WMTV

For the college television station, see WMTV (The College of William & Mary).

WMTV
Madison, Wisconsin United States

City	Madison
Branding	NBC 15 NBC 15 News .2: Madison CW Weather & .4: NBC 15 Weather Authority^[1]
Slogan	Coverage You Can Count On
Channels	Digital: 19 (UHF) Virtual: 15 (PSIP)
Subchannels	.1: 1080i WMTVNBC .2: 720p WMTV-CW .3: 480i ANT-TV .4: 480i WMTV-WX^[1]
Affiliations	.1: NBC .2: The CW .3: Antenna TV .4: WeatherNation TV^[1]
Owner	Gray Television (Gray Television Licensee, LLC)
First air date	July 8, 1953 (1953-07-08)
Call letters' meaning	Watch Madison TeleVision
Sister station(s)	'WEAU, WSAW, WZAW-LD, WIFR
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 33 (UHF, 1953–1960) 15 (UHF, 1960–2009)
Former affiliations	secondary: ABC (1953–56) DuMont (1953–55) .2: AccuWeather (2007–13)
Transmitter power	155 kW
Height	414.8 m
Facility ID	6870
Transmitter coordinates	43°3′2.5″N 89°29′13″W / 43.050694°N 89.48694°W / 43.050694; -89.48694
Licensing authority	FCC
Public license information:	Profile CDBS
Website	Official website

WMTV (digital channel 19 and PSIP virtual channel 15) is a television station licensed to and based in Madison, Wisconsin. The station is owned and operated by Gray Television and features affiliations with NBC on its main channel and The CW on its DT2 digital subchannel. WMTV's studio and transmitter are located on Forward Drive on Madison's southwest side.

History

WMTV signed on the air in July 1953 on channel 33 and was an affiliate of ABC, DuMont, and NBC. In 1956, WKOW-TV, which had the CBS affiliation, picked up the ABC affiliation from WMTV after losing CBS to then-new VHF station WISC-TV, thus resulting in WMTV becoming solely affiliated with NBC.

In 1960, WMTV switched channels from 33 to 15, where it remained until analog broadcasting ceased just before midnight on February 17, 2009. The station's over-the-air broadcasts are now on digital channel 19, though it is found through PSIP protocol on virtual channel 15.

The station's channel 19 signal is also used by Chicago's WGN-TV and WXMI in Grand Rapids, Michigan, causing interference between it and those two stations in the easternmost and western portions of their coverage area, mainly in Walworth County, which is just outside the Madison market (though WXMI's signal is limited by the Kettle Moraine range west of Jefferson County).^[2]

On October 16, 2010, WMTV became the second commercial TV station in Madison to produce all of its newscasts in high-definition, the first being WISC-TV. On October 18, 2010, the station also began airing its flagship syndicated programs Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune in HD.

WMTV .2 carried local weather mixed with The Local AccuWeather Channel on its second subchannel from the subchannel's 2007 launch until January 1, 2014, when it became affiliated with WeatherNation TV.^[3] WMTV .3 launched on April 1, 2013, carrying Antenna TV.^[4]

On September 12, 2016, WMTV added The CW network to its second subchannel, the result of an affiliation deal between Gray Television and The CW that renewed CW affiliation throughout the Gray chain and added the network to WMTV and three other stations.^[5] WeatherNation TV would relocate to new subchannel 15.4 on September 12, 2016, the same day The CW was added to subchannel 15.2.^[6] WMTV replaced WBUW as Madison's CW affiliate at the time of that station's affiliation expiry.

WMTV's studios have been on Madison's southwest side since its 1953 launch. The station broke ground for a new facility at that same address in February 2016.^[7] It is slated for completion by the following December. The old building will be demolished for parking.^[8]

References

1 2 3 "Digital TV Market Listing for WMTV". RabbitEars. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
↑ Weeden, Tom (5 August 2013). "Digital TV Reception Difficulties". WMTV. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
↑ "WMTV, WeatherNation announce partnership". NBC15.com. Gray Digital Media. December 31, 2013. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
↑ Source: NBC15 on Facebook, posted 3/29/2013
↑ "Gray Expands Its Partnership with The CW Network," from PRNewswire, 12/15/2016
↑ Source: WMTV Engineering on Twitter (posted 9/9/2016)
↑ "NBC15 breaks ground for new building," from NBC15.com, 2/10/2016
↑ "Channel 15 stands to nearly double its square footage in new building", The Capital Times, November 17, 2015.

