WWJE-DT (channel 50) is a
television station
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licensed to
Derry, New Hampshire
Derry is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 34,317 at the 2020 census. Although it is a town and not a city, Derry is the most populous community in Rockingham County and the 4th most populous in the ...
, United States, serving the
Boston
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area as an affiliate of
True Crime Network. It is owned by
TelevisaUnivision
TelevisaUnivision (formerly known as Univision Communications) is a Mexican-American media company headquartered in Miami and Mexico City that owns American Spanish language broadcast network Univision and free-to-air channels in Mexico such as ...
alongside
Univision
Univision () is an American Spanish-language terrestrial television, free-to-air television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. It is the United States' largest provider of Spanish-language content. The network's programming is aimed at the L ...
-
owned station WUNI (channel 66). The two stations share main studios and transmitter facilities on Parmenter Road in
Hudson, Massachusetts
Hudson is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, with a total population of 20,092 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Before its incorporation as a town in 1866, Hudson was a ne ...
. WWJE is operated separately from WUNI's
joint sales agreement (JSA) with
Entravision Communications
Entravision Communications Corporation is an American media company based in Santa Monica, California. Entravision primarily caters to the Spanish language in the United States, Spanish-speaking Hispanic and Latino Americans, Hispanic community ...
–owned
UniMás
UniMás (, stylized as ''UNIMÁS'', and originally known as TeleFutura from its launch on January 14, 2002, to January 6, 2013) is an American Spanish-language terrestrial television, free-to-air television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. ...
affiliate
WUTF-TV (channel 27).
WWJE formerly broadcast local newscasts from a studio located in
Concord, branded as the NH1 News Network or ''NH1 News''. Besides WBIN, sister radio station
WNNH also used the ''NH1 News'' branding from August 2015 to August 2017. WBIN-TV was one of only two television stations based in the state of New Hampshire to broadcast local newscasts (alongside
WMUR-TV
WMUR-TV (channel 9) is a television station licensed to Manchester, New Hampshire, United States, serving as the American Broadcasting Company, ABC affiliate to most of New Hampshire. Owned by Hearst Television, the station maintains studios on ...
), as much of the state is part of the Boston media market. On February 17, 2017, WBIN canceled its newscasts as part of a wind-down of the station's operations following the sale of its
spectrum
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in the
Federal Communications Commission
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(FCC)'s
incentive auction.
The station shut down its channel 35 transmitter on Merrill Hill in
Hudson, New Hampshire
Hudson is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. It is located along the Massachusetts state line. The population was 25,394 at the 2020 census. It is the tenth-largest municipality (town or city) in the state, by populatio ...
, on September 15, 2017, and began operating on channel 27 through a channel sharing agreement with channel 66 (then WUTF-DT); the WBIN-TV license was subsequently sold by Carlisle One Media, a company controlled by
Bill Binnie
William Harrison "Bill" Binnie is an American industrialist, investment banker, and philanthropist, who is currently president of the Carlisle Capital Corporation, president of the media company New Hampshire 1 Network and owner of Carlisle One M ...
, to WUNI's owner, Univision Communications.
History
Prior history of channel 50 in Boston
The channel 50 allocation in the Boston market originally belonged to
WXPO-TV, which launched in October 1969. It operated from two studios: its offices and master production facilities were located on Dutton Street in downtown
Lowell, Massachusetts
Lowell () is a city in Massachusetts, United States. Alongside Cambridge, Massachusetts, Cambridge, it is one of two traditional county seat, seats of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Middlesex County. With an estimated population of 115,554 in ...
; however, its transmitter and "main" studio was on Governor Dinsmore Road in
Windham, New Hampshire
Windham is a suburban New England town, town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census was 15,817, up from 13,592 in 2010.
History
The are ...
, to comply with FCC regulations requiring that a station's transmitter be located within of its
city of license
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In North American broadcast ...
.
However, the station's coverage in many parts of
Greater Boston
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was spotty at best. The station's Lowell studios were located less than from the transmitter of
WLLH, making high-quality production impossible during the day due to
RF interference with the cameras. Advertisers were scared off when the ''
Lowell Sun'' blacklisted anyone who bought commercials on the station. Bills went unpaid for several months. By early 1970, 90% of the station's staff was removed from the payroll, although many continued with the station, believing it could pull through. The Lowell studio was closed down that spring; finally, in June the power company pulled the plug at the Windham studios during a ''
Maverick'' rerun, taking WXPO off the air.
