|access-date=October 25, 2012|newspaper=North East RadioWatch|date=March 18, 2002}}</ref> |
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⚫ | The FCC canceled the licenses of WGMU-LP and repeaters W19BR and WBVT-LP on March 12, 2015 for failure to broadcast for a year; WGMU-LP and W19BR had gone off the air on November 18, 2013, while WBVT shut down four days later.<ref name=fcc-wgmudefunct>{{cite web|last1=Hashemzadeh|first1=Hossein|title=Re: WGMU-LP, Burlington, VT; W19BR, Monkton, VT and WBVT-LP, Burlington, VT|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=56800|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]| |
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⚫ | The FCC canceled the licenses of WGMU-LP and repeaters W19BR and WBVT-LP on March 12, 2015, for failure to broadcast for a year; WGMU-LP and W19BR had gone off the air on November 18, 2013, while WBVT shut down four days later.<ref name=fcc-wgmudefunct>{{cite web|last1=Hashemzadeh|first1=Hossein|title=Re: WGMU-LP, Burlington, VT; W19BR, Monkton, VT and WBVT-LP, Burlington, VT|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=56800|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=March 12, 2015|format=PDF|date=March 12, 2015|archive-date=April 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402105953/http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=56800|url-status=dead}}</ref> WVMA-CD, with a new status of WGMU's former Claremont repeater, was sold to Sound Communications in 2013<ref name=fcc-w17cisound>{{cite web|title=APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT OF BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1554508&Service=CA&Form_id=314&Facility_id=48413|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=March 12, 2015|date=May 13, 2013|archive-date=April 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402135956/http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1554508&Service=CA&Form_id=314&Facility_id=48413|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=fcc-w17cisoundcomplete>{{cite web|title=Consummation Notice|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1570948&Service=CA&Form_id=905&Facility_id=48413|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=March 12, 2015|date=August 26, 2013|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304203139/http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1570948&Service=CA&Form_id=905&Facility_id=48413|url-status=dead}}</ref> and transferred to Novia Communications (a company partially co-owned with Sound) a year later.<ref name=tvnc-w17cinovia>{{cite news|title=Station Trading Roundup: 7 Deals, Over $116M|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/78764/station-trading-roundup-7-deals-over-116m|access-date=March 12, 2015|work=TVNewsCheck|date=August 26, 2014}}</ref><ref name=fcc-w17cinoviacomplete>{{cite web|title=Consummation Notice|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1660639&Service=CA&Form_id=905&Facility_id=48413|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=March 12, 2015|date=November 19, 2014|archive-date=April 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402124114/http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1660639&Service=CA&Form_id=905&Facility_id=48413|url-status=dead}}</ref> WVMA-CD was the company's only media holding outside of its usual territory of [[upstate New York]] before it allied itself with Waypoint Media in the late 2010s. As of 2020, it is a full-time affiliate of [[Antenna TV]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Antenna TV|url=https://www.facebook.com/AntennaTV/posts/3089195097767502|access-date=December 12, 2020|website=www.facebook.com|language=en}}</ref> Said station has since been re-licensed to [[Winchendon, Massachusetts]], with its transmitter remaining in New Hampshire. |
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==Logos== |
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File:WWIN.png|W39AS's "WWIN"'s WB logo used from 1995 until 1999. |
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File:WGMUlogo.png|WGMU-CA's UPN logo used from mid-2005 until some point in 2006. |
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File:My 39.PNG|The MyNetworkTV logo used from August 2006 until signing off temporarily in 2009 |
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File:WNMN40.png|WGMU-LP's "WNMN TV 40" [[Retro Television Network|RTV]] logo used from 2009 until WGMU's shutdown (and WMVA's temporary signoff) in 2013 |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 12:03, 7 February 2024
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Channels | |
Branding | Antenna TV 22.1 |
Programming | |
Affiliations | Antenna TV |
Ownership | |
Owner | Woodland Communications, LLC |
Operator | Vision Communications |
History | |
First air date |
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Last air date | November 18, 2013 | (as a translator of WGMU-LP)
Former call signs |
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Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 48413 |
