WMAC Masters is an American live-action television show produced by Norman Grossfeld featuring choreographed martial arts fights. It was created and licensed by 4Kids Entertainment.
The show, while featuring real martial arts by trained martial artists, depicted a fantasy setting using fictional episodic stories, with each episode relating a life lesson. Battles were fought on elaborate closed sets, with an omniscient narrator, on-screen scoring and health gauges, giving the show a feel of a cinematic live-action video game.
WMAC stands for the fictional World Martial Arts Council, where the best martial artists compete for the ultimate prize, the Dragon Star. The Dragon Star is a gold trophy that looks like a shuriken surrounded by a dragon; it was proof that its holder was the best martial artist in the world.
The show lasted for two seasons, from 1995 to 1997. The first season was hosted by Shannon Lee, the daughter of martial artist Bruce Lee and the sister of actor Brandon Lee. In season 2, Shannon Lee was no longer the host, and the show focused more on fantasy and less on real-life issues.
WMAC (940 AM, "News Talk 940") is a radio station serving the Macon, Georgia area with a News/Talk format from the ABC News & Talk radio network. This station broadcasts on AM frequency 940 kHz and is under ownership of Cumulus Media. WMAC also Georgia Bulldogs (NCAA) games and is an affiliate of the Atlanta Braves radio network, the largest radio affiliate network in Major League Baseball.
WMAC has a daytime power of 50,000 watts and a non-directional antenna; nighttime power is 10,000 watts using a five-tower directional antenna.
This station started out as part of a radio experiment by Mercer University professor C.R. Fountain's physics class. In 1922, Mercer obtained a commercial license under the calls WMAZ. Mercer soon found itself in over its head operating a radio station, and sold it to the Macon Junior Chamber of Commerce, forerunner of the Macon Jaycees, in 1927. A group of Macon businessmen formed Southeastern Broadcasting Company and leased the station in 1929 before buying it outright in 1935. In 1937, it became a CBS Radio affiliate and broadcast its first live Soap Box Derby. In 1941, it was granted authorization to broadcast after sundown as well. It eventually spawned Macon's first FM station and first television station. The FM frequency is now occupied by WDEN, while the television station still bears the WMAZ-TV calls.
WMAC Masters is an American live-action television show produced by Norman Grossfeld featuring choreographed martial arts fights. It was created and licensed by 4Kids Entertainment.
The show, while featuring real martial arts by trained martial artists, depicted a fantasy setting using fictional episodic stories, with each episode relating a life lesson. Battles were fought on elaborate closed sets, with an omniscient narrator, on-screen scoring and health gauges, giving the show a feel of a cinematic live-action video game.
WMAC stands for the fictional World Martial Arts Council, where the best martial artists compete for the ultimate prize, the Dragon Star. The Dragon Star is a gold trophy that looks like a shuriken surrounded by a dragon; it was proof that its holder was the best martial artist in the world.
The show lasted for two seasons, from 1995 to 1997. The first season was hosted by Shannon Lee, the daughter of martial artist Bruce Lee and the sister of actor Brandon Lee. In season 2, Shannon Lee was no longer the host, and the show focused more on fantasy and less on real-life issues.
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