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WMCN-TV, UHF digital channel 44, is an independent television station serving Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States that is licensed to Atlantic City, New Jersey. The station is owned by Lenfest Broadcasting, LLC. WMCN maintains studio facilities in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and its transmitter is located in Waterford Works, New Jersey. It is also carried throughout the market by DirecTV, Dish Network, Verizon FiOS and on most Comcast cable systems. WMCN is also carried on cable in Ocean County (part of the New York City television market) on Comcast channel 27 in standard definition, and on digital channel 794 in high definition.〔(FCC Allows Early Analog Shutoff ), TV Technology NewsBytes, October 10, 2002〕 ==History== The station first signed on the air on May 29, 1981 as WWAC-TV, originally broadcasting on UHF channel 53.〔(FCC grants Atlantic City station WWAC-TV request to turn off NTSC ), Broadcast Engineering, October 11, 2002〕 The station changed its callsign to WMCN-TV in 2003. In 2009, the station was rebranded as "Get It On TV Philadelphia" to reflect its focus on the entire Philadelphia market, not just Atlantic City. Most of the station's programming consisted of infomercials, many of which were produced by WMCN for local companies. The remainder of WMCN's schedule is filled with several hours per week of regional faith-based telecasts as well as children's and community interest programming. In 2011, WMCN obtained rights to broadcast games from the Philadelphia Soul, broadcasting a majority of their regular season games on the station.〔(WMCN Channel 44 to carry Philadelphia Soul games ), Philadelphia Business Journal, March 31, 2011〕 In 2012, the station was once again rebranded as "WMCN44," signaling a shift towards a more traditional independent station. WMCN also added several syndicated programs to its schedule, including ''Cold Case Files'', ''Dog the Bounty Hunter'' and ''Punk'd''. On September 10 of that year, WMCN announced that it would produce three new original weekly series: ''A New View'', an issues-oriented show hosted by former WTXF-TV (channel 29) personality Dawn Strensland, ''Tolly's Awesome Friends'', a series centered on noteworthy locals hosted by ex-WTXF sports director Don Tollefson, and ''Philly Sports Spotlight'', a locally-focused series hosted by former WPVI-TV (channel 6) sports anchor Phil Andrews.〔(Dawn Stensland, Don Tollefson, Phil Andrews launch new TV shows ), Philly.com, September 10, 2012〕 On December 4, 2014 voluntary assignment of license from Lenfest Broadcasting, LLC to WMCN License Holdings, LLC, which will have exactly the same ownership structure as Broadcasting. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「WMCN-TV」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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