On July 17, 1973, channel 50 returned to the air with a test transmission, with plans to return the station to the air later that year, possibly as New Hampshire's
CBS affiliate. Those plans never materialized, and the WXPO-TV license was deleted in 1975.
WNDS

The current iteration of channel 50 signed on the air on September 5, 1983,
as WNDS, an
independent station
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known on-air as "The Winds of New England." It was owned by CTV of Derry, a company not related to the
CTV Television Network
The CTV Television Network, commonly known as CTV, is a Television in Canada, Canadian English-language terrestrial television network. Launched in 1961 and acquired by BCE Inc. in 2000, CTV is Canada's largest privately owned List of Canadian ...
in Canada. The program included some
cartoons
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like ''
Scooby-Doo
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'' and ''
Super Friends'' in the morning hours,
religious shows like ''
The 700 Club
''The 700 Club'' is the flagship television program of the Christian Broadcasting Network, airing each weekday in syndication in the United States and available worldwide on CBN.com. The news magazine program features live guests, daily news, p ...
'' late in the morning,
sitcom
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s on midday afternoons, cartoons for an hour or so after 3 p.m., more sitcoms in the evenings and late nights, and a
movie
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in prime time. Sitcoms came from the
Viacom and
Paramount
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Entertainment and music companies
* Paramount Global, also known simply as Paramount, an American mass media company formerly known as ViacomCBS.
**Paramount Picture ...
libraries, including such well-known series as ''
I Love Lucy
''I Love Lucy'' is an American sitcom that originally aired on CBS from October 15, 1951, to May 6, 1957, with a total of 180 half-hour episodes spanning six seasons. The series starred Lucille Ball and her husband Desi Arnaz, along with Vivian ...
'', ''
The Brady Bunch
''The Brady Bunch'' is an American sitcom created by Sherwood Schwartz that aired five seasons from September 26, 1969, to March 8, 1974, on ABC. The series revolves around a large blended family of six children, with three boys and three gir ...
'', ''
Happy Days
''Happy Days'' is an American television sitcom that aired first-run on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC network from January 15, 1974, to July 19, 1984, with a total of 255 half-hour episodes spanning 11 seasons. Created by Garry Marsha ...
'', ''
Laverne and Shirley'' and ''
The Andy Griffith Show
''The Andy Griffith Show '' is an American sitcom television series that was aired on CBS from October 3, 1960, to April 1, 1968, with a total of 249 half-hour episodes spanning eight seasons—159 in black and white and 90 in color.
The series ...
'', among others.
The station acquired some of the programming assets of
WNHT (channel 21, frequency now occupied by
WPXG-TV) in 1989 after that station shut down on March 31; the deal did not include the channel 21 license or WNHT's CBS affiliation.
In the 1990s, the station increased cartoons a bit and began running more recent sitcoms and
drama shows.
In 1996, WNDS added programming from the Global Shopping Network (GSN) overnights. In January 1997, the station began running Global Shopping Network programming 15 hours a day, with entertainment programming continuing from 3 to 11 p.m. On April 5, 1997, GSN began programming the station full-time with a 24-hour
home shopping
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format as part of a planned purchase of the station. However, GSN soon ran into financial problems; after it missed a payment for the station, CTV of Derry canceled the sale and reverted WNDS to its previous general entertainment format that June. CTV held onto channel 50 until 2004, when it sold the station to Shooting Star Broadcasting.
WZMY-TV
Soon after assuming control, in August 2005, Shooting Star Broadcasting announced that WNDS would change its
call letters
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to WZMY-TV and its branding to ''"My TV"''. At that time, the station overhauled its schedule, based on viewer responses on the old WNDS website. The changes were implemented on-air on September 26, 2005.
On February 22, 2006,
News Corporation
The original incarnation of News Corporation (abbreviated News Corp. and also variously known as News Corporation Limited) was an American Multinational corporation, multinational mass media corporation founded and controlled by media mogul Ru ...
announced the launch of a new network called
MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV (stylized as mynetworkTV; unofficially abbreviated MNT or MNTV) is an American commercial broadcast television syndication service and former television network owned by Fox Corporation, operated by its Fox Television Stations ...
