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WGNM

WGNM is a religious television station in Macon, Georgia, United States, owned by the Christian Television Network (CTN). The station's studios are located on Steven Drive in northwestern Macon, and its transmitter is located on GA 87/US 23/US 129 ALT, along the Twiggs–Bibb county line.

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WGNM
Channels
BrandingCTN Middle Georgia
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerChristian Television Network, Inc.
History
FoundedAugust 17, 1987
First air date
November 30, 1990 (1990-11-30)
Former channel numbers
  • Analog: 64 (UHF, 1990–2008)
  • Digital: 45 (UHF, 2003–2020)
Call sign meaning
Good News Television of Macon (founding owner)
Technical information1
Licensing authority
FCC
24618
ERP793 kW
HAAT223 m (732 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
32°45′51″N 83°33′32″W / 32.76417°N 83.55889°W / 32.76417; -83.55889
Links
Public license information
Websitectnonline.com/affiliate/wgnm-tv/

WGNM (channel 45) is a religious television station in Macon, Georgia, United States, owned by the Christian Television Network (CTN). The station's studios are located on Steven Drive in northwestern Macon, and its transmitter is located on GA 87/US 23/US 129 ALT (Golden Isles Highway), along the Twiggs–Bibb county line.

History

The station first signed on the air on November 30, 1990, as an independent station owned by the locally based Macon Urban Ministries, doing business as Good News Television. WGNM became an affiliate of UPN in the summer of 1996. The station was sold to the Christian Television Network (CTN) in February 2004; despite this, the new owner maintained the UPN affiliation and some syndicated secular programming, along with an overnight affiliation with the Shop at Home Network, though religious programming has always made up the bulk of WGNM's broadcast schedule.

Upon the merger of UPN and The WB into The CW, announced in January 2006, CTN used the opportunity to withdraw WGNM from carrying secular programming, refusing to take either The CW or MyNetworkTV. CTN completed the withdrawal on September 2, 2006, and switched to a fully religious schedule.

On February 1, 2008, WGNM turned off its analog transmitter and began broadcasting exclusively in digital.2

On April 24, 2020, at 12 p.m., WGNM moved from RF channel 45 to RF channel 33 and began broadcasting in 1080i high definition.

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WGNM3
Channel Res. Short name Programming
45.1 1080i WGNM-DT CTN
45.2 480i Lifesty CTN Lifestyle (4:3)
45.3 CTNi CTN International (4:3)
45.4 BUZZR Buzzr
45.5 BIZ-TV Biz TV (4:3)
References

References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for WGNM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. "Public Attachmatch" (PDF). hraunfoss.fcc.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 18, 2011. Retrieved February 11, 2009.
  3. "RabbitEars TV Query for WGNM". RabbitEars. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
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