branding central georgia s cw general 13wmaz eyewitness news on central georgia s cw newscasts channels digital wmaz dt 13.2 vhf virtual 13.2 psip affiliations the cw via the cw plus owner tegna inc. pacific and southern llc first air date september 21 1998 1998 09 21 as cable only wbmn october 14 2013 2013 10 14 as a digital subchannel of wmaz tv call letters meaning see wmaz tv former callsigns wbmn 1998 2013 former affiliations the wb via the wb 100 station group as wbmn 1998 2006 transmitter power 52.6 kw height 238 m facility id 46991 transmitter coordinates 32 45 11.7 n 83 33 32 w 32.753250 n 83.55889 w 32.753250 ; 83.55889 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website www.yourcwtv.com partners macon wmaz dt2 is a cw affiliated television station located in macon georgia united states . it operates as a second digital subchannel of cbs affiliate wmaz tv channel 13 which is owned by tegna . over the air it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on vhf channel 13.2 . its parent station maintains studio facilities located on gray highway on the northeast side of macon and its transmitter is located on ga 87 u.s. 23 u.s. 129 alternate golden isles highway along the twiggs bibb county line . the subchannel branded as central georgia s cw is affiliated with the cw plus . contents 1 history 2 newscasts 3 references 4 external links history edit the subchannel s history traces back to the september 21 1998 launch of wbmn a cable only affiliate of the wb television network that was originally managed and promoted by cox communications alongside the launch of the wb 100 station group a similar service to the cw plus that was created to expand national coverage of the wb via primarily local origination channels managed by cable providers in markets ranked above 100 by nielsen media research . since it was a cable exclusive outlet and therefore not licensed by the federal communications commission fcc the channel used the wbmn callsign in a fictional manner . prior to the launch of the cable channel residents in the macon market were only able to receive wb network programming on cable via the network s atlanta affiliate watl or via chicago based superstation wgn on both cable and satellite . 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 . 1 2 the cw plus was created by the network as a replacement for the wb 100 station group to allow the existing cable outlets as well as low power analog stations and digital subchannels of major network affiliates in smaller markets that joined the wb 100 in the years following its launch to maintain a network affiliation ; wbmn affiliated with the cw plus on september 18 2006 upon the launch of the cw network . on october 3 2013 the gannett company announced that wmaz tv will carry the cw on a new second digital subchannel retaining the central georgia s cw branding used by wbmn . 3 on october 11 wmaz began transmitting a test pattern on digital subchannel 13.2 . the subchannel officially debuted at midnight on october 14 2013 with gannett assuming promotional and advertising control of wbmn from cox communications with the subsequent sign on of wmaz tv digital subchannel 13.2 . 4 it remained available on cox cable channel 3 a high definition feed of the channel was also provided to cox subscribers . the subchannel broadcasts in the 720p resolution format for high definition programming rather than the cw s native 1080i format . newscasts edit wmaz tv produces five hours of locally produced newscasts each week with one hour on weekdays for wmaz dt2 ; the subchannel does not broadcast news programming on saturdays and sundays . with the launch of central georgia s cw over its second digital subchannel wmaz began producing local newscast for the channel . on october 14 2013 the station launched two half hour newscasts for the subchannel airing monday through fridays an extension of the station s morning newscast 13wmaz eyewitness news mornin airing at 7 00 a.m. and a primetime newscast at 10 00 p.m. both programs compete against local newscasts airing on fox affiliate wgxa channel 24 as well as a morning news rebroadcast and a live primetime newscast on the mynetworktv affiliated subchannel of wmgt tv channel 41 . references edit 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 . 13wmaz will broadcast the cw network on digital channel 13.2 . wmaz tv . october 3 2013 . retrieved may 5 2014 . central georgia s cw is on the air on wmaz 13.2 . wmaz tv . october 3 2013 . retrieved may 5 2014 . external links edit wmaz dt2 central georgia cw official website wmaz official website v t e television stations in central georgia including macon perry and warner robins reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television local stations wmaz tv 13.1 cbs 13.2 the cw 13.3 justice wgxa 24.1 fox 24.2 abc 24.3 comet tv wmum tv 29.1 pbs gpb 29.2 gpb create 29.3 gpb know wdma cd 31.1 ds wmub ld 38.1 f24 wmgt tv 41.1 nbc 41.2 mynetworktv 41.3 bounce tv 41.4 escape wgnm 45.1 ctn 45.2 ctn international wpga lp 50 silent wsst tv 51.1 ind youtoo america wpga tv 58.1 ind 58.2 metv 58.3 this tv georgia broadcast television areas by city albany atlanta augusta chattanooga tn columbus greenville sc jacksonville fl macon savannah tallahassee fl v t e cw network affiliates in the state of georgia wmaz dt 13.2 macon wagt dt 26.2 augusta wsav dt 3.2 savannah wltz dt 38.2 columbus wswg dt 44.2 valdosta albany wtlh dt 49.2 bainbridge wupa 69 atlanta see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in georgia v t e tegna inc. tegna media v t e tegna television stations in the united states abc network affiliates kbmt kiii kvue kxtv wfaa whas wjxx wvec wzzm cbs network affiliates kens khou krem kthv kytx wfmy wltx wmaz wtsp wusa wwl the cw network affiliates kskn wmaz fox network affiliates kidy kmsb 1 kxva mynetworktv affiliates kidz ktvd kuil kttu 2 watl wupl nbc network affiliates kare kbmt kcen kags kgw king kpnx knaz ksdk ktvb ktft kusa wbir wcnc wcsh wgrz wkyc wlbz wtlv wxia independent station kong cable news channels idaho s very own 24 7 newswatch 15 northwest cable news 1 raycom operates kmsb through a ssa . 2 owned by tucker operating company llc tegna operates kttu through a ssa . tegna digital captivate network part owner cars.com careerbuilder g o digital clipper magazine pointroll inc. shoplocal retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wmaz dt2 & oldid 723163211 categories the cw affiliatesthe cw subchannel only affiliatestelevision stations in georgia u.s. state tegna inc.television channels and stations established in 1998television channels and stations established in 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 1 june 2016 at 11 52 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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