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Racine/Milwaukee, Wisconsin United States |
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City | Racine, Wisconsin |
Branding | The M |
Slogan | The 'M' Means Milwaukee |
Channels |
Digital: 48 (UHF) Virtual: 49 () |
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Owner |
Weigel Broadcasting (TV-49, Inc.) |
First air date | January 27, 1990 |
Call letters' meaning | MiLWaukee |
Sister station(s) | WDJT-TV, WBME-CD, WYTU-LD |
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Former channel number(s) | WDJT-DT 58.3 (46.3) (March–October 2008) |
Former affiliations |
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Transmitter power | 500 kW |
Height | 300 m |
Facility ID | 68545 |
Transmitter coordinates | 42°51′21.6″N 87°50′44.2″W / 42.856000°N 87.845611°WCoordinates: 42°51′21.6″N 87°50′44.2″W / 42.856000°N 87.845611°W |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
Website | www |
WMLW-TV, virtual channel 49 (UHF digital channel 48), is an independent television station serving Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States that is licensed to Racine. The station is owned by Chicago-based Weigel Broadcasting, as part of a duopoly with CBS affiliate WDJT-TV (channel 58), and is also a sister station to Telemundo affiliate WYTU-LD (channel 63, which is simulcast over WMLW's fourth digital subchannel) and MeTV owned-and-operated station WBME-CD (channel 41).
All four stations share studio facilities located on South 60th Street in Milwaukee (near West Allis), and the station's transmitter is located in Milwaukee's Lincoln Park. On cable and satellite, the station is available on Time Warner Cable and AT&T U-verse channel 7, Charter Communications channel 8, and channel 49 on DirecTV and Dish Network. The station's HD channel is carried on Time Warner and U-verse channel 1007 and Charter channel 608.