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Television stations in southern Wisconsin, including Madison

Local stations	WISC-TV (3.1 CBS, 3.2 TVW-MNTV) WZCK-LD (8.1 Cozi TV, 8.2 Get TV, 8.3 SBN, 8.4 ASN, 8.5 Liquidation Channel, 8.6 QVC, 8.7 QVC Plus) WMTV (15.1 NBC, 15.2 The CW, 15.3 Antenna TV, 15.4 WeatherNation TV) WHA-TV (21.1 PBS/WPT, 21.2 WIS, 21.3 Create) W23BW-D (23 3ABN) WKOW (27.1 ABC, 27.2 MeTV, 27.3 Decades) WMWD-LD (38.1 Daystar) WMSN-TV (47.1 Fox, 47.2 Comet, 47.3 Grit) WIFS (57.1 ind., 57.2 Movies!, 57.3 H&I)

Outlying areas	W22CI (31.1 PBS/WPT, 31.2 Wisc, 31.3 Create, Bloomington) W43BR 43 (FAM, Baraboo) WWRS-TV (52.1 TBN, 52.2 Hillsong, 52.3 JUCE TV/Smile, 52.4 Enlace, 52.5 TBN Salsa, Mayville)

Cable-only stations	Charter Xtra Fox Sports Wisconsin MMSD Channels Madison City Channel Oregon Cable Access WisconsinEye WSTO (Stoughton) WYOU (Madison) WYTU-LD (63.1 Telemundo, Milwaukee)

ATSC-M/H Mobile DTV	WKOW 27.1 (ABC)

Defunct stations	W29DC 29 (TBN, Janesville)

Adjacent areas	Chicago Milwaukee Rockford Eau Claire/La Crosse Wausau Quad Cities Cedar Rapids Green Bay

NBC Network Affiliates in the state of Wisconsin

WTMJ 4.1 (Milwaukee) W50DR 10.1 (La Crosse) WJFW 12.1 (Rhinelander/Wausau) WEAU 13.1 (Eau Claire) WMTV 15.1 (Madison) WGBA 26.1 (Green Bay)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Wisconsin

CW Network affiliates in the state of Wisconsin

WMOW 4.1 (Crandon) WAOW 9.2 (Wausau) W50DR 10.2 (La Crosse) WCWF 14.1 (Suring/Green Bay) WMTV 15.2 (Madison) WVTV 18.1 (Milwaukee) WQOW 18.2 (Eau Claire) WXOW 19.2 (La Crosse) WYOW 34.2 (Eagle River)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Wisconsin

Gray Television

ABC network affiliates	KCRG KGNS ¹ KJCT KNOE ¹ KOLO KOTA / KHSD KSFY / KABY / KPRY KSPR ² WBKO WHSV WJRT WTOK WTVG WVAW

CBS network affiliates	KALB ¹ KGWN / KSTF KKTV KMVT KNOE KNPL KOLN / KGIN KOSA KWCH / KBSD / KBSH / KBSL KWTX / KBTX KXII KXJB KYLX WAGM ¹ WCAV WCTV / WSWG WDBJ WECP WIBW WIFR WIYE WKYT / WYMT WRDW WSAW WSVF ¹ WTVY WVLT

The CW network affiliates ¹	KBTX KCWY KGWN / KSTF KJCT KNOE KSCW KSFY / KABY / KPRY KWTX KXJB KYCW KYLX WAGT WBKO WBXX WJHG WKYT WMTV WQCW WSWG WTOK WTVG WYMT

Fox network affiliates	KEVN KIIT KNDX / KXND KSVT KXII ¹ WAGM WAHU WBKO ¹ WLUC ¹ WOVA WSVF WZAW

MyNetworkTV affiliates ¹	KKTV KOSA KSNB KXII KYES WAHU WCTV WECP WHSV WIBW WITN WRDW WSAW WSAZ WSWG WTOK WTVY WIYE WVLT

NBC network affiliates	KALB KCWY KFYR / KQCD / KMOT / KUMV KGNS KKCO KNOP KSNB KTUU KVLY KYTV WAGT WEAU WILX WITN WJHG WLUC WMTV WNDU WOWT WRGX WSAZ WTAP

Other Stations	TEL KGNS ¹ KKCO ¹ UNI KDCU ³ Ind. K17DL-D ⁴

Acquisitions	Benedek Broadcasting Hoak Media Schurz Communications

¹ These stations (except for KSCW & WQCW) broadcast these networks on their digital subchannels. ² Owned by Schurz Communications, Gray operates KSPR through a SSA. ³ Owned by Entravision Communications, Gray operates KDCU through a JSA. ⁴ Owned by Branson Visitors TV; Gray holds a 50.1% interest in this company.

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