, which created in response to another upstart network that was also set to launch that September,
The CW
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(an amalgamated network that originally consisted primarily of
UPN and
The WB
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's higher-rated programs).
Since WZMY had already filed a trademark in mid-2005 for use of the "MyTV" name, it was speculated that WZMY would take legal action against News Corporation over its similar name. Ultimately on July 21, 2006, WZMY's ''My TV Club'' newsletter announced that the station would become the region's MyNetworkTV affiliate – giving channel 50 the first network affiliation in its history – this was later revealed on July 24 to the media and visitors to WZMY's website, and to the general public on July 26. Until the announcements were made, Boston and Southern New Hampshire had been the largest market where MyNetworkTV had not yet signed a full-time affiliate. With WZMY affiliating with MyNetworkTV upon the network's launch on September 5, 2006, the station continued to use its "My TV" branding, though the logo was changed to reflect MyNetworkTV's logo scheme (a different logo had been in use in the year following the 2005 relaunch).
In December 2009, the station laid off seven employees as part of strategy change to streamline operations and change some of the programming options to be more hyperlocal. Operation of WZMY was taken over by New Age Media,
LLC
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, making it a sister station to
WPXT and
WPME in
Portland, Maine
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. The station added a
digital subchannel
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affiliated with
Universal Sports in June 2010.
WBIN-TV

On March 3, 2011,
Portsmouth
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-based Carlisle One Media, Inc., a company controlled by
Bill Binnie
William Harrison "Bill" Binnie is an American industrialist, investment banker, and philanthropist, who is currently president of the Carlisle Capital Corporation, president of the media company New Hampshire 1 Network and owner of Carlisle One M ...
, announced that it had reached an agreement to purchase WZMY-TV.
The sale was completed on May 17;
ten days later, the call letters were changed to WBIN-TV.
It also dropped the "My TV New England" branding (becoming one of a number of MyNetworkTV affiliates to not feature the programming service's branding), choosing to refer to itself using its call letters.
Binnie originally indicated that WBIN-TV would retain its affiliations with MyNetworkTV and Universal Sports;[ however, the station announced on June 15 that it would leave MyNetworkTV and become an independent again as part of an increased local emphasis, with the service's programming moving to ]WSBK-TV
WSBK-TV (channel 38) is an independent television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is owned by the CBS News and Stations group alongside CBS outlet WBZ-TV (channel 4). The two stations share studios on Soldiers Field R ...
(channel 38) on September 19, while Universal Sports restructured itself into a cable- and satellite-only channel in January 2012, then shut down in October 2015. Nonetheless, the station added an additional subchannel, carrying TheCoolTV, in October 2011; additionally, it replaced Universal Sports with Live Well Network on January 1, 2012. In July 2012, WBIN-TV terminated its affiliation with TheCoolTV; it was replaced with WeatherNation TV on January 14, 2013. The station also made moves to strengthen its programming, including the addition of ''Entertainment Tonight
''Entertainment Tonight'' (or simply ''ET'') is an American Broadcast syndication, first-run syndicated news broadcasting news magazine, newsmagazine program that is distributed by CBS Media Ventures throughout the United States and owned by Par ...
'' and '' The Insider'' on September 10, 2012 (''Entertainment Tonight'' had previously aired in New Hampshire on WMUR-TV
WMUR-TV (channel 9) is a television station licensed to Manchester, New Hampshire, United States, serving as the American Broadcasting Company, ABC affiliate to most of New Hampshire. Owned by Hearst Television, the station maintains studios on ...
; both programs also remained on WSBK-TV). In December 2014, Grit replaced WeatherNation TV on their DT3 sub-channel. In January 2015, Live Well Network was replaced with "WBIN Classics" on the DT2 sub-channel, featuring original programming as well as programming from the Antenna TV
Antenna TV is an American digital television network owned by Nexstar Media Group. The network's programming consists of classic television series, primarily sitcoms, from the 1950s to the 1990s. Antenna TV's programming and advertising operatio ...
network.
