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WMYV, virtual channel 48 (UHF digital channel 33), is a MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station serving Winston-Salem, High Point and its city of license Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. The station is owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, as part of a duopoly with ABC affiliate WXLV-TV (channel 45). The two stations share studio facilities located on Myer Lee Drive in Winston-Salem (along I-40), and its transmitter is located in Randleman (along I-73/U.S. 220). Syndicated programs seen on WMYV includes ''The Big Bang Theory'', ''Two and a Half Men'', ''The Simpsons'', ''The Office'' and ''Tyler Perry's House of Payne''. The station also airs Fox's ''Weekend Marketplace'' Saturday morning infomercial block as it is not carried by the area's Fox affiliate, WGHP (channel 8). ==History== The UHF channel 48 allocation in Greensboro was originally occupied by WUBC, an independent station that operated from 1967 until 1970. The current licensed station on channel 48 first signed on the air on May 9, 1981 as WGGT-TV, running a general entertainment format featuring cartoons, classic movies, classic sitcoms, religious programs, and CBS network shows that were preempted by WFMY-TV (channel 2), as well as business news programming from the Financial News Network. It was owned locally by Guilford Broadcasters. The station was initially a strong competitor with the area's other independent station, WJTM-TV (channel 45). However, it took a toll financially. The Piedmont Triad region was too small at the time to support two independent stations, and there was not enough programming to go around. In addition, WGGT's signal was considerably weaker than rival WJTM's. WGGT fell further behind when TVX Broadcast Group bought WJTM in 1983 and changed its call letters to WNRW. With stronger ownership, WNRW was able to pick clean most of the better programming that was available, and had also beat out WGGT for the Triad's Fox affiliation in 1986. In the mid-1980s, the station aired a program on Sunday mornings called ''Pet Pals'', which showcased a variety of information for people and pets. Co-hosted by Greensboro native Jerry Cunningham, ''Pet Pals'' was North Carolina's first weekly program dedicated to pets and became a hit. The most visible on-air personality at WGGT was "Billy Bobb" (created by comedian Dana Lowell), who hosted ''Billy Bobb's Action Theater'' and ''Billy Bobb's Fun Club'' from January 14, 1987 to December 18, 1991. WGGT was unable to fill the void left by WNRW joining Fox, especially since WNRW was still essentially programmed as an independent since Fox had only run programming on weekends for its first couple of years in existence. By 1987, WGGT was forced to file for chapter 11 bankruptcy. However, for a time, it stayed on the air, albeit with far more barter programming. The financial woes continued unabated and it was close to filing for chapter 7 bankruptcy in 1991. At the end of December 1991, Act III Broadcasting, which had bought WNRW in 1988, stepped in and bought WGGT's stronger programming, then migrated them onto WNRW's schedule. WGGT began simulcasting WNRW, creating a strong combined signal with over 60% overlap in the market. The two stations became known as the "Piedmont Superstation". At that time, Act III took over management of WGGT as well, and nearly all of its employees were laid off, except for a secretary and a master control technician. The simulcast continued after Act III merged with Abry in 1993. WNRW and WGGT took a secondary affiliation with UPN when it debuted on January 16, 1995 while retaining its primary Fox affiliation. The two stations then jointly became the market's ABC affiliate that September after longtime ABC station WGHP (channel 8) became a Fox station following its purchase by the network. In 1996, Abry merged with the Sinclair Broadcast Group. Guiliford Broadcasters then sold WGGT to Glencairn, Ltd.. However, 90 percent of Glencairn's stock was owned by the family of Sinclair's founder, Julian Smith. In effect, Sinclair owned both stations and now had a duopoly in the Triad in violation of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules. Sinclair further circumvented the rules by taking control of WGGT's operations under a local marketing agreement (LMA) with WNRW (now WXLV) as the senior partner. Under the terms of the LMA, Sinclair dropped the simulcast, with UPN programming becoming exclusive to channel 48. WGGT changed its call letters to WUPN-TV after Glencairn officially took control on June 19. The station was purchased by Sinclair outright in 2001, creating the market's first (and so far, only) legal duopoly. On January 24, 2006, the Warner Bros. unit of Time Warner and CBS Corporation announced that the two companies would shut down The WB and UPN and combine the networks' respective programming to create a new "fifth" network called The CW.〔('Gilmore Girls' meet 'Smackdown'; CW Network to combine WB, UPN in CBS-Warner venture beginning in September ), CNNMoney.com, January 24, 2006.〕〔(UPN and WB to Combine, Forming New TV Network ), ''The New York Times'', January 24, 2006.〕 On February 22, 2006, News Corporation announced the launch of a competing "sixth" network called MyNetworkTV, which would be operated by Fox Television Stations and its syndication division Twentieth Television.〔(News Corp. Unveils MyNetworkTV ), ''Broadcasting & Cable'', February 22, 2006.〕 On March 2, Sinclair announced that all of its UPN and WB affiliates, except for one of its stations in markets where the company owned affiliates of both networks, would join MyNetworkTV. This cleared the way for WTWB-TV to sign an affiliation deal with The CW on March 17, 2006. On June 19, channel 48 changed its call letters to the current WMYV in anticipation of this affiliation switch, which took place on September 5, 2006. 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「WMYV」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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