states branding whme tv 46 slogan whme 46 is life affirming channels digital 48 uhf virtual 46 psip subchannels 46.1 lesea 46.2 cozi tv 46.3 blank 46.4 weather translators whnw ld 18 gary affiliations lesea owner lesea broadcasting corporation lesea broadcasting of south bend inc. first air date september 10 1977 call letters meaning world harvest michiana entertainment translators whnw world harvest northwest indiana former channel number s analog 46 uhf 1977 2009 transmitter power 300 kw height 295 m facility id 36117 transmitter coordinates 41 35 41.9 n 86 9 38 w 41.594972 n 86.16056 w 41.594972 ; 86.16056 website www.whme.com whme tv virtual channel 46 uhf digital channel 48 is the flagship television station of world harvest television serving south bend indiana united states . the station is owned by lesea broadcasting also known as world harvest broadcasting an organization founded by assembly of god minister lester sumrall whose sons are still active with the ministry . whme s studios are located on ironwood road in the southern side of south bend and its transmitter is located in mishawaka . whme tv s signal is relayed on a repeater station serving the chicago market whnw ld channel 18 in gary . contents 1 history 1.1 history of channel 46 in south bend 1.2 whme history 2 digital television 2.1 digital channels 2.2 analog to digital conversion 3 programming 3.1 sports 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit history of channel 46 in south bend edit the uhf channel 46 allocation in south bend originally belonged to wndu tv when that station signed on the air on july 15 1955 ; wndu moved to its present channel 16 in 1957 . channel 46 was later occupied by independent station wmsh tv which was on the air briefly from july 1974 to april 6 1976 . the station at the time was co owned with wmsh am 1230 and wmsh fm 99.3 in sturgis michigan . whme history edit whme signed on the air on september 10 1977 ; the station ran mostly religious programs along with a blend of classic cartoons such as tom and jerry bugs bunny the rocky and bullwinkle show the little rascals and the flintstones sitcoms from the 1950s 60s and 70s such as the dick van dyke show the brady bunch my three sons gomer pyle u.s.m.c. the partridge family and leave it to beaver and some drama series such as the lone ranger . by 1978 the station ran cartoons from 7 to 9 a.m. on weekdays . whme ran christian programs such as the ptl club the 700 club and locally produced christian programs from 9 a.m. to about 1 p.m. secular general entertainment programs ran from 1 to 7 p.m. then after 7 p.m. whme ran repeats of the ptl club the 700 club and some of the religious shows that aired on sundays along with locally produced christian programs . saturdays consisted of christian themed children s programs until 9 a.m. a blend of secular cartoons and sitcoms until noon or 1 p.m. and some other family friendly programs until 5 p.m. christian programming continued after 6 p.m. saturday nights and all day on sundays featuring televangelists such as jerry falwell jimmy swaggart and oral roberts as well as the catholic mass from notre dame . the station began broadcasting on a 24 hour schedule by 1980 . in the early 1980s whme cut back its secular programming hours on weekdays to 2 to 7 p.m. by the early to mid 1980s the morning cartoons returned and at that point it started running more recent children s programs on weekdays such as the great space coaster scooby doo inspector gadget and by the early 1990s the disney afternoon animation block . whme tv also aired the nationally syndicated evening news program the independent network news . by the early 1990s more sitcoms from the 1970s and 1980s such as happy days laverne and shirley and family ties were added onto the schedule . in september 1995 whme began carrying the kids wb program block within its afternoon lineup but unlike other lesea owned stations it declined to carry primetime programming from the block s parent network the wb which instead affiliated with w69bt channel 69 now wmys ld and later moved to wmwb lp channel 25 now wcww ld . in the early 2000s whme decreased the number of cartoons on its schedule and replaced them with more sitcoms and drama series . today whme continues to run a blend of classic television series each afternoon on weekdays . digital television edit digital channels edit the station s digital channel is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 1 46.1 480i 4 3 whme dt main whme programming 46.2 whme d2 cozi tv 46.3 blank station identification card 46.4 bulletin board video & weather conditions ccm music audio from co owned whpd 92.1 analog to digital conversion edit whme tv shut down its analog signal over uhf channel 46 on june 12 2009 the official date in which full power television stations in the united states transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate . the station s digital signal remained on its pre transition uhf channel 48 2 using psip to display the station s virtual channel as its former uhf analog channel 46 . on march 8 2011 whme tv received a construction permit to move its digital operations to its former analog allotment on channel 46 due to interference with wbme tv in racine wisconsin which transmits from milwaukee a station that also broadcasts its digital signal on uhf channel 48 with both stations having signal conflicts on the edges of their market areas though a move to channel 46 would also conflict with wbme s sister station wdjt tv which transmits its digital signal over channel 46 using virtual channel 58 . 3 should the channel change be granted this would be the second full power station in the market to use its original channel allocation for its post transition digital signal after wsbt tv moved back to channel 22 after the digital transition . between 2012 and sometime in early 2013 digital subchannel 46.3 was leased to aliento vision a family oriented spanish language network . the subchannel presently carries no content besides a card listing the channel numbers call letters and city of license . programming edit sports edit whme used to carry many regional college football and basketball games shown through espn plus until the 2007 launch of the big ten network . whme currently serves as the south bend home to ball state university sports . whme previously served as the south bend affiliate of espn regional television s syndicated sec network later sec tv until the august 2014 launch of the cable exclusive sec network . the station also maintains its own sports division that broadcasts many high school football and basketball games from michiana area teams usually once weekly along with local naia college games such as bethel and grace . whme s sports director is chuck freeby who previously worked as a sports anchor at wndu tv . see also edit lesea whmb tv references edit rabbitears.info . dtv tentative channel designations for the first and second rounds pdf . retrieved 2012 03 24 . staff fcc internet services . application view ... redirecting . external links edit whme 46 website lesea corporation query the fcc s tv station database for whme tv query the fcc s tv station database for whnw ld biafn s media web database information on whme tv v t e broadcast television in the michiana area reception of low powered stations may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television stations wygn ld 10.1 3abn 10.2 3abn latino 10.3 3abn radio 10.4 radio 74 wndu tv 16.1 nbc 16.2 antenna tv weid lp 18 daystar wsbt tv 22.1 cbs 22.2 fox wcww ld 25.1 cw 25.2 this tv wsjv 28.1 h & i wnit 34.1 pbs whme tv 46.1 lesea 46.2 cozi tv 46.3 blank 46.4 bulletin board whpd audio waaa lp 49 ind. wbnd ld 57.1 abc 57.2 metv 57.3 movies wmys ld 69.1 mntv 69.2 tmd from wytu ld milwaukee 69.3 decades adjacent areas chicago grand rapids fort wayne indianapolis michigan broadcast television areas by city alpena 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