| Defunct; formerly served as satellite of WCMU-TV, Mount Pleasant, Michigan | |
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| Channels | |
| Branding | CMU Public Television |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | PBS (1980–2018) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Central Michigan University[1] |
| History | |
First air date | August 23, 1980 |
Last air date | April 23, 2018 (37 years, 243 days) |
Former call signs | WFUM (1980–2010) |
Former channel number(s) |
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Call sign meaning | Central Michigan Z |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 69273 |
| ERP | 500 kW |
| HAAT | 258 m (846 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°53′56.1″N 83°27′40.8″W / 42.898917°N 83.461333°W |
WCMZ-TV, virtual and UHF digital channel 28, was a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member television station licensed to Flint, Michigan, United States. It was a satellite station of Mount Pleasant-licensed WCMU-TV (channel 14) which is owned by Central Michigan University (CMU). WCMZ-TV's transmitter was located off Kipp Road near M-15 (South State Road), just south east of the village of Goodrich in southeastern Genesee County, which is now used by former sister radio station WFUM.
Channel 28 was built as WFUM by the University of Michigan–Flint in 1980 and filled a gap in public television coverage in the central part of the state. UM–Flint sold the station in 2010 to CMU, which converted it to repeat the programs of WCMU-TV in Mount Pleasant. Citing the availability of other stations on cable and over-the-air in its service area, WCMZ-TV was sold in the FCC spectrum auction in February 2017 and closed on April 23, 2018.[2]