WMSN-TV
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Madison, Wisconsin United States |
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| City | Madison |
| Branding | Fox 47 newscasts: Fox 47 News |
| Channels |
Digital: 49 (UHF) Virtual: 47 () |
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| Owner |
Sinclair Broadcast Group (WMSN Licensee, LLC) |
| First air date | June 8, 1986 |
| Call letters' meaning | MadiSoN |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 47 (UHF, 1986–2009) Digital: 11 (VHF) |
| Former affiliations |
DT1: Independent (June–October 1986) DT2: TheCoolTV (2010–2012) GetTV (2014–2015) DT3: ZUUS Country (2010–2014) |
| Transmitter power | 310 kW |
| Height | 469 m |
| Class | DT |
| Facility ID | 10221 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 43°3′21″N 89°32′6″W / 43.05583°N 89.53500°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | Official website |
WMSN-TV is the Fox-affiliated television station licensed to Madison, Wisconsin and serving Madison and Southern Wisconsin's Eastern Ridges and Lowlands. The station broadcasts a high definition signal on UHF channel 49 (or virtual channel 47.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter in Madison's Middleton Junction section. Owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, WMSN's main studios are located on Big Sky Drive on Madison's west side.
WMSN-TV commenced broadcasting on June 8, 1986, airing on analog UHF channel 47. It was the first new commercial station to launch in the Madison market since WISC-TV signed on thirty years earlier. One of WMSN's earlier programs was Big Sky Theater, a Saturday night presentation of classic movies (mostly westerns) from the drive-in era. (The program's name was an acknowledgement to the Big Sky Drive-In Theater, which was located near the present day WMSN studios.)
After a few months as an Independent, the station joined Fox as a charter affiliate on October 9, 1986. Since 1994, as a result of the Fox network's NFC football package, WMSN has been Madison's primary home for the Green Bay Packers; these broadcasts are routinely the highest-rated programs in the market during football season.
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