WCMZ-TV
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Flint, Michigan United States |
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| Branding | CMU Public Television |
| Channels |
Digital: 28 (UHF) Virtual: 28 () |
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| Owner | Central Michigan University |
| First air date | August 23, 1980 |
| Call letters' meaning | W Central Michigan Z |
| Former callsigns | WFUM (1980–2010) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 28 (UHF, 1980–2008) Digital: 52 (UHF, 2004–2008) |
| Transmitter power | 500 kW |
| Height | 258 metres (846 ft) |
| Facility ID | 69273 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°53′56″N 83°27′41.6″W / 42.89889°N 83.461556°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
( WCMU-TV satellite, Mount Pleasant, Michigan) Profile ( WCMU-TV satellite, Mount Pleasant, Michigan) CDBS |
| Website | wcmu |
WCMZ-TV, virtual and UHF digital channel 28, is a PBS member television station located in Flint, Michigan, United States. The station is owned by Central Michigan University, and operates as a satellite station of WCMU-TV in Mount Pleasant. WCMZ-TV maintains transmitter facilities located off Kipp Road near M-15 (State Road), just south east of the village of Goodrich in southeastern Genesee County, which is also used by former sister radio station WFUM.
The station first signed on the air on August 23, 1980 as WFUM under the ownership of the University of Michigan–Flint with coverage of the Crim race. Initially promoted using its WFUM call letters, the station eventually began to brand itself as "Michigan Television". Prior to WFUM's sign-on, Flint had been one of the few areas of Michigan that was not served by an over-the-air PBS station. Most cable providers in the area (then as now) piped in WCMU-TV, WDCQ-TV in Bay City, WTVS in Detroit, WKAR-TV in East Lansing or WGTE-TV in Toledo.
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