WMUR-TV

WMUR-TV
Channels
BrandingWMUR ABC 9; WMUR News 9
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
WCVB-TV
History
First air date
March 28, 1954 (70 years ago) (1954-03-28)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 9 (VHF, 1954–2009)
  • Digital: 59 (UHF, 1998–2009)
  • Translators:
  • W27BL 27 Berlin
  • WMUR-LP 29 Littleton
  • W38CB 38 Littleton
Fox (1994–2001, secondary on main channel, primary on two repeaters)
Call sign meaning
Governor Francis P. Murphy (founder)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID73292
ERP
  • 7.35 kW
  • 51 kW (application)
HAAT312.4 m (1,025 ft)
Transmitter coordinates42°59′1.3″N 71°35′23.2″W / 42.983694°N 71.589778°W / 42.983694; -71.589778
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.wmur.com

WMUR-TV (channel 9) is a television station licensed to Manchester, New Hampshire, United States, serving as the ABC affiliate to most of New Hampshire. Owned by Hearst Television, the station maintains studios on South Commercial Street in downtown Manchester, and its transmitter is located on the south peak of Mount Uncanoonuc in Goffstown.

Manchester is part of the larger Boston television market, making WMUR-TV part of a nominal duopoly with that city's ABC affiliate, WCVB-TV (channel 5); however, the two stations maintain separate operations. As a result, WMUR is the only New Hampshire–based television station with a news operation. In addition to WCVB-TV, WMUR-TV shares common coverage areas with four sister stations: the Portland, Maine, duopoly of ABC affiliate WMTW and CW affiliate WPXT; and the Burlington, Vermont, duopoly of CW affiliate WNNE in Montpelier and Plattsburgh, New York–based NBC affiliate WPTZ.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WMUR-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.