WBIN was the flagship
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of Binnie Media, a group that also included WYCN-LP (channel 13) in Nashua and 16 northern New England radio stations formerly owned by Nassau Broadcasting Partners.
Spectrum sale; relaunch as WWJE-DT
On February 17, 2017, Binnie Media announced that WBIN-TV had sold its spectrum in the FCC's spectrum incentive auction for $68.2 million; concurrently, the station's "remaining television license rights" would be acquired by an undisclosed "major television group" for an estimated $10–30 million in what it described as a "channel-sharing sale". In a statement, Bill Binnie said that the sale "makes WBIN-TV one of the most valuable media properties in the history of New Hampshire media." Binnie Media also announced that WBIN-TV would "cease broadcasting in the coming months", with proceeds from the sale going toward the acquisition of additional digital, outdoor, and radio assets.
On May 4, 2017, WBIN-TV filed to channel-share with WUTF-DT (channel 66, now WUNI). In the channel sharing agreement, reached on January 11, 2016, the stations agreed to grant put and call rights that could result in WUTF's owner, Univision Local Media, acquiring the WBIN license; under the terms of the agreement, Univision would be required to change WBIN-TV's call letters as a condition of the sale. Univision exercised its option to buy the WBIN-TV license for $16,764,133.70 on May 8, 2017. WBIN-TV ceased broadcasting on channel 35 on September 15, 2017, and began to share channel 27 with WUTF-DT; , only WBIN's main channel is broadcast using virtual channel 50.[ WBIN-TV began phasing out its syndicated programming following the announcement of the spectrum sale; by December 2017, the station's schedule consisted primarily of Antenna TV programming, with the talk show '' Harry'' (which also aired on NBC Boston) serving as its last syndicated program. Univision's purchase of the station was completed on December 21, 2017;] the station then became a Justice Network affiliate. The call letters were changed to WWJE-DT on January 12, 2018.
Antenna TV was absent from the Boston TV market until it was picked up by WCRN-LD on May 5, 2020. Grit is now carried on the primary channel of WDPX-TV.
Local programming
During its first year on the air, WNDS ran a number of locally produced programs, including a cooking show
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(''The Yankee Gourmet''), a children's show (''Just Kidding Around'') and a weekly prime time variety show
Variety show, also known as variety arts or variety entertainment, is entertainment made up of a variety of acts including musical performances, sketch comedy, magic, acrobatics, juggling, and ventriloquism. It is normally introduced by a comp� ...
(''The Best of New Hampshire''). All of these shows were canceled by the end of 1985. The station also covered live local sports, including high school football
High school football, also known as prep football, is gridiron football played by High school (North America), high school teams in the United States and Canada. It ranks among the most popular high school sports, interscholastic sports in both c ...
, college hockey and minor league baseball
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. WNDS also ran a candlepin bowling
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show each weekend at noon called ''Candlepin Stars and Strikes'', which aired from 1984 until August 2005.
Prior to affiliating with the Global Shopping Network in April 1997, WNDS also ran three additional shows: ''High School Sports Review'' (which provided high school sports news in the New Hampshire and Massachusetts region), ''Sports Wrap'' (a sports talk
Sports radio (or sports talk radio) is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcasting of sport, sporting events. A widespread programming genre that has a narrow audience appeal, sports radio is characterized by an often-low comed ...
show discussing Boston sports), and ''WNDS News Up Front'' (a local newsmagazine
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). When regular programming was restored in June, these three shows were not resurrected. In addition, during the early 2000s, channel 50 ran a public affairs program titled ''Capitol Ideas'' hosted by Arnie Arnesen. ''Friday Night Chaos'', a 30-minute weekly show from independent wrestling
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promotion Chaotic Wrestling
Chaotic Wrestling, stylized as CHAOTIC, is an American independent wrestling promotion, which has been operating throughout New England since 2000; with its current home base in North Andover, Massachusetts.
Chaotic Wrestling is known for p ...
, aired on WNDS from 2001 to 2002. The station also aired a locally produced talk show hosted by singer-comedian Bucky Lewis.
