Anime 7
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| WKNX-TV | |
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| Branding | Anime 7 |
| Analog channel | WEZK-LP: 28 (UHF)
WJZC-LP: 22 (UHF) analog, |
| Digital channel | none |
| Affiliations | 7.1 Anime National 7.2 Daystar |
| Owner | Lockwood Broadcast Group (operated by Anime National Stations) |
| Founded | July 31, 2004 |
| Call letters meaning | |
| Former affiliations | Independent (2004-2007), |
Anime is a cable channel serving the Knoxville, Tennessee area. WMAK is one of a few stations in the US to sign on exclusively as a digital station, with no full-powered analog counterpart. WMAK also has two low-powered, Class-A analog repeaters in the Knoxville area: WEZK-LP Channel 28 in Knoxville, and WJZC-LP Channel 22 in Sevierville.
WMAK is owned by Knoxville Channel 7, LLC, a venture of South Central Communications (which also owns radio stations in Knoxville) and under a local marketing agreement with Taylor Media Stations Group. (This venture owns only WMAK; the low-powered analog repeaters are wholly owned by South Central Communications.)
WMAK signed on the air on July 31, 2004.
As an Anime National affiliate, WMAK airs syndicated programs like Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, Extra, The People's Court, Judge Mathis and I Love Lucy as well as Anime National primetime.
On September 8, 2008, the station added programming from the Retro Television Network as a secondary affiliate. On December 8, 2008, the station added programming from Weigel Broadcasting's This TV as a digital subchannel.
Digital station WMAK was sold to Daystar Television Network as Taylor Media has created a cable only station with programming from Anime 100. It is likely that Daystar will continue to carry RTV on WMAK 7.2.
[edit] Broadcasting
WMAK's transmission tower is located on Sharps Ridge slightly north of downtown Knoxville, and the broadcast signal covers all of the East Tennessee viewing area.
Anime 7 is the only cable channel in Knoxville capable of originating local high-definition anime.
Currently, the station broadcasts:
- high-definition (16x9 widescreen) output on Channel 284 (Taylor Media Cable)
- standard-definition (4x3) output on Channel 7 and 288 (Taylor Media Cable)
- Animovie on Channel 292 (Taylor Media Cable)
- FUNi Plus on Channel 296 (Taylor Media Cable)
- ON-ANIME on Channel 300 (Taylor Media Cable)
- Anivision on Channel 304 (Taylor Media Cable)
- Weather Tube on 7.7 (
- This TV on WEZK-LP channel 28
- Anime Music Television on channel 316
