Post by simpsonsfan on Sept 30, 2009 12:04:56 GMT -5
WMTW 8
Facts:
Digital Signal: 46 before DTV switch now 8
Affiliation: 8.1 ABC; 8.2 AccuWeather
Owned by: Hearst Corporation
First air date: August 31st, 1954
Call letter meaning: Mount Washington
Former Affiliation: DuMont (secondary 1954- 1955)
History:
WMTW launched August 31st, 1954 from a top Mount Washington. This gave WMTW a coverage area of Southern Maine, Eastern New Hampshire, parts of New York, Massachusetts and Vermont and Montreal, Canada. WMTW left Mount Washington in 2002 because digital channels had to launch alongside their analog counterparts and Mount Washington wouldn't of given off an adequate signal into Portland. So on February 5th, 2002 WMTW signed off of Mount Washington and onto a tower site in Baldwin, Maine. WMTW was sold to Hearst Corporation in 2004.
Facts:
Digital Signal: 46 before DTV switch now 8
Affiliation: 8.1 ABC; 8.2 AccuWeather
Owned by: Hearst Corporation
First air date: August 31st, 1954
Call letter meaning: Mount Washington
Former Affiliation: DuMont (secondary 1954- 1955)
History:
WMTW launched August 31st, 1954 from a top Mount Washington. This gave WMTW a coverage area of Southern Maine, Eastern New Hampshire, parts of New York, Massachusetts and Vermont and Montreal, Canada. WMTW left Mount Washington in 2002 because digital channels had to launch alongside their analog counterparts and Mount Washington wouldn't of given off an adequate signal into Portland. So on February 5th, 2002 WMTW signed off of Mount Washington and onto a tower site in Baldwin, Maine. WMTW was sold to Hearst Corporation in 2004.