After the station's relaunch as WZMY-TV, much of its local programming consisted of visits to businesses around the region, in a format known as "My Shows". The original show under this format was ''My New England'', but variants focusing on specific topics were subsequently added, such as ''My Premier Bride'' and ''My Good Health'' and ''My Home and Garden''. Additionally, several local businesses (particularly car dealerships, but sometimes other businesses such as Dollar Bill's Discount World) produced programs that appeared on weekend mornings; those programs had also appeared on WNDS. At the time of the relaunch, two other local programs also existed: a talk show entitled ''MyTV Prime'' (which originally aired from 9 to 10 p.m. and later from 8 to 9:30 p.m.), and ''Wild World'' (a review of action sports
Action sports, adventure sports or extreme sports are activities perceived as involving a high degree of risk of injury or death. These activities often involve speed, height, a high level of physical exertion and highly specialized gear. Extre ...
around the region, which was produced by Dan Egan). However, the station subsequently discontinued these shows from its lineup (although ''Wild World'' was still produced for other outlets).
In its later years as "My TV", the station adopted a "Branded Entertainment" model, focusing on local product placement. Most of the station's local programming during this time, in addition to the remaining "My Shows"-formatted programs, included 30-minute wrestling show from the Massachusetts-based "Big Time Wrestling" promotion (which aired on the station from May 1, 2009, until moving to WMFP
WMFP (channel 62) is a television station licensed to Foxborough, Massachusetts, United States, serving the Boston area as an affiliate of the digital multicast network TBD. It is owned by WRNN-TV Associates alongside Norwell-licensed WWD ...
in December 2010), ''Scorch's PFG-TV'' (a talk show hosted by WGIR-FM personality Scorch), ''The Chef's Plate'' (which showcases New Hampshire's top chefs creating their signature dishes), '' The Steve Katsos Show'' (also aired on sister station WPME in Portland), ''Debra Crosby's Talent Quest TV Show'', ''Quiet Desperation'' (a reality comedy series based in Allston, Massachusetts), ''Inside the Revolution'' (a spotlight on the New England Revolution
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), ''AFO Proving Grounds'', ''Animation Nation'', ''Boston Ruit'', ''theGreenScreen.tv'', ''AsianBoston TV'', and ''Iron Brides'', a reality competition show featuring brides-to-be. Many of these programs were produced in collaboration with independent production companies through what the station referred to as "MyTV New England Studios". Some of these programs were retained following the relaunch as WBIN-TV, though ''Quiet Desperation'' was dropped following the sale to Carlisle One due to concerns over the program's content, and ''Scorch's PFG-TV'' and the local history show ''Regional Chronicles'' subsequently moved to WMFP.
Following Carlisle One Media's acquisition of the station, WBIN-TV announced that it would offer increased coverage of high school, college, and professional sports; this includes telecasts of New Hampshire Wildcats
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hockey and basketball (produced by the University of New Hampshire
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in association with Pack Network) Merrimack Warriors hockey, and the UMass Minutemen.
''The Language of Business'', a locally produced business newsmagazine, began airing on WBIN-TV on June 5, 2016.
News operation
Soon after signing-on in the fall of 1983, WNDS began airing nightly newscasts at 6 and 10 p.m. The news staff included news anchor Larry Sparano, sportscaster Doug Brown, and meteorologist Al Kaprielian. The weekend newscasts were dropped in 1985, followed by the weeknight editions by 1986.
On September 28, 1998, WNDS debuted ''News Now'', consisting of newscasts at 7 and 10 p.m. weeknights, as well as weekend afternoons (the latter of which were dropped by early 2002). By 2003, the 11:57 a.m. weekday news update was expanded into a half-hour newscast at noon. Shortly after Shooting Star bought the station, the noon broadcast was discontinued, and the 10 p.m. edition was cut down to 10 minutes. In addition to the full newscasts, some news/weather updates as well as standalone weather updates from chief meteorologist Al Kaprielian were provided throughout the day.
When the station was relaunched as WZMY-TV, the 10 p.m. newscast was dropped entirely; the early evening newscast was renamed ''MyTV Now'' and aired weeknights from 7:30 to 8 p.m. An additional 60-minute news and commentary program, ''MyTV Prime'', aired from 9 to 10 p.m. On March 10, 2006, however, the two programs were consolidated into a new, 90-minute version of ''MyTV Prime'' that aired from 8 to 9:30 p.m. News was no longer provided outside of that program. By July 2006, channel 50 had discontinued ''MyTV Prime'' in favor of sitcom rerun
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Variations
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s. Weather updates from Al Kaprielian were still provided each hour from noon to midnight; for a time, these were accompanied by news updates that used the ''MyTV Now'' title.
