WMCN-TV
Encyclopedia
WMCN-TV is an independent television station
licensed in Atlantic City, New Jersey
serving the Philadelphia
DMA
, broadcasting regionally on digital channel 44. It is also carried throughout the market by DirecTV
, Dish Network
, Verizon FiOS
, and most Comcast
cable systems. WMCN claims to reach about 2.6 million homes.
The station has been recently rebranded as "Get It On TV Philadelphia" to reflect its target audience as the entire market, not just Atlantic City. Most of the station's programming consists of infomercials. Many of the infomercials are for local companies and are produced by WMCN. 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.
was intended to provide better signal coverage of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
area from a new transmitter location which would qualify for must-carry
status on cable television
in that community.
WMCN is also carried on basic analog cable in Ocean County, NJ (part of the New York City TV market) on channel 27.
In 2011, WMCN became the official home of the Philadelphia Soul
, broadcasting a majority of their regular season games on the station. It was announced on August 22 that WMCN would carry Bounce-TV
on one of its channels starting September 26, 2011.
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
licensed in Atlantic City, New Jersey
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Atlantic City is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, and a nationally renowned resort city for gambling, shopping and fine dining. The city also served as the inspiration for the American version of the board game Monopoly. Atlantic City is located on Absecon Island on the coast...
serving the Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...
DMA
Media market
A media market, broadcast market, media region, designated market area , Television Market Area , or simply market is a region where the population can receive the same television and radio station offerings, and may also include other types of media including newspapers and Internet content...
, broadcasting regionally on digital channel 44. It is also carried throughout the market by DirecTV
DirecTV
DirecTV is an American direct broadcast satellite service provider and broadcaster based in El Segundo, California. Its satellite service, launched on June 17, 1994, transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, Latin America, and the Anglophone Caribbean. ...
, Dish Network
Dish Network
Dish Network Corporation is the second largest pay TV provider in the United States, providing direct broadcast satellite service—including satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services—to 14.337 million commercial and residential customers in the United States. Dish...
, Verizon FiOS
Verizon FiOS
Verizon FiOS is a bundled Internet access, telephone, and television service which operates over a fiber-optic communications network. It is offered in some areas of the United States by Verizon Communications. Verizon was one of the first major U.S...
, and most Comcast
Comcast
Comcast Corporation is the largest cable operator, home Internet service provider, and fourth largest home telephone service provider in the United States, providing cable television, broadband Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers in 39 states and the...
cable systems. WMCN claims to reach about 2.6 million homes.
The station has been recently rebranded as "Get It On TV Philadelphia" to reflect its target audience as the entire market, not just Atlantic City. Most of the station's programming consists of infomercials. Many of the infomercials are for local companies and are produced by WMCN. 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.
History
Founded May 29, 1981, the station is owned by Lenfest Broadcasting, LLC. As WWAC-TV, the station formerly broadcast on analog channel 53. WMCN was the first television station in the nation to get permission to drop their analog signal. The move to digital channel 44Channel 44
Channel 44 refers to several television stations:...
was intended to provide better signal coverage of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...
area from a new transmitter location which would qualify for must-carry
Must-carry
In cable television, governments apply a must-carry regulation stating that locally-licensed television stations must be carried on a cable provider's system.- Canada :...
status on cable television
Cable television
Cable television is a system of providing television programs to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through coaxial cables or digital light pulses through fixed optical fibers located on the subscriber's property, much like the over-the-air method used in traditional...
in that community.
WMCN is also carried on basic analog cable in Ocean County, NJ (part of the New York City TV market) on channel 27.
In 2011, WMCN became the official home of the Philadelphia Soul
Philadelphia Soul
The Philadelphia Soul are an Arena Football League team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They began play in as an expansion team. The team plays in the Eastern Division of the American Conference. They won their first ArenaBowl in 2008, defeating the San Jose SaberCats 59–56 in ArenaBowl XXII...
, broadcasting a majority of their regular season games on the station. It was announced on August 22 that WMCN would carry Bounce-TV
Bounce TV
Bounce TV is a United States television network airing on digital terrestrial television stations. Promoted as "the first 24/7 digital multicast broadcast network created exclusively for African Americans," Bounce TV launched on September 26, 2011 and features programming geared toward blacks in...
on one of its channels starting September 26, 2011.