WTMS-CA (channel 7) was a low-power,

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licensed to

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, United States, serving the

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area. Owned by

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, it was affiliated with Telefutura, making it one of two

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television stations in Minnesota, alongside

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and

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affiliate

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(channel 13). It had also aired the

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, and been a

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affiliate. On June 25, 2008, Equity disclosed that it was selling WTMS to Luken Communications, LLC. Equity Media Holdings has been in

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since December 2008 and offers by

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to acquire Equity-owned stations in six markets have since been withdrawn.Equity's Management Cause of Downfall, Former CEO Asserts
Mark Hengel, Arkansas Business, February 2, 2009 WTMS was sold at auction to

on April 16, 2009. The sale closed on August 17, 2009; just a week later, on August 25, the station's license was canceled. , however, WTMS-LD, a

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for a digital companion channel, remained active. This construction permit has since expired and the station is now listed as DWTMS, and is marked for deletion from the FCC database.

References

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