WHME-TV

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WHME-TV

South Bend, Indiana
Branding	WHME TV 46
Slogan	WHME 46 is Life Affirming
Channels	46 (UHF) analog, 48 (UHF) digital
Translators	WHNW-LP 18 Gary IN WHVI-LP 24 Valparaiso IN WHCH-LP 54 Chesterton IN
Affiliations	LeSEA
Owner	LeSEA
Founded	1976
Call letters meaning	World Harvest Michiana Entertainment
Former callsigns	WMSH (1975-1976)
Former affiliations	Independent
Transmitter Power	1120 kW (analog) 300 kW (digital)
Height	305 m (analog) 295 m (digital)
Facility ID	36117
Website	www.whme.com

WHME-TV is a full-service Christian and general entertainment television station serving the South Bend market. The station is owned by LeSEA Broadcasting, also known as World Harvest Broadcasting, an organization founded by Assembly of God minister Lester Sumrall (1913-1996), whose sons are still active with the ministry. The first two letters of its callsign stand for "World Harvest" and it is the flagship station for the World Harvest network. WHME-TV broadcasts in analog on UHF channel 46 and in digital on UHF channel 48. It also has three repeater stations serving the Chicago market: WHNW-LP channel 18 in Gary, WHVI-LP channel 24 in Valparaiso and WHCH-LP channel 54 in Chesterton, all in Indiana.

1 History
2 Sports
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] History

WHME signed on in 1976 [1] running mostly religious shows and, in the late afternoons, black-and-white dramas and Little Rascals shorts. In the 1980s, it started running children's cartoons like The Disney Afternoon on weekdays, and Kids' WB on Saturday mornings. Weekday mornings often have a cartoon or two, as well. Overall, it runs secular shows from about 2-7 p.m. weekdays. The secular shows include sitcoms, westerns, public domain movies, and talk shows. On Sunday, it runs religion the entire day.

Channel 46 in South Bend was previously home to independent station WMSH, which was on briefly from 1975 to 1976. The station at the time was co-owned with WMSH AM 960 and WMSH-FM 99.3 in Sturgis, Michigan.

Channel 46 was also the original home of WNDU-TV, which signed on July 15, 1955, but moved to its present channel 16 in 1957.

[edit] Sports

WHME-TV 46 also often carries many regional college football and basketball games shown through ESPN Plus. The station also has their own sports division that broadcasts many high school football and basketball games in the Michiana area, usually one per week, along with local NAIA college games, such as Bethel and Goshen. The sports director of WHME is Chuck Freeby, who has worked as a sports anchor at WNDU-TV.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Broadcast television in the South Bend/Elkhart market (Nielsen DMA #87)
WYGN-LP 12 (3ABN) - WNDU 16 (NBC) - W18CF 18 (TBN) - WSBT 22 (CBS) (ind. on DT2) - WCWW-LP 25 (CW) - WSJV 28 (Fox) - WNIT 34 (PBS) - WHME 46 (LeSEA) - WBND-LP 57 (ABC) - WMYS-LP 69 (MNTV)