| South Bend, Indiana | |
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| Branding | My Michiana |
| Slogan | South Bend's My Network TV |
| Channels | Analog: 69 (UHF) (currently silent) Digital: 23 (UHF) Virtual: 69 (PSIP) |
| Affiliations | MyNetworkTV/Me-TV |
| Owner | Weigel Broadcasting |
| Founded | December 2, 1987 |
| Call letters' meaning | W MY Network TV South Bend |
| Sister station(s) | WBND-LP, WCWW-LD |
| Former callsigns | W12BK (1987) W69BT (1987-1999) WMWB-LP (1999-2002) WRDY-LP (2002-2004) WAAT-LP (2004-2006) WCWW-LP (2006) WMYT-LP (2006) WMYS-LP (2006- ) |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 12 (1987) |
| Former affiliations | WCIU-TV/Univision translator (1987-1995) WBND-LP/ABC translator (?) The WB (1995-2002) |
| Transmitter power | 131 kW (analog) 15 kW (digital) |
| Website | MyMichianaTV.com |
WMYS redirects here. For the Indianapolis radio station formerly known as WMYS, see WXNT.
WMYS-LD is a digital low power-TV station on channel 23 which maps via PSIP to virtual channel 69 in South Bend. Previously, channel 69 was South Bend's WB affliliate, which then moved to sister station WMWB-LP channel 25 (now CW affiliate WCWW-LP). Before that, WMYS was a translator of WBND-LP, the ABC affiliate. WMYS is owned by Weigel Broadcasting. In September 2006, WMYS became an affiliate of Fox's new sister network, MyNetworkTV. The station is currently branded as My Michiana. WMYS also carries Chicago White Sox and Chicago Cubs games that are carried on WCIU-TV in Chicago. The station also airs the classic television comedies and dramas and retro commercials associated with Weigel's Me-TV digital subchannel network, but it is not branded by that name as it was on Me-TV's originating stations in Chicago or Milwaukee due to their network affiliation and a good amount of first-run current programming within their schedule. The full Me-TV schedule has also been available since early 2011 via WBND-DT2.
In early August 2008, Weigel Broadcasting agreed to sell all three of its South Bend stations, including WMYS, to Schurz Communications, the longtime owner of the local CBS affiliate WSBT-TV, for undisclosed terms.[1] However, in the absence of action by the Federal Communications Commission, the deal was called off in August 2009.[2]
On November 30, 2010, WMYS turned off its analog signal on channel 69 because of a power supply failure[3] [4] although the station remains available on its digital companion signal and on digital cable. The station had a construction permit obtained by the FCC to move its analog signal to channel 34, since channel 69 is an out-of-core allotment for post-DTV transition television broadcasting and LPTV stations are currently under no obligation to cease analog broadcasts.
On September 14, 2007, WMYS and its sister stations began low-power digital broadcasts. Currently, WMYS-LD does not carry MyNetworkTV programming in HDTV. Beginning in January 2008 the station is carried on Comcast South Bend's digital cable lineup on channel 269.
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