| City | Wildwood, New Jersey |
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| History | |
First air date | January 25, 1966 |
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Former channel number(s) | Analog: 40 (UHF, 1966–2009) |
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Call sign meaning | Originates from its former sister station WMGM as a tribute to the former and completely unrelated New York City station WMGM (now WEPN (AM)) which was owned by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 61111 |
| ERP | 205 kW |
| HAAT | 126.5 m (415 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°7′28.3″N 74°45′54.5″W / 39.124528°N 74.765139°W |
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Public license information | |
WMGM-TV (channel 40) is a television station licensed to Wildwood, New Jersey, United States, affiliated with the True Crime Network. It is owned by TelevisaUnivision alongside Vineland, New Jersey–licensed Univision owned-and-operated station WUVP-DT (channel 65) and Philadelphia-based low-power, Class A UniMás outlet WFPA-CD (channel 28). The stations share studios on North Delsea Drive in Vineland, while WMGM-TV's transmitter is located along Avalon Boulevard in Swainton.
WMGM-TV is officially considered part of the Philadelphia television market but primarily serves southeastern New Jersey, including Atlantic City. In addition to its own digital signal, WMGM-TV is simulcast on WUVP's third digital subchannel (65.3) from a transmitter in the Roxborough section of Philadelphia; this makes WMGM-TV's programming available over the air throughout the entire Philadelphia market.
WMGM-TV was previously an affiliate of NBC, and was the only major network affiliate located within New Jersey. As such, the station's coverage area overlapped with the network's owned-and-operated station in Philadelphia, WCAU (channel 10) as well as Philadelphia's previous NBC affiliate, KYW-TV (channel 3, now a CBS owned-and-operated station) and the network's New York City flagship WNBC (channel 4). WMGM-TV's affiliation with NBC ended on December 31, 2014. The station aired various digital multicast networks, and operated as an independent, for periods after the loss of NBC. Since its acquisition by Univision, the station has carried the multicast services Justice Network (now True Crime Network) and GetTV, as well as Univision via WUVP-DT.