WMGM-TV
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| Wildwood / Atlantic City, New Jersey | |
| Branding | News Channel 40 NBC |
| Slogan | The South Jersey Newschannel and Where Local Comes First |
| Channels | 40 (UHF) analog, 36 (UHF) digital |
| Translators | 7 WMGM-LP (VHF) |
| Affiliations | NBC |
| Owner | Access.1 Communications |
| Founded | January 15, 1966 |
| Call letters meaning | W Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Former callsigns | WCMC-TV (1966-1981) WAAT (1981-1984) |
| Transmitter Power | 741 kW (analog) 200 kW (digital) |
| Height | 128 m |
| Website | www.nbc40.net/ |
WMGM-TV "News Channel 40 NBC" is a television station licensed to Wildwood, New Jersey, serving Cape May County, Atlantic County and Cumberland County, New Jersey on channel 40 as an affiliate of NBC. Founded on January 15, 1966, the station is owned by Access.1 Communications. The station can also be seen in Atlantic City on a low-power translator WMGM-LP channel 7.
The station is officially considered a Philadelphia market station, and was once a full-time repeater for former NBC affiliate KYW-TV. Although WMGM's transmitter is located in Swainton, New Jersey in Cape May County, WMGM's office is in Linwood, New Jersey in Atlantic County. For other network programming besides NBC, Philadelphia stations cover the Atlantic City area along with the rest of Southern New Jersey. WMGM's NBC affiliation creates a rare situation where there are two affiliates of the same network in the same market (NBC O&O WCAU in Philadelphia is the other).
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[edit] History
WMGM-TV signed on as WCMC-TV on January 15, 1966 under the ownership of the South Jersey Radio Company, which owned radio stations WCMC-AM-FM and WAAT-FM.
The station changed its call letters twice, once to WAAT in 1981 and to the current WMGM-TV in 1984, to coincide with then co-owned radio station WMGM-FM. Upon the death of owner Howard Green in 2002, the station was eventually sold to Access.1 Communications.
For several years, people in the Philadelphia market could watch the entire NBC schedule on channel 40, as KYW-TV (now a CBS O&O) pre-empted NBC's daytime programs, among others.
[edit] Atlantic City Transmitter Fire
On Wednesday, May 3, 2006, WMGM-LP in Atlantic City fell silent when a fire struck the building its transmitter was located in, adjacent to the tollbooths on the Atlantic City Expressway. The building also housed transmitters for Atlantic City's WMGM (FM) 103.7, Pleasantville's WOND AM 1400, and WTKU AM 1490. While WMGM-FM has since moved to auxiliary facilities atop the Trump Taj Mahal casino, the AM stations, and WMGM-LP, remain dark, leaving many Atlantic City residents without clear analog reception of NBC programs. [1]
[edit] Newscasts
WMGM currently airs newscasts, under the branding of News Channel 40, weekday evenings at 5, 5:30, 6, and 11 PM. There are two newscasts during the weekends at 11 PM. There are no weekday morning newscasts on this station, but a talk show, known as Don Williams in the AM, airs at 6 AM. Local news and weather updates are provided during The Today Show.
On Saturdays at 7:30 PM, another talk show, called WMGM-TV Presents Pinky, airs on this station. The program consists of politics and current affairs.
Weekdays
- Don Williams in the AM (6 to 7 AM)
- News Channel 40 at 5 (5 to 5:30 PM)
- News Channel 40 at 5:30 (5:30 to 6 PM)
- News Channel 40 at 6 (6 to 6:30 PM)
- News Channel 40 at 11 (11 to 11:35 PM)
Weekends
- WMGM-TV Presents Pinky (7:30 to 8 PM Saturdays)
- News Channel 40 at 11 (11 to 11:30 PM)
[edit] News Team
- Michelle Dawn Mooney, Anchor
- Michael Schurman, Anchor/Saturday Managing Editor
- Jeff Whitaker, Anchor/Sunday Managing Editor
- Teresa Berry, Reporter
- Phaedra Laird, Reporter
- Jennifer Husko, Assignment Editor
- Veronica Dudo, Reporter
- Greg Browne, Reporter
- Cleve Bryan, Reporter
- Dan Skeldon, Chief Meteorologist
- Matt Powell, Evening & Weekend Meteorologist
- John Isgro, Morning Meterorologist
- Pete Thompson, Sports Director
- Dave Robin, Sports Anchor/Reporter
[edit] Creative Services Production
Advertising, promotional and remote production specialists.
- Willie Munns, Production Manager
- Chris Heitman, Production Coordinator
- Brendon Costello, Producer
- Tom Carroll III, Producer
[edit] External Links
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KYW 3 (CBS) - WPVI 6 (ABC, AccuWX TV on DT3) - W07DC 7 (ABC) - WELL-LP 8 (DS) - WCAU 10 (NBC) - WHYY 12 (PBS) - WPHL 17 (MNTV, The Tube on DT2) - WNJS 23/WNJT 52 (PBS/NJN) - W25AW 25 (A1) - WFPA-CA 28 (TFR) - WTXF 29 (Fox) - WQAV-LP 34 (AV/Ind) - WYBE 35 (Public) - WLVT 39 (PBS) - W40AZ 40 (Smile) - WMGM 40 (NBC) - WGTW 48 (TBN) - WTVE 51 (Religious) - WPSG 57 (The CW) - WBPH 60 (FamNet) - WPPX 61 (ION) - WWSI 62 (TEL) - WUVP 65 (UVN) - WFMZ 69 (Ind, The AccuWeather Channel on DT2) |
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CN8 - Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia - La Salle 56 (La Salle U.) - MCTV 26 (Mercer Co., NJ) |
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| See also Broadcast television in the New York City, Scranton/Wilkes Barre and Susquehanna Valley markets | ||
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WMGM 40 / WMGM-LP 7 (Wildwood / Atlantic City) |
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| See also: MyNetworkTV, PBS and Other stations in New Jersey | |
