college of william & mary . wmtv madison wisconsin united states city madison branding nbc 15 general nbc 15 news newscasts madison cw dt2 antenna tv 15.3 dt3 nbc 15 weather authority weather & dt4 slogan coverage you can count on channels digital 19 uhf virtual 15 psip subchannels 15.1 nbc 15.2 the cw 15.3 antenna tv 15.4 weathernation tv owner gray television gray television licensee llc first air date july 8 1953 ; 63 years ago 1953 07 08 call letters meaning watch madison television former channel number s analog 33 uhf 1953 1960 15 uhf 1960 2009 former affiliations abc secondary 1953 1956 dumont secondary 1953 1955 accuweather dt2 2007 2013 transmitter power 155 kw height 414.8 m facility id 6870 transmitter coordinates 43 3 2.5 n 89 29 13 w 43.050694 n 89.48694 w 43.050694 ; 89.48694 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website nbc15.com wmtv digital channel 19 and psip virtual channel 15 is a television station licensed to and based in madison wisconsin . the station is owned and operated by gray television and features affiliations with nbc on its main channel and the cw on its dt2 digital subchannel . wmtv s studio and transmitter are located on forward drive on madison s southwest side . contents 1 history 2 programming 3 digital television 3.1 digital channels 3.2 analog to digital conversion 4 references 5 external links history edit wmtv signed on the air in july 1953 on channel 33 and was an affiliate of abc dumont and nbc . in 1956 wkow tv which had the cbs affiliation picked up the abc affiliation from wmtv after losing cbs to then new vhf station wisc tv thus resulting in wmtv becoming solely affiliated with nbc . in 1960 wmtv switched channels from 33 to 15 where it remained until analog broadcasting ceased just before midnight on february 17 2009 . the station s over the air broadcasts are now on digital channel 19 though it is found through psip protocol on virtual channel 15 . on october 16 2010 wmtv became the second commercial tv station in madison to produce all of its newscasts in high definition the first being wisc tv . on october 18 2010 the station also began airing its flagship syndicated programs jeopardy and wheel of fortune in hd . on september 12 2016 wmtv added the cw network to its dt2 subchannel the result of an affiliation deal between gray television and the cw that renewed cw affiliation throughout the gray chain and added the network to wmtv and three other stations . 1 wmtv replaced wbuw as madison s cw affiliate at the time of that station s affiliation expiry . on september 17 wmtv cw added college football from american sports network . wmtv s studios have been on madison s southwest side since its 1953 launch . the station broke ground for a new facility at that same address in february 2016 . 2 it is slated for completion by the following december . the old building will be demolished for parking . 3 programming edit some syndicated programming on wmtv s main channel includes jeopardy wheel of fortune rachael ray the doctors and steve harvey . the wmtv dt2 schedule includes hot bench the wendy williams show rules of engagement and last man standing . digital television edit digital channels edit the station s digital channel is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 4 15.1 1080i 16 9 wmtvnbc main wmtv programming nbc 15.2 720p wmtv cw the cw 15.3 480i 4 3 ant tv antenna tv 15.4 16 9 wmtv wx weathernation tv wmtv dt2 carried local weather mixed with the local accuweather channel on its dt2 subchannel from the subchannel s 2007 launch until january 1 2014 when it became affiliated with weathernation tv . 5 wmtv dt3 launched on april 1 2013 carrying antenna tv . 6 weathernation tv would relocate to new subchannel 15.4 on september 12 2016 the same day the cw was added to subchannel 15.2 . 7 analog to digital conversion edit wmtv shut down its analog signal over uhf channel 15 just before midnight on february 17 2009 the original target date in which full power television stations in the united states were to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate which was later pushed back to june 12 2009 . the station s digital signal remained on its pre transition uhf channel 19 . 