WZMY dissolved its news department completely (with the exception of weather) in November 2007, after Nicole Papageorge and Mike DeBlasi (the longest-tenured on-air employee after Kaprielian) departed the station. As a result, WZMY eliminated all daily news cut-ins, political commentary, and locally produced public affairs programming.
Channel 50 was well known in New England for meteorologist Al Kaprielian. His quirky, offbeat style made him a minor celebrity in Southern New Hampshire. As a result of his popularity, he appeared as a "Guest Meteorologist" on The Weather Channel
The Weather Channel (TWC) is an American pay television television channel, channel owned by Weather Group, LLC, a subsidiary of Allen Media Group. The channel's headquarters are located in Atlanta, Georgia. Launched on May 2, 1982, the channel ...
's ''Abrams & Bettes: Beyond the Forecast'' on November 10, 2006. He had worked for WNDS/WZMY for his whole career. However, as a result of the station's December 2009 cutbacks, Kaprielian was laid off from the station, with his final day on-air occurring on December 31
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; as a result, the station discontinued its weather updates. Kaprielian returned to WBIN-TV on August 20, 2012, providing hourly forecasts from 2 to 9 p.m.; he also provided forecasts for Binnie Media's radio stations. Kaprielian left the station in 2015.
Soon after the sale to Carlisle One, the station announced plans to re-establish a local news department, including a bureau at Carlisle One's headquarters in Portsmouth; rival ABC affiliate WMUR-TV (channel 9) already operated a Portsmouth bureau. On September 29, 2011, WBIN debuted a new half-hour weeknight newscast. Known as ''News at 10 on WBIN'', the show was produced in partnership with the Davenport, Iowa
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-based Independent News Network (INN). The news anchor and meteorologist
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were provided by the centralized news operation and other personnel from INN filled-in as necessary. WBIN maintained three local reporters who contributed relevant Southern New Hampshire content. All of the broadcasts originated from INN's Davenport studios.[ There was no regularly-scheduled sports report. The station maintained additional partnerships with the '']Boston Globe
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'' (which originally provided headlines through an on-screen ticker), the Nashua ''Telegraph'', and Bloomberg
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People
* Daniel J. Bloomberg (1905–1984), audio engineer
* Georgina Bloomberg (born 1983), professional equestrian
* Michael Bloomberg (born 1942), American businessman and founder of Bloomberg L.P.; politician a ...
.[ WBIN indicated plans to further expand its newscast offerings,][ including long-range plans for a morning newscast;][ Binnie stated his intention to construct "a public affairs infrastructure that will attract people who are serious about news in New Hampshire."]
In addition to ''News at 10'', WBIN-TV sponsored several debates, including a Charlie Rose
Charles Peete Rose Jr. (born January 5, 1942) is an American journalist and talk show host. From 1991 to 2017, he was the host and executive producer of the talk show ''Charlie Rose (talk show), Charlie Rose'' on PBS and Bloomberg L.P., Bloombe ...
-moderated Republican presidential debate at Dartmouth College
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on October 11, 2011, in association with Bloomberg and ''The Washington Post
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'', as well as one gubernatorial and two congressional debates at its Derry studios in partnership with various New Hampshire newspapers and AARP
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in October 2012. The station also aired a daily INN-produced half-hour political newscast, ''Campaign Countdown'', at 5 p.m. during the latter portion of the 2012 election season. On February 6, 2012, WBIN began airing the syndicated morning show '' The Daily Buzz'' from 6 to 9 a.m. At the time, the station planned to add a political show to its lineup by 2014.[
WBIN-TV moved its news operation to the former Walker School in Concord in 2014 (the remainder of the station's operations remained in Derry), with the school's auditorium being repurposed for debates held by the station. The building, which was acquired by Binnie Media at auction from the Concord School District on November 15, 2012, also houses Binnie's Concord radio stations as well as Binnie Media's offices.] WBIN also established bureaus throughout New Hampshire, including Laconia
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[ (at a former police station]), Manchester
Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92&nbs ...
