WTME-LD (channel 35) is a

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, United States, affiliated with the Spanish-language network

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. It is owned by

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alongside

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affiliate

WMC-TV WMC-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Gray Media alongside low-power broadcasting#Television, low-power Telemundo affiliate WTME-LD (channel 14). The two stations s ...

(channel 5). The two stations share studios on Union Avenue in

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; WTME-LD's transmitter is located on Raleigh-LaGrange Road on the city's northeast side.

History

The station founded in November 1982 as W07BN, originally licensed to

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. It was the first low-power television station in Mississippi. The station aired locally produced programming including a daily newscast, government meetings, music shows, and

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. It was also carried on the MaxxSouth cable system throughout North Mississippi. Owner Bruce Independent Television, Inc. sold the station in 2020 to 5GTV, LLC. The call letters were changed to WYMP-LD on July 23, 2020. On October 25, 2021, it was announced that WYMP-LD would be sold to Gray Television for $500,000. The sale was completed on February 23, 2022, making it a

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to WMC-TV. This is despite the fact that Calhoun County (which includes Bruce) lies in the

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–

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, which is not served by a Gray-owned station. The station changed its call sign to WTME-LD on August 22, 2022, and switched to Telemundo programming on March 10, 2024.

Subchannels

The station's signal is

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Notes

References

External links

* 1983 establishments in Mississippi Gray Media TME-LD MeTV Toons affiliates Telemundo affiliates Television channels and stations established in 1983 TME-LD {{Tennessee-tv-station-stub