WMKG-LP

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WMKG-LP

Muskegon, Michigan
Channels	38 (UHF) analog
Affiliations	FamilyNet/The Sportsman Channel
Owner	Kelley Enterprises
Founded	April 1, 1990
Call letters meaning	W Muskegon (may also be derived from the IATA airport code MKG of nearby Muskegon County Airport)
Former callsigns	W40AK (1989-1995)
Former affiliations	UATV (to May 2006)
Transmitter Power	33.8 kW/57 m(analog)
Website	webshore.net/wmkg

WMKG-LP is a low-powered television station on channel 38 for Muskegon, Michigan. Its studio is located on Airline Road in the suburb Norton Shores, Michigan near the junction of I-96 and US 31. It is affiliated with the FamilyNet network.

1 History
2 News
3 Original programming
4 Ownership
5 External links

[edit] History

WMKG was founded by Bud Kelley and his family in 1989 as W40AK. It first went on the air on April 1, 1990. It originally broadcast on channel 40. The call letters were changed in 1995. It moved to channel 38 in 2004. In September 2006, Comcast cable dropped the station from its analog channel lineup to allocate more bandwith for video on demand services. [1] Currently, the station is available only on digital cable.

[edit] News

No local news program, although it had one for most of its history at 5:30pm.

[edit] Original programming

"Dial A Bargain"
"Muskegon Today"
"Table Talk"
"The Doorstop Nation"
"TV BINGO"

[edit] Ownership

Kelley Enterprises is the sole owner of WMKG.

[edit] External links

Broadcast television in the Grand Rapids/Kalamazoo-Battle Creek/Muskegon area (Nielsen DMA #39)
WWMT 3 (CBS - The CW on DT2) - WOOD 8 (NBC) - WZZM 13 (ABC) - WXSP 15 (MNTV) - WXMI 17 (Fox) - WUHQ 29 (A1/MTV3) - WGVU 35 / WGVK 52 (PBS) - WUHO 36 (Ind.) - WMKG 38 (FN/Sportsman) - WOTV 41 (ABC) - WZPX 43 (ION) - W48CL 48 (3ABN) - WTLJ 54 (TBN) - WLLA 64 (FN)

Other Television Stations in the state of Michigan

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DMA 11: Detroit	WDWO-CA 18 / W27CJ 27* (TCT) • WUDT-CA 23 (UNI) • WLPC-LP 26 (FN) • WPXD 31* / W48AV 48 (ION) • W33BY 33 (IND) • WADL 38* (IND / JTV / WORD) • W66BV 66 (TBN)
DMA 39: Grand Rapids - Battle Creek - Kalamazoo	WUHQ-LP 29 (A1 / MTV3) • WUHO-LP 36 (IND) • WMKG-LP 38* (FN) • WZPX 43 (ION) • WTLJ 54* (TBN) • WLLA 64 (FN)
DMA 66: Flint - Saginaw - Bay City - Midland	WHNE-LP 32 (A1) • W46CR 46 (3ABN) • WAQP 49 (TBN / TCT) • WXON-LP 54 / W09CK 9 (IND)
DMA 112: Lansing - Jackson	W27CN 27 (TBN / TCT)
DMA 113: Traverse City - Cadillac - Sault Ste. Marie	WLLZ-LP 12 (A1)
DMA 178: Marquette - Escanaba	WDHS 8* (EWTN)
DMA 39: Alpena	W18BT 18 (TBN)
Footnotes	*These stations are licensed outside of the core cities.
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