Class | CD |
ERP | 15 kW |
HAAT | 307.8 m (1,010 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 43°2′0″N 72°22′2″W / 43.03333°N 72.36722°W |
Translator(s) |
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Public license information |
WVMA-CD (channel 17) is a low-power, Class A television station licensed to Winchendon, Massachusetts, United States (which is technically part of the Boston television market), but primarily serving western New Hampshire. The station is owned by Woodland Communications, a company controlled by Bill and Paige Christian, partners in Waypoint Media, and has an affiliation with the classic television network Antenna TV. WVMA-CD's studios are located on Pleasant Street in Claremont, New Hampshire, and its transmitter is located near Scovill Road in Walpole, New Hampshire.[2][3]
Despite Winchendon being technically part of the Boston television market, the station's signal is unable to reach Boston due to its low-power status, along with the transmitters being located in rural New Hampshire, far away from the other Boston market stations' transmitters. To circumvent this, the station is simulcast on the sixth digital subchannel of Boston-licensed low-power station WCRN-LD (channel 31).[citation needed]
History
WVMA-CD was formerly a translator of WGMU-LP, which was itself a translator of WNMN (now WYCI) in Saranac Lake, New York, which at the time was a Retro Television Network affiliate (vowing that MyNetworkTV became a programming service in 2009 instead of a full TV network).[4] As a separate station, WGMU had studios on Pine Haven Shores Road in Shelburne which are still being used. On cable, the station was seen in Burlington on Comcast channel 7 and in Plattsburgh on Charter Spectrum channel 18. It was not seen on Vidéotron systems in Montreal, Quebec. The nearest WGMU-CA outlying translator to Montreal, W52CD channel 52 in St. Albans, barely reached the city. Syndicated programming on the station included Montel, Jerry Springer, Frasier, and Still Standing. It did not air any news or sports programs.
Prior to December 2010, WGMU-CA experienced long term outages (i.e. dead air; static/snow), lasting several weeks or months, and only broadcast sporadically.
The station formerly had a construction permit for a digital transmitter on channel 49. However, the permit no longer appears in the FCC database as of early 2012.[5]
WGMU-CA and repeater W19BR were downgraded from Class A status and reverted to standard low-power stations on October 24, 2012, due to failure to file children's television reports.[6] WGMU-LP had been a class A station since 2002, when the station was still WBVT-LP.[7]
The FCC canceled the licenses of WGMU-LP and repeaters W19BR and WBVT-LP on March 12, 2015, for failure to broadcast for a year; WGMU-LP and W19BR had gone off the air on November 18, 2013, while WBVT shut down four days later.[8] WVMA-CD, with a new status of WGMU's former Claremont repeater, was sold to Sound Communications in 2013[9][10] and transferred to Novia Communications (a company partially co-owned with Sound) a year later.[11][12] WVMA-CD was the company's only media holding outside of its usual territory of upstate New York before it allied itself with Waypoint Media in the late 2010s. As of 2020, it is a full-time affiliate of Antenna TV.[13] Said station has since been re-licensed to Winchendon, Massachusetts, with its transmitter remaining in New Hampshire.
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WVMA-CD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WVMA-CD - TV Station Profile - FCC Public Inspection Files". publicfiles.fcc.gov. Archived from the original on January 17, 2021. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
- ^ "WVMA-CD WINCHENDON, MA". www.rabbitears.info. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ "TV Query Results - Video Division (FCC) USA". Transition.fcc.gov. September 26, 2017. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
- ^ Seyler, Dave (October 24, 2012). "Two Class A TVs busted to LPTV status". Television Business Report. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (March 18, 2002). "Millennium Spins it at the Shore". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
- ^ Hashemzadeh, Hossein (March 12, 2015). "Re: WGMU-LP, Burlington, VT; W19BR, Monkton, VT and WBVT-LP, Burlington, VT". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
- ^ "APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT OF BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. May 13, 2013. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
- ^ "Consummation Notice". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. August 26, 2013. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
- ^ "Station Trading Roundup: 7 Deals, Over $116M". TVNewsCheck. August 26, 2014. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
- ^ "Consummation Notice". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. November 19, 2014. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
- ^ "Antenna TV". www.facebook.com. Retrieved December 12, 2020.