WZME
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Bridgeport, Connecticut/New York City, New York United States |
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| City | Bridgeport, Connecticut |
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Digital: 42 (UHF) Virtual: 43 () |
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| Owner | NRJ TV, LLC (operated by Titan TV Broadcast Group) (NRJ TV NY License Co., LLC) |
| Founded | November 20, 1980 |
| First air date | September 28, 1987 |
| Call letters' meaning | Memorable Entertainment (slogan of MeTV) or Me (former network affiliation) |
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| Transmitter power | 780 kW |
| Height | 168.5 m |
| Facility ID | 70493 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°21′43″N 73°6′48″W / 41.36194°N 73.11333°WCoordinates: 41°21′43″N 73°6′48″W / 41.36194°N 73.11333°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.wzmetv.com |
WZME, virtual channel 43 (UHF digital channel 42), is a Sonlife Broadcasting Network-affiliated television station serving New York City, New York, United States that is licensed to Bridgeport, Connecticut. The station is owned by NRJ TV, LLC, and is operated by Titan Broadcasting Group. WZME maintains studios and offices located at 7 Wakeley Street in Seymour, Connecticut, and its transmitter is located on Great Hill Road in Seymour.
The UHF channel 43 allocation in Bridgeport was first assigned to WICC-TV (standing for "Industrial Center of Connecticut", referring to Bridgeport), named after the local radio station. The station signed on in March 1953 as an affiliate of ABC and DuMont, a month after Connecticut's first UHF station, WKNB-TV in New Britain, signed on. Considering that UHF was rather new at the time and required an expensive converter, the station was not seen by many. In addition, ABC and DuMont network programming was easily seen in much of WICC's viewing area via WABC-TV (channel 7) and WABD (channel 5, now WNYW), respectively, from New York City.
One attempt at locally generated programming on the station was Newsvision, created by station owner Ken Cooper, in which a station camera was pointed at a teletype machine, with music being played on the audio channel. The FCC disallowed this because they ruled the video and audio channels must work in sync, rather than be separate sources.
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