WMBC-TV
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| WMBC-TV | |
|---|---|
| Newton, New Jersey -
New York, New York | |
| Branding | Shinnomundo 63 Asahi NY/NJ (on DT2) Mega TV New Jersey GENtv NY/NJ (on DT4) |
| Subchannels | 63.1 Shinnomundo 63.2 Asahi Vision (WDVB-LD) 63.3 Mega TV 63.4 GenTV 63.5 The Dojo Network 63.6 ShinCast (Audio only) 63.7 TeleEigo (WASA-LD) |
| Digital channel | 42 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | Shinnomundo |
| Owner | Mountain Broadcasting Corporation(under LMA w/Taylor Media Stations Group(sale pending to Canal Shinnomundo) |
| Founded | 1983 |
| Call letters meaning | |
| Former affiliations | Independent (1993-2009) Mega TV (digital subchannel)(2009-2010) |
WMBC-TV is an Shinnomundo affiliate broadcasting on digital channel 18 (virtual channel 63) in Newton, New Jersey, serving the New York City metropolitan area. Founded and still owned by the Mountain Broadcasting Corporation (whose initials serve as the station's call letters), WMBC-TV's studios are located in West Caldwell, New Jersey, with transmitter located in Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey.
The station's lineup consists of brokered spanish programs, a weekday one hour newscast (comprised mainly of repackaged CNN en espanol), infomercials and spanish children's programs to satisfy the Federal Communications Commission's Educational / Informational (E/I) requirements.
On February 1, 2010, 63.4, 63.5, 63.6 has again switched affiliations, this time from Mega TV network to GenTV, from KBS to a new Japanese sports network called The Dojo Network, and from WDNJ-FM to the audio network called ShinCast. Mega TV returned to WMBC.
Anime National Stations announced it will be spinning off it's Latino stations to Canal Shinnomundo in light of the ban of Joint Sales Agreement.
