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Overview
WMC-TV brings NBC to Memphis, Tennessee, and is one of the full-power stations serving the Memphis, TN market.
On screen it is channel 5, though WMC-TV actually transmits on RF channel 30. Digital TVs map the two automatically after a channel scan.
Gray Television Licensee, LLC holds the station's FCC license. The station is part of E. W. Scripps Company. WMC-TV has been on the air since 1948. It has used the WMC-TV call letters since April 1979.
WMC-TV's main studio, per its FCC filings, is at 1960 Union Avenue, Memphis, TN 38104. Schedules and local news are on its website, www.actionnews5.com.
In its 2025 children's television report to the FCC, WMC-TV listed educational programs including Forever Young with Dr. Pablo Prichard, Earth Odyssey with Dylan Dreyer and Harlem Globetrotters: Play It Forward.
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Key facts
- Call sign
- WMC-TV
- Network
- NBC
- Virtual channel
- 5
- RF channel
- 30
- City of license
- Memphis, Tennessee
- TV market
- Memphis, TN
- Licensee
- Gray Television Licensee, LLC
- Owner
- E. W. Scripps Company
- On the air since
- 1948
- Call sign since
- April 1979
- Studio address
- 1960 Union Avenue, Memphis, TN 38104
- FCC facility ID
- 19184
- FCC public file
- publicfiles.fcc.gov
- Website
- www.actionnews5.com
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Location
WMC-TV at a glance
- Network
- NBC
- Channel
- 5 (RF 30)
- Licensed to
- Memphis, TN
- TV market
- Memphis, TN
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