Wildwood/Atlantic City, New Jersey United States |
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City | Wildwood, New Jersey |
Branding | WMGM TV 40 |
Channels |
Digital: 36 (UHF) Virtual: 40 () |
Translators | WMGM-LP 7 (VHF) Atlantic City |
Affiliations | Independent (2016–present) |
Owner |
LocusPoint Networks (LocusPoint WMGM Licensee, LLC) |
First air date | January 25, 1966 |
Call letters' meaning |
Metro Goldwyn Mayer (reference to the unrelated movie studio of which the call-sign was also shared by its former sister station WMGM-FM) |
Former callsigns | WCMC-TV (1966–1981) WAAT (1981–1984) |
Former channel number(s) | 40 (UHF analog, 1966–2009) |
Former affiliations |
NBC (1966–2014) SSN (2015) SonLife (2016) |
Transmitter power | 205 kW |
Height | 126.5 m (415 ft) |
Facility ID | 61111 |
Transmitter coordinates | 39°7′28.3″N 74°45′54.5″W / 39.124528°N 74.765139°W |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
WMGM-TV, virtual channel 40 (UHF digital channel 36), is an independent television station serving Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States that is licensed to Wildwood. The station is owned by LocusPoint Networks. WMGM-TV's offices are located on New Road (Route 9) and its studios behind the station's offices on West Patcong Avenue in Linwood, New Jersey and its transmitter is located along Avalon Boulevard in the Swainton section of Middle Township, east of the Garden State Parkway off Exit 13.
The station is officially considered part of the Philadelphia market, but primarily serves Southeast New Jersey. WMGM-TV was previously an affiliate of NBC, and was the only major network affiliate located directly in the state. As such, the station's coverage area overlapped with the network's owned-and-operated station in Philadelphia, WCAU (channel 10), as well as Philadelphia's previous NBC affiliate, then-Westinghouse owned (now CBS owned-and-operated) KYW-TV.