WUMN-LP
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| Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota United States |
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| Branding | Univision Minnesota |
| Channels | Analog: 13 (VHF) Comcast 99, Charter 42 71, Mediacom 23 Digital: 17 (UHF) Charter 63-2 |
| Affiliations | Univision |
| Owner | Media Vista Group, LLC (Media Vista Minneapolis, LLC) |
| Founded | September 26, 1985 (On-air since 1990) |
| Call letters' meaning | W Univision MiNneapolis or MiNnesota (postal abbreviation) |
| Former callsigns | K13UT, K33FB, WBWX-CA |
| Former affiliations | The Box, MTV2 |
| Class | Low-power |
| Website | www |
WUMN-LP is a Spanish-language television station in the Twin Cities market, and is the only Univision-affiliated in the state of Minnesota. WUMN-LP is the Univision-affiliated television station for the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area and is licensed to Minnesota. It broadcasts a low-power analog signal on channel 13 from a transmitter located on the Campbell Mithun Tower in Downtown Minneapolis. Owned by Media Vista Group, LLC, WUMN-LP maintains studios located on 527 Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis. This station can also be seen on Comcast channel 99, Mediacom channel 23, and Charter Communications 42, 63 or 71.[1]
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History[edit]
WUMN began its broadcasting operation in 2005 as a low-powered station. In January 2005, after Equity Media Holdings's purchase of channel 13, the station was re-called WUMN-LP, to reflect its new Univision affiliation.[2]
WUMN was sold to SP Television on June 2, 2009. The sale closed on August 17, 2009.[3] SP Television reached a deal to sell WUMN to Media Vista Group on December 21, 2012.[4]
On October 29, 2013 WUMN was granted a construction permit license by the FCC to transition its broadcast signal to digital on UHF channel 17, formerly occupied by the analog signal of KTCI.[2] At the time WUMN was the last television station broadcasting an analog signal in the Twin Cities market.
News[edit]
Equity also produced Spanish-language local newscasts at 5 and 10 pm, originating out of the company's program production center in Davenport, Iowa. On June 6, 2008, Equity discontinued local newscasts at its six Univision affiliates, including WUMN.[5] In 2009, WUMN debuted its new local show Impacto Local, visually documenting and informing the Twin Cities community on Education, Politics, Immigration, News, Sports, Culture and Music events and airing on a weekly basis at 10:00 PM Central Time.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ Univision Minnesota Website, Univision Minnesota Information.
- ^ a b FCC Licensing, FCC Licensing Website.
- ^ FCC, FCC Website.
- ^ Seyler, Dave (January 16, 2013). "Fleet of Univision-affiliated LPTVs sold". Television Business Report. Retrieved January 20, 2013.
- ^ TV Newsday, 6/10/2008
- ^ Univision Minnesota Website, Univision Minnesota Information.
- Deborah Caulfield Rybak (March 26, 2005). New at 5 and 10, news in Spanish. Star Tribune.
External links[edit]
- Univision Minneapolis-St. Paul
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WUMN
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WUMN-LP
- NorthPine.com: WUMN-LP screen captures
