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Macon, Ga. TV chronology

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A small market, but I spent some time there as a youth.

1953
WMAZ/ch. 13 (CBS primary, ABC, Dumont and NBC secondaries) signs on.

1955
WMAZ/ch. 13 drops Dumont as a secondary.

1968
WMAZ/ch. 13 drops NBC as a asecondary.
WDCO/ch. 15 (NET) signs on. It is licensed to and originates from Cochran, Ga.
WCWB/ch. 41 (NBC) signs on.

1982
WMAZ/ch. 13 drops ABC as a secondary.
WGXA/ch. 24 (ABC) signs on.

1983
WCWB/ch. 41 changes call to WMGT.

1986
Fox has no over-the-air affiliation in Macon. It is furnished on cable from WATL in Atlanta, Ga.

1990
WDCO/ch. 15 relocates to channel 29.
WGNM/ch. 64 (religious independent) signs on.

1994
WPGA/ch. 58 (Fox) signs on. It is licensed to Perry, Ga.

1995
WGNM/ch. 64 becomes a UPN affiliate.
The WB has no over-the-air affiliation in Macon. It is furnished via cable as "WBMN."

1996
WGXA/ch. 24 switches to Fox.
WPGA/ch. 58 switches to ABC.

2006
WDCO/ch. 29 changes call to WMUM.
WMGT/ch. 41 opens a subcarrier (41.2) that is the market's My Network TV affiliate.
WGNM/ch. 64 reverts to religious independent.
The CW has no over-the-air affiliation in Macon. It is furnished on cable as "Middle Georgia's CW."

2009
All analog broadcasts cease. The following list has the station's physical digital channel in parentheses and subcarriers in italics.
WMAZ/ch. 13 (13) - 13.2 - The CW (acquired in 2013); 13.3 - Doppler weather radar
WGXA/ch. 24 (16) - 24.2 - ABC (acquired in 2010)
WMUM/ch. 29 (7) - 29.2 - GPB Kids; 29.3 - GPB Knowledge
WMGT/ch. 41 (40) - 41.2 - My Network TV
WGNM/ch. 45 (45--switched from analog 64 spot) - 45.2 - CTN International
WPGA/ch. 58 (32--reverted to independent in 2010) - 58.2 - Me-TV; 58.3 - Bounce TV
 
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Macon's very first TV station was WETV, UHF channel 47. It broadcast from a building on Pio Nono Avenue, next to K-mart,.....the brick building that later was Pet Diary.
They changed call letters to WOKA, and then to WNEX (one of their owners).
A friend recently opened the old shop of WBML's Chief Engineer, Stubby Wilder, who has been gone for about 40 years. Inside, among other treasures, were the service manuals for that original RCA UHF TV Transmitter, still in brand new condition. Stubby was their first engineer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WNEX
 
on page 112, Mr. English might find this note about SLC station ch. 4 KDYL-TV interesting: they applied to boost power by a whopping 50%, from 0.004 kW visual to 0.006 kW. Station will provide aluminum hats upon request to accommodate those concerned with precipitous power increase.

And on page 92, the Weekly Television Summary shows what I think was the only pre-freeze station that was to later go dark, WDEL-TV 7, later 12 Wilmington, Del.
 
I didn't know KDYL-TV or WDEL-TV ever covered Macon.
 
Thanks for the tidbit on WETV/channel 47, I wasn't aware of that. Living in Macon, we lived a few blocks up from WNEX's studio and transmitter.
 
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