WHME-TV
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South Bend, Indiana United States |
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| Branding | WHME TV 46 |
| Slogan | WHME 46 is Life Affirming |
| Channels |
Digital: 48 (UHF) Virtual: 46 () |
| Subchannels | 46.1 LeSEA 46.2 Cozi TV 46.3 Blank 46.4 Weather |
| Translators | WHNW-LD 18 Gary |
| Affiliations | LeSEA |
| Owner |
LeSEA Broadcasting Corporation (LeSEA Broadcasting of South Bend, Inc.) |
| First air date | September 10, 1977 |
| Call letters' meaning |
World Harvest Michiana Entertainment Translators: WHNW: World Harvest NorthWest Indiana |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 46 (UHF, 1977–2009) |
| Transmitter power | 300 kW |
| Height | 295 m |
| Facility ID | 36117 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°35′41.9″N 86°9′38″W / 41.594972°N 86.16056°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.whme.com |
WHME-TV, virtual channel 46 (UHF digital channel 48), is the flagship television station of World Harvest Television serving South Bend, Indiana, United States. The station is owned by LeSEA Broadcasting (also known as World Harvest Broadcasting), an organization founded by Assembly of God minister Lester Sumrall, whose sons are still active with the ministry. WHME's studios are located on Ironwood Road in the southern side of South Bend, and its transmitter is located in Mishawaka. WHME-TV's signal is relayed on a repeater station serving the Chicago market: WHNW-LD (channel 18) in Gary.
The UHF channel 46 allocation in South Bend originally belonged to WNDU-TV, when that station signed on the air on July 15, 1955; WNDU moved to its present channel 16 in 1957.
Channel 46 was later occupied by independent station WMSH-TV, which was on the air briefly from July 1974 to April 6, 1976. The station at the time was co-owned with WMSH AM 1230 and WMSH-FM 99.3 in Sturgis, Michigan.
WHME signed on the air on September 10, 1977; the station ran mostly religious programs, along with a blend of classic cartoons (such as Tom and Jerry, Bugs Bunny, The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, The Little Rascals and The Flintstones), sitcoms from the 1950s, '60s and '70s (such as The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Brady Bunch, My Three Sons, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., The Partridge Family and Leave It To Beaver), and some drama series (such as The Lone Ranger). By 1978, the station ran cartoons from 7 to 9 a.m. on weekdays. WHME ran Christian programs such as The PTL Club, The 700 Club, and locally produced Christian programs from 9 a.m. to about 1 p.m. Secular general entertainment programs ran from 1 to 7 p.m. Then after 7 p.m., WHME ran repeats of The PTL Club, The 700 Club and some of the religious shows that aired on Sundays, along with locally produced Christian programs. Saturdays consisted of Christian-themed children's programs until 9 a.m., a blend of secular cartoons and sitcoms until noon or 1 p.m., and some other family-friendly programs until 5 p.m. Christian programming continued after 6 p.m. Saturday nights and all day on Sundays (featuring televangelists such as Jerry Falwell, Jimmy Swaggart and Oral Roberts, as well as the Catholic Mass from Notre Dame). The station began broadcasting on a 24-hour schedule by 1980.
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