WNMN

WNMN is the Retro TV-affiliated television station for Upstate New York that is licensed to Saranac Lake. It broadcasts a digital signal on UHF channel 40 from a transmitter on the WYZY tower north of the village along the Essex and Franklin County line. The station can also be seen on Charter channel 18, and Comcast channel 80. It is owned by CEC Media Group, also known as Twin Valley Television. WNMN has studios on Pine Haven Shores Road in Shelburne, Vermont.

History

The station applied for its construction permit on September 22, 1995 under the temporary call letters 950809KF. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved it on October 4, 2004. It was originally planning on using UHF analog channel 61 (from which the Channel 61 Associates, LLC name for the station's licensee is derived) but switched to channel 40 because channels 51-69 would no longer be used for television after the DTV transition. In 2006, the station decided on the call letters WCWF sparking speculation that the station would be an affiliate of The CW. However, that affiliation went to Fox affiliate WFFF-TV, first as a replacement for its secondary WB affiliation and then on a new digital subchannel (The CW affiliation has since moved to a subchannel of NBC affiliate WPTZ).