8 through the use of psip digital television receivers display the station s virtual channel as its former uhf analog channel 15 . then in a final sign off similar to early u.s. television broadcasts a live camera shot of the u.s. and wisconsin state flags aired as the star spangled banner the u.s. national anthem played in the background . the station then switched to the black and white indian head test pattern for one or two minutes before permanently switching off the analog signal . although the final analog to digital conversion date for u.s. television stations was extended to june 12 2009 the station opted to switch on the original date of february 17 because it had been heavily promoting that conversion date on the air and through community outreach events in the madison coverage area . the station s channel 19 signal is also used by chicago s wgn tv and wxmi in grand rapids michigan causing interference between it and those two stations in the easternmost and western portions of their coverage area mainly in walworth county which is just outside the madison market though wxmi s signal is limited by the kettle moraine range west of jefferson county . 9 references edit gray expands its partnership with the cw network from prnewswire 12 15 2016 nbc15 breaks ground for new building from nbc15.com 2 10 2016 channel 15 stands to nearly double its square footage in new building the capital times november 17 2015 . rabbitears tv query for wmtv wmtv weathernation announce partnership from nbc15.com 12 31 2013 source nbc15 on facebook posted 3 29 2013 source wmtv engineering on twitter posted 9 9 2016 dtv tentative channel designations for the first and the second rounds pdf . retrieved 2012 03 24 . weeden tom 5 august 2013 . digital tv reception difficulties . wmtv . retrieved 4 march 2016 . external links edit nbc15.com the official wmtv website website for wmtv dt2 madison cw query the fcc s tv station database for wmtv biafn s media web database information on wmtv tv v t e television stations in southern wisconsin including madison local stations wisc tv 3.1 cbs 3.2 tvw mntv wzck lp 8 bounce tv wmtv 15.1 nbc 15.2 the cw 15.3 antenna tv 15.4 weathernation tv wha tv 21.1 pbs wpt 21.2 wis 21.3 create w23bw d 23.13 abn wkow 27.1 abc 27.2 metv 27.3 decades wmwd ld 38.1 daystar wmsn tv 47.1 fox 47.2 comet 47.3 grit wbuw 57.1 ind. 57.2 movies 57.3 h & i outlying areas w22ci 31.1 pbs wpt 31.2 wisc 31.3 create bloomington w43br 43 fam baraboo wwrs tv 52.1 tbn 52.2 hillsong 52.3 juce tv smile 52.4 enlace 52.5 tbn salsa mayville cable only stations charter xtra fox sports wisconsin mmsd channels madison city channel oregon cable access wisconsineye wsto stoughton wyou madison wytu ld 63.1 telemundo milwaukee atsc m h mobile dtv wkow 27.1 abc defunct stations w29dc 29 tbn janesville adjacent areas chicago milwaukee rockford eau claire la crosse wausau quad cities cedar rapids green bay v t e nbc network affiliates in the state of wisconsin wtmj 4.1 milwaukee w50dr 10.1 la crosse wjfw 12.1 rhinelander wausau weau 13.1 eau claire wmtv 15.1 madison wgba 26.1 green bay see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in wisconsin v t e cw network affiliates in the state of wisconsin wmow 4.1 crandon waow 9.2 wausau w50dr 10.2 la crosse wcwf 14.1 suring green bay wmtv 15.2 madison wvtv 18.1 milwaukee wqow 18.2 eau claire wxow 19.2 la crosse wyow 34.2 eagle river see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in wisconsin v t e gray television abc network affiliates kcrg kgns 1 kjct knoe 1 kolo kota khsd ksfy kaby kpry kspr 2 wbko whsv wjrt wtok wtvg wvaw cbs network affiliates kalb 1 kgwn kstf kktv kmvt knoe knpl koln kgin kosa kwch kbsd kbsh kbsl kwtx kbtx kxii kxjb kylx wagm 1 wcav wctv wswg wdbj wecp wibw wifr wiye wkyt wymt wrdw wsaw wsvf 1 wtvy wvlt the cw network affiliates 1 kbtx kcwy kgwn kstf kjct knoe kscw ksfy kaby kpry kwtx kxjb kycw kylx wagt wbko wbxx wjhg wkyt wmtv wqcw wswg wtok wtvg wymt fox network affiliates kevn kiit kndx kxnd ksvt kxii 1 wagm wahu wbko 1 wluc 1 wova wsvf wzaw mynetworktv affiliates 1 kktv kosa ksnb kxii kyes wahu wctv wecp whsv wibw witn wrdw wsaw wsaz wswg wtok wtvy wiye wvlt nbc network affiliates kalb kcwy kfyr kqcd kmot kumv kgns kkco knop ksnb ktuu kvly kytv wagt weau wilx witn wjhg wluc wmtv wndu wowt wrgx wsaz wtap other stations tel kgns 1 kkco 1 uni kdcu 3 ind. k17dl d 4 acquisitions benedek broadcasting hoak media schurz communications 1 these stations except for kscw & wqcw broadcast these networks on their digital subchannels . 2 owned by schurz communications gray operates kspr through a ssa . 3 owned by entravision communications gray operates kdcu through a jsa . 4 owned by branson visitors tv ; gray holds a 50.1 % interest in this company . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wmtv & oldid 743510468 categories television stations in madison wisconsinnbc network affiliatesthe cw affiliatesgray televisiontelevision channels and stations established in 1953weathernation tv affiliatesantenna tv affiliates 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 10 october 2016 at 00 17 . text is available under the creative commons 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