radio station formerly known as wmys see wxnt . waat redirects here . for the wildwood new jersey television station which was formerly known as waat see wmgm tv . wmys ld south bend indiana united states branding my michiana slogan south bend s my network tv channels digital 39 uhf virtual 69 psip subchannels 69.1 mynetworktv 69.2 telemundo via wytu ld channel 63 milwaukee wisconsin 69.3 decades affiliations mynetworktv 2006 present owner weigel broadcasting weigel broadcasting company first air date december 2 1987 call letters meaning w my network tv south bend sister station s wbnd ld wcww ld former callsigns w12bk 1987 w69bt 1987 1999 wmwb lp 1999 2002 wrdy lp 2002 2004 waat lp 2004 2006 wcww lp march 2006 wmyt lp march april 2006 former channel number s analog 12 vhf 1987 69 uhf 1987 2010 digital 23 uhf 2007 2012 former affiliations wciu tv univision translator 1987 1995 wbnd lp abc translator 1995 the wb 1995 2002 independent 2002 2006 transmitter power 15 kw height 71431 transmitter coordinates 41 36 54.9 n 86 11 6.6 w 41.615250 n 86.185167 w 41.615250 ; 86.185167 website mymichianatv.com wmys ld virtual channel 69 uhf digital channel 39 is a low powered mynetworktv affiliated television station located in south bend indiana united states . the station is owned by chicago based weigel broadcasting and is sister to abc affiliate wbnd ld channel 57 and cw affiliate wcww ld channel 25 . all three stations share studios located near the indiana toll road on generations drive in northeastern south bend ; wmys s transmitter is located just off the st. joseph valley parkway in the southern portion of south bend . the station can also be seen on comcast xfinity channel 269 and at & t u verse channel 69 . contents 1 history 2 digital television 2.1 digital channels 2.2 analog to digital conversion 3 programming 4 references 5 external links history edit the station first signed on the air on december 2 1987 as w12bk broadcasting on vhf channel 12 ; later that month it moved to uhf channel 69 and accordingly changed its calls to w69bt . it originally operated as a translator of chicago sister station wciu tv wmys currently carries cubs and white sox games that are carried on wciu through its broadcast partner wgn tv as well as wciu s morning news lifestyle program you & me this morning . on october 18 1995 w58bt channel 58 now wbnd ld on channel 57 became the south bend market s new abc affiliate after full power wsjv channel 28 ended its affiliation with that network to join fox . 1 due to w58bt s low power signal which could not reach the entire market weigel converted w69bt into a translator of w58bt to reach areas that could not receive an adequate signal . however within a couple of months channel 69 became an affiliate of the wb ; it later changed its callsign to wmwb lp standing for michiana s wb in 1999 . channel 69 lost the wb affiliation in 2002 when the network moved to sister station wrdy lp channel 25 now cw affiliate wcww ld which also adopted the wmwb lp callsign previously held by channel 69 which then adopted channel 25 s former wrdy lp call letters . it later changed its calls three more times first to waat lp in 2004 then briefly to wcww lp in march 2006 . that month weigel reached an affiliation deal to affiliate channel 69 with mynetworktv a network launched as a partnership between fox television stations and twentieth television ; in accordance to the new affiliation it changed its calls to wmyt lp before modifying it to wmys lp in april 2006 . wmys affiliated with mynetworktv when it launched on september 5 2006 . until 2011 when me tv launched on wbnd ld2 the station carried classic television series and retro commercials associated with me tv s stations in chicago though without the branding due to its network affiliation and a sizeable amount of recent first run programming within the station s schedule . currently it carries a sizable amount of current day programming though it retains the andy griffith show . in early august 2008 weigel broadcasting agreed to sell all three of its south bend stations including wmys to schurz communications the longtime owner of the local cbs affiliate wsbt tv for undisclosed terms . 2 however in the absence of action by the federal communications commission the deal was called off in august 2009 . 3 digital television edit digital channels edit the station s digital channel is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 4 69.1 720p 16 9 wmys sd main wmys ld programming mynetworktv 69.2 480i tmdo simulcast of wytu ld 69.3 decades decades in january 2008 the station began to be carried on digital cable channel 269 on comcast s south bend system . analog to digital conversion edit on september 14 2007 wmys and its sister stations began low power digital broadcasts . on november 30 2010 wmys turned off its analog signal on channel 69 because of a power supply failure although the station remained available on its digital companion signal and on digital cable . 5 6 the station had a construction permit obtained by the fcc to move its analog signal to uhf channel 34 since channel 69 is an out of core allotment for post digital transition television broadcasting and low power television stations are currently under no obligation to cease analog broadcasts . on april 16 2012 the fcc granted a construction permit for wmys ld to move its digital frequency from channel 23 to channel 34 its former proposed analog allotment and formerly occupied by the analog signal of wnit . 7 8 on august 19 wmys ld swapped digital frequencies with wbnd ld with wmys taking wbnd s proposed channel 39 allotment and wbnd taking the channel 34 allotment . programming edit syndicated programming featured on the station includes tyler perry s house of payne rules of engagement everybody loves raymond law & order special victims unit and that 70s show . references edit rocky start for new south bend abc affiliate . times union . october 19 1995 . retrieved october 25 2012 . wsbt purchases three low power stations broadcasting & cable august 4 2008 malone michael ; john eggerton august 24 2009 . wsbt south bend deal fizzles absent fcc action . broadcasting & cable . retrieved august 25 2009 . rabbitears tv query for wmys http licensing.fcc.gov cgi bin ws.exe prod cdbs forms prod prefill and display.pl application id 1410918 & service tx & form id 910 & facility id 71426 http www.facebook.com abc57 posts 170509106303149 https licensing.fcc.gov cgi bin ws.exe prod cdbs forms prod cdbsmenu.hts context 25 & appn 101488936 & formid 346 & fac num 71426 http licensing.fcc.gov prod cdbs pubacc auth files 1488936.pdf external links edit wmys ld my michiana query the fcc s tv station database for wmys 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 detroit duluth mn flint saginaw bay city grand rapids kalamazoo green bay wi lansing jackson marquette northern michigan south bend in toledo oh v t e mynetworktv affiliates in the state of indiana wthi dt 10.2 terre haute wpta dt 21.3 fort wayne wndy 23 marion indianapolis wevv dt 44.2 w47ee d 47.1 evansville wpwr 50 gary chicago wmyo 58 salem louisville ky wmys ld 69 south bend see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in indiana v t e other television stations in the state of indiana america one affiliates wrep ld 15 martinsville wrlw cd 17 salem wjts cd 18 jasper independent stations w06bd 6 princeton wwjs cd 9 clarksville waaa lp 49 westville spanish language television stations wdni cd 19 telemundo indianapolis wmys ld2 69.2 telemundo south bend other chicago market stations wodn lp 13 dw portage other indianapolis market stations wiih cd 17 local weather station walv cd 50 cozi tv wipx 63 ion see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in indiana see also religious and spanish tv stations v t e weigel broadcasting network affiliated stations wbnd ld abc wdjt tv cbs wcww ld cw wmys ld mntv wytu ld wfbn ld tmd 1 o & o metv stations wbme cd2 wwme cd3 independent stations the u too wciu tv wmeu cd wmlw tv wrme lp4 national subchannel networks decadesjv heroes & icons2 metv movies jv current programming svengoolie former programming first business green screen adventures defunct touchvision 1carried on a digital subchannel of wmlw & wmys . 2carried on a digital subchannel of wdjt and wmeu . 4 owned by venture technologies group ; 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