, and Lebanon
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, in addition to Derry and Portsmouth.[
WBIN-TV ended its INN-produced newscast on April 26, 2013, leaving Kaprielian's forecasts as the only local news content on the station. The station also laid off two of its three reporters. The cancellation did not impact WBIN's plans for the former Walker School;] Binnie stated in August 2013 that "it's more important to make a wholesale commitment, which we will do with NH1 Network," while Robb Atkinson, WBIN's news director, would subsequently concede that "we weren't happy with the quality." The station debuted a weeknight 90-minute early evening news block at 5 p.m. and a nightly 10 p.m. newscast on September 15, 2014[ under the ''NH1 News Network'' branding, based out of the newsroom in the Walker School building in Concord and the Nashua, Derry, Portsmouth, Laconia, and Lebanon news bureaus;][ WBIN also produced a weekly magazine program on Sunday mornings,][ and the news operation supplies half-hourly newscasts to Binnie Media's radio stations.][ While the new newscasts competed against the longer-established WMUR-TV news operation, Lee Kinberg, the executive vice president of ''NH1 News Network'', stated that the newscasts were "very different from Channel 9," and included more coverage of the Seacoast Region compared to WMUR.][ WBIN's newscasts also emphasized coverage of politics, with former Nashua ''Telegraph'' State House reporter Kevin Landrigan serving as chief political correspondent and longtime ]CNN
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political editor Paul Steinhauser becoming ''NH1''s political director on January 1, 2015;[ Atkinson has said that "We want to own politics in New Hampshire."][ In addition to the weeknight newscasts, the station announced its intention to launch a four-hour morning newscast and an hour-long noon newscast by 2015.][ Initially, the 10 p.m. half-hour weekend newscast didn't debut with the news department, but it did launch on October 25, 2014. The first new weekday newscast to launch since the founding of the news operation was ''NH1 News at 6:30'', which debuted on September 21, 2015.
WBIN-TV aired its final newscasts on February 16, 2017; the following day, the station laid off most of the news staff concurrent with the announcement of the sale of the station's spectrum in the FCC spectrum auction.] In a statement, Binnie Media said that ''NH1 News'' would continue operations on radio and online.
Notable former on-air staff
* Doug Brown — sports (now at ESPN Radio
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)
* Gail Huff – Special Correspondent & News Contributor (''NH1 News'')
* Al Kaprielian — meteorologist
Technical information
Subchannel
The station's ATSC 1.0 channel is carried on the multiplexed
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signal of ABC affiliate WCVB-TV
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:
ATSC 3.0 lighthouse
Analog-to-digital conversion
WWJE-DT (as WZMY-TV) shut down its analog signal, over UHF
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channel 50, on December 1, 2008, which was within the permissible 90-day window prior to the original February 17, 2009, deadline for full-power television stations in the United States to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate (this deadline was later moved to June 12, 2009). The station's digital signal continued to broadcast on its pre-transition UHF channel 35,WZMY Gets the Jump on the DTV Switch, Harry A. Jessell, TVNEWSDAY, Dec 3 2008
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50.
In 2010, WZMY-TV began broadcasting prime time MyNetworkTV programming in high definition.
Former translators
As WBIN-TV, the station's programming was also seen on three translators in southern New Hampshire. All three stations were owned by New Hampshire 1 Network, Inc., a sister company to Carlisle One Media that previously owned WYCN-CD in Nashua, New Hampshire (now NBC
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-owned WBTS-CD); historically co-owned with that station, the three repeaters were not included in a subsequent sale of WYCN.
All three facilities were construction permit
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House building permits, for example, are subject to bu ...
s; the accompanying analog signals left the air on January 3, 2012, to accommodate the construction of these signals. Since December 28, 2012, the stations were broadcasting under special temporary authority
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from a tower at the WBIN studios in Derry while constructing their permanent facilities in order to maintain their broadcast licenses. All three stations were shut down October 4, 2017, and surrendered their licenses the following day.
* WORK-LD 3 Nashua
* W04DP-D Concord
* W07DR-D Manchester
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See also
* Channel 18 branded TV stations in the United States
* Channel 35 digital TV stations in the United States
* Channel 50 virtual TV stations in the United States
* List of television stations in New Hampshire
References
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