WGNM

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title: "WGNM" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1990-establishments-in-georgia-(u.s.-state)", "buzzr-affiliates", "christian-television-network-stations", "television-channels-and-stations-established-in-1990", "television-stations-in-macon,-georgia", "religious-television-stations-in-georgia-(u.s.-state)"] description: "Television station in Macon, Georgia" topic_path: "arts/film" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WGNM" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Television station in Macon, Georgia ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox television station"]

Field	Value
callsign	WGNM
logo	CTN Middle Georgia logo.png
logo_size	240px
branding	CTN Middle Georgia
digital	33 (UHF)
virtual	45
affiliations
owner	Christian Television Network, Inc.
location	Macon, Georgia
country	United States
founded	August 17, 1987
airdate
callsign_meaning	Good News Television of Macon (founding owner)
former_channel_numbers
former_affiliations
erp	793 kW
haat	223 m
facility_id	24618
coordinates
licensing_authority	FCC
website
::

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WGNM (channel 45) is a religious television station in Macon, Georgia, United States, owned and operated by the Christian Television Network (CTN). The station's studios are located on Steven Drive in northwestern Macon, and its transmitter is located on GA 87/US 23/US 129 ALT (Golden Isles Highway), along the Twiggs–Bibb county line.

History

The station first signed on the air on November 30, 1990, as an independent station owned by the locally based Macon Urban Ministries, doing business as Good News Television. WGNM became a charter affiliate of UPN in the summer of 1996. The station was sold to the Christian Television Network in February 2004; despite this, the new owner maintained the UPN affiliation and some syndicated secular programming, along with an overnight affiliation with the Shop at Home Network, though religious programming has always made up the bulk of WGNM's broadcast schedule.

Upon the merger of UPN and The WB into The CW, announced in January 2006, CTN used the opportunity to withdraw WGNM from carrying secular programming, refusing to take either The CW or MyNetworkTV. CTN completed the withdrawal on September 2, 2006, and switched to originating a fully religious schedule.

On February 1, 2008, WGNM turned off its analog transmitter and began broadcasting exclusively in digital.

On April 24, 2020, at 12 p.m., WGNM moved from RF channel 45 to RF channel 33 and began broadcasting in 1080i high definition.

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed: ::data[format=table title="Subchannels of WGNM{{Cite web|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WGNM#station|title=RabbitEars TV Query for WGNM|website=[[RabbitEars]]|accessdate=May 15, 2025}}"]

Channel	Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming	45.1	45.2	45.3	45.4	45.5
1080i	16:9	WGNM-DT	CTN
480i	4:3	Lifesty	CTN Lifestyle
CTNi	CTN International
16:9	BUZZR	Buzzr
4:3	BIZ-TV	Biz TV
::

References

References

1. "Public Attachmatch".
2. "RabbitEars TV Query for WGNM".

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