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| City | Saranac Lake, New York |
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| Branding | WYCI |
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| WCAX-TV | |
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| Founded | February 16, 2006 |
First air date | September 11, 2007 (18 years ago) (2007-09-11) |
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Call sign meaning | Yankee Communications International |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 77515 |
| ERP | 11.4kW |
| HAAT | 97 m (318 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 44°20′28.3″N74°7′41.5″W / 44.341194°N 74.128194°W /44.341194; -74.128194 |
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| WYCU-LD | |
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| Founded | February 28, 2005 |
First air date | March 2006 (19 years ago) (2006-03) |
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Former channel numbers | Analog: 47 (UHF, 2006–2012) |
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Call sign meaning | disambiguation of WYCI |
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| Facility ID | 189163 |
| Class | LD |
| ERP | 9.6 kW |
| HAAT | 314.9 m (1,033 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 43°23′46″N72°17′51″W / 43.39611°N 72.29750°W /43.39611; -72.29750 |
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Public license information | LMS |
WYCI (channel 40) is atelevision station licensed toSaranac Lake, New York, United States, serving theBurlington, Vermont–Plattsburgh, New York area as an affiliate ofMyNetworkTV. It is owned byGray Media alongside Burlington-licensedCBS affiliateWCAX-TV (channel 3). The two stations share studios on Joy Drive inSouth Burlington, Vermont; WYCI's transmitter is located onMount Pisgah north of Saranac Lake, along theEssex–Franklin county line.
Although WYCI is licensed as a full-power station, itsbroadcast range only covers the immediate Saranac Lake/Lake Placid area.[4] Therefore, the station currently relies oncable andsatellite carriage to reach the entire Burlington–Plattsburgh market.
WYCU-LD (virtual channel 40, RF channel 26), licensed to bothCharlestown, New Hampshire, andRockingham, Vermont,[2] operates as atranslator of WYCI serving southern Vermont and westernNew Hampshire; this station's transmitter is located inClaremont, New Hampshire.
The station applied for itsconstruction permit on September 22, 1995. TheFederal Communications Commission (FCC) approved it on October 4, 2004. It originally planned to use UHFanalog channel 61 (from which the Channel 61 Associates, LLC name for the station's licensee was derived) but switched to channel 40 because channels 51-69 would not to be used for television after theDTV transition.[5] In 2006, the station decided on the callsign WCWF, sparking speculation that the station would be an affiliate ofThe CW. However, that affiliation went toFox affiliateWFFF-TV (channel 44), first as a replacement for its secondaryWB affiliation and then on a new digital subchannel. (The CW affiliation later moved to a subchannel ofNBC affiliateWPTZ, channel 5 in 2013 and would later relocate tosister stationWNNE, channel 31 in 2018).
While it searched for its own affiliation, WCWF finally began broadcasting on September 11, 2007, as a repeater ofIon Television affiliateWWBI-LP, whose owners held a stake in the station.[6][7] After a short time on-the-air, the station signed off, telling the FCC it was preparing to switch to digital.[6] In November 2008, Channel 61 Associates sold the station to Twin Valley Television, a broadcaster based in Burlington which also goes by Convergence Entertainment & Communications, or CEC.[8][9] Twin Valley took control of the station while the sale was still pending FCC approval. As of 2011, however, the application for transfer of ownership no longer appears on the FCC website.[10]
At the end of 2008, it signed back on from a temporary low power analog transmitter, which was meant to last until its permanent digital transmitter was ready on June 12, 2009.[11][12] However, there were delays in getting its new transmitter installed so the station switched its temporary transmitter to digital for the time being.[13] In early 2009, the station became an affiliate of theRetro Television Network (RTV). On June 16, 2009, WCWF changed its call letters to WNMN.[14]
Meanwhile, Twin Valley also purchased WGMU-CA (formerly Vermont's MyNetworkTV affiliate once owned byEquity Media Holdings) which was approved by the FCC in July 2009. That station and its translators were turned into repeaters of WNMN, which greatly expanded its coverage area into the greater Burlington and Plattsburgh areas. The owner announced that WNMN would air a mix of RTV and local programming on its main channel, while also carrying fivedigital subchannels, one of which would air MyNetworkTV (WGMU's former affiliation).[15] The 40.3 subchannel would supplement MyNetworkTV programming withTuff TV on July 15, 2010. The subchannel was to be carried onComcast channel 18, but was never made available.[16]
Cross Hill Communications, LLC was granted the license of WNMN by the FCC on October 30, 2013. At that time they became a Tuff TV affiliate. On March 9, 2016, the call sign was changed to WYCI.[17] As of 2017, most likely as a direct result of this transition of station management, WYCI offered no subchannels other than its primary Retro TV channel, leaving the Burlington–Plattsburgh market without a MyNetworkTV affiliate. As of April 1, 2017, WYCI became aHeroes & Icons (H&I) affiliate; sometime in 2018, they eventually resumed operations of its second subchannel, this time offering the Decades (nowCatchy Comedy) service. WYCI is carried on Comcast andSpectrum (formerTime Warner Cable andCharter) systems throughout the market.[18] By January 1, 2018, bothDish Network andDirecTV started carrying WYCI throughout the market. On September 3, 2018, MyNetworkTV programming returned to the Burlington–Plattsburgh market, this time on WYCI's primary channel as a secondary affiliation to Heroes & Icons; H&I continued to air in all time slots not filled by MyNetworkTV's two-hour nightly block.[19][20][21][22]
OnOctober 31, 2019, Gray Television announced plans to acquire WYCI from Cross Hill Communications.[23] The sale was completed on January 31, 2020, forming a duopoly with WCAX-TV.[24] In November 2020, Gray applied to add asecond transmitter on Terry Mountain inPeru, New York, from which it would fully cover the Champlain Valley area. This construction never took place, however, and Gray returned the permit one month ahead of its August 2025 expiration.[25]
In2025, WYCI reached an agreement with theBoston Red Sox to air fourspring training games.[26] The station also airs spring training and regular seasonNew York Mets games syndicated byWPIX, as well as selectedVermont Lake Monsters andVermont Green FC home games. All sports broadcasts are simulcast on WCAX's "3 News Now" subchannel (virtual channel 3.6) to allow coverage to the entire market.[27][28]
The station's signal ismultiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 40.1 | 720p | 16:9 | WYCI-DT | MyNetworkTV |
| 40.2 | 480i | WYCI-2 | Outlaw | |
| 40.3 | WYCI-3 | Catchy Comedy | ||
| 40.4 | WYCI-4 | Defy | ||
| 40.5 | WYCI-5 | Oxygen | ||
| 40.6 | WYCI-6 | 365BLK | ||
| 40.7 | TOONS | MeTV Toons |
WNMN was previously relayed on a network of fourtranslators:
WGMU-LP, W19BR and WBVT-LP had their licenses cancelled by the FCC on March 12, 2015, for failure to broadcast for a year. WVMA-CD was sold and is now licensed toWinchendon, Massachusetts.
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