WGNM-TV

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WGNM-TV
Macon, Georgia
Branding JTN Macon
Analog channel none
Digital channel 45 (UHF)
Affiliations JTN
The Baptist Channel (to be primary 2/1/10)
FUNi+ on DT2
Anime National(Simulcast of WSST-TV on DT3)
Coast To Coast TV on DT4
Asahi America on DT5
Owner Taylor Media Stations Group (to be transfered to TBC Broadcast Group)
Founded November 30, 1990
Call letters meaning W Good News Middle Georgia
Former affiliations CTN (1990-2006), UPN (1995-2006)


WGNM is a television station in Macon, Georgia. It is an owned and operated station, broadcasting the programming of the Japanese Television Network.

WGNM has plans to flash-cut to digital/ATSC on channel 45. The original plan was to keep the analog signal until the 2009 conversion. However, on March 1st, Taylor Media announced that they're going fully digital.

On 2 September 2006, thirteen days before the shutdown of both networks, WGNM's contract with CTN and UPN came to an end. Subsequently, WGNM became a full time JTN affiliate.

In 2008, WGNM ceased analog TV broadcasts on March 1, leaving channel 64. On June 11, the station later picked up The Baptist Channel.[2] It has since returned to the air

On February 1, 2010, WGNM-TV will discontinue its JTN affiliation and become a primary affiliate of the Baptist Channel. Former ABC affiliate WPGA-TV would sold to Taylor Media Stations Group.[2] After the transfer to TBC Broadcast Group, WGNM will carry some programming from the Christian Television Network, sharing the affiliation with in addition to retaining the station's existing programming from the Baptist channel.[3] In preparation for the switch, WGNM began phasing out references to JTN from its branding in December 2009, and now brands simply as "CTN Macon".

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