WMAK

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WMAK
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Knoxville, Tennessee
Branding 7 WMAK
Channels Digital: 7 (VHF)
Translators WEZK-LP 28 Knoxville (city)
WJZC-LP 22 Sevierville
Affiliations independent
Owner South Central Communications
(Knoxville Channel 7, LLC)
First air date July 31, 2004
Transmitter Power 55 kW
Height 382 m
Facility ID 83931
Transmitter Coordinates 36°0′35.8″N, 83°55′57.2″W
Website www.wmaktv.com

WMAK, channel 7, is a digital television station serving the Knoxville, Tennessee area. WMAK signed on July 31, 2004, making it one of the 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 division of South Central Communications (which also owns radio stations in Knoxville, and formerly owned the neighboring WVLT-TV (Channel 8)).

As an independent television station, WMAK airs syndicated programs like Sex and the City, Extra, The People's Court, Judge Mathis and I Love Lucy as well as recent and classic motion pictures.

[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.

WMAK is the only television station in Knoxville capable of originating local high-definition content.

Currently, the station broadcasts:

  • high-definition (16x9 widescreen) output on Channel 7-1
  • standard-definition (4x3) output on Channel 7-2

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Broadcast television in the Knoxville market  (Nielsen DMA #58)

WETP 2/WKOP 15 (PBS) - WKXE-LP 4 (IND) - WATE 6 (ABC) - WVLT 8 (CBS, My Network TV on DT2) - WBIR 10 (NBC, WX Plus on DT2) - WFEM 12 (FamilyNet/A1) - W14CX 14 (IND) - WBXX 20 (The CW) - WJZC-LP 22/WEZK-LP 28 (IND) - WEEE-CA 32 (FamilyNet) - WDTT-LP 38 (A1) - WTNZ 43 (FOX) - W46DC 46 (TBN) - WVLR 48 (CTN) - W50CG 50 (3ABN) - WPXK 54 (ION, qubo on DT2, ION Life on DT3, Worship on DT4)
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WMAK 7 (IND)
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