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on digital subchannel 13.2. The subchannel officially debuted at midnight on October 14, 2013, with Gannett assuming promotional and advertising control of "WBMN" from Cox Communications with the subsequent sign-on of WMAZ-TV digital subchannel 13.2. It remained available on Cox cable channel 3. The
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channels (which was later reduced to 56 with the removal of high-band channels 70-83 in the early 1980s). The VHF bands were more desirable because signals broadcasting on that band traveled a longer distance. Because there were only twelve VHF channels available, there were limitations as to how
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WMAZ-TV presently broadcasts 27 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with four hours each weekday and three hours each on Saturdays and Sundays); in addition, the station produces five hours of newscasts each week (with one hour each weekday) for WMAZ-DT2. It has been the far-and-away
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allocation. Most of the rest of the country ("1/2") would be able to receive a third VHF channel. Other areas of the country would be designated as "UHF islands," since they were too close to larger cities for VHF service. The "2" networks became CBS and NBC, "+1" represented non-commercial
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market leader in Macon for as long as records have been kept. Not only did it essentially have the market to itself for its first 15 years on the air, but it was the only reliably viewable station in much of the market until cable television arrived in central Georgia in the early 1980s.
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stations and digital subchannels of major network affiliates in smaller markets that joined The WB 100+ in the years following its launch to maintain a network affiliation; "WBMN" affiliated with The CW Plus on September 18, 2006, upon the launch of The CW.
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page of then-morning anchor Stephanie Susskind) announced during its 5 p.m. newscast that it would be upgrading its news production to HD in the coming weeks. Ten days later, on November 17, 2011, WMAZ-TV became the second television station (after
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to operate a television station on its second try; it had previously made an unsuccessful bid for the VHF channel 7 allocation one year earlier in 1952. The new station was one of the most powerful VHF stations in the country, providing at least
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On October 3, 2013, the Gannett Company announced that WMAZ-TV will carry The CW on a new second digital subchannel, retaining the "Central Georgia's CW" branding used by "WBMN". On October 11, 2013, WMAZ-TV began transmitting a
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and combine the networks' respective programming to create a new "fifth" network called The CW. The CW Plus was created by the network as a replacement for The WB 100+ Station Group to allow the existing cable outlets as well as
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in 1952, the Commission outlined a new allocation table for VHF licenses and opened up the UHF band. Through these initiatives, almost all of the United States would be able to receive two commercial VHF channels plus one
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On June 29, 2015, the Gannett Company split in two, with one side specializing in print media and the other side specializing in broadcast and digital media. WMAZ-TV was retained by the latter company, renamed
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name from the newscast's title that it had used since the early 1980s to coincide with the switch to the new Tegna standardized music and graphics package. The newscasts are now identified as
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In 1974, WMAZ-AM-FM-TV moved to a new studio facility on Gray Highway in Macon. WMAZ-TV remains the only VHF station in Macon. This was due partly to an exception to the FCC's "
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After the failure of WNEX-TV, WMAZ was the only commercial television station in the Macon market until September 1968, when WCWB-TV (channel 41, now
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announced its acquisition of Multimedia for $ 1.7 billion. When the FCC approved the merger in November 1995, it announced that WMAZ-TV, along with
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WMAZ-TV was originally owned by the Southeastern Broadcasting Company and took its calls from co-owned WMAZ radio (940 AM, now
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The station's longtime slogan, "Straight from the Heart", dates back to 1983, when WMAZ-TV debuted an image campaign based on
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The station has been a primary CBS affiliate from its launch, owing to its radio sister's longtime affiliation with the
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on channel 13.2. All programming on WMAZ-DT2 is received through The CW's programming feed for smaller media markets,
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subchannel broadcasts in the 720p resolution format for high definition programming, rather than The CW's native
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at 105.5). WMAZ-TV is the fourth-oldest television station in the state of Georgia and the oldest outside of
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The subchannel's history traces back to the September 21, 1998, launch of "WBMN", a cable-only affiliate of
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On November 4, 2011, WMAZ moved production of its newscasts to the set used by its legal advice program
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to Georgia's third-oldest television station, WXIA-TV in Atlanta. WLWT and KOCO-TV were traded to
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VHF license. Partly because WMAZ-TV was able to gain that license, it has dominated the
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the air on September 27, 1953. It was the second TV station in Macon. WETV, later
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Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with
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format (a full 1080i feed of the channel is available to Cox subscribers).
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and WOKA (channel 47), had begun operation on August 25, 1953, co-owned by
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These stations broadcast these networks on their digital subchannels.
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channels managed by cable providers in markets ranked above #100 by
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closely the stations could be spaced. With the release of the FCC's
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announced that the two companies would shut down The WB and
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from the southern Atlanta suburbs to the western suburbs of
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network affiliates licensed to and serving the state of
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However, Macon is sandwiched between Atlanta (channels
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