WTMS-CA

WTMS-CA

Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Minnesota United States
City	Minneapolis, Minnesota
Channels	Analog: 7 (VHF)
Programming
Affiliations	ShopNBC, Daystar, Telefutura
Ownership
Owner	Silver Point Capital (SP Minneapolis LLC)
History
Founded	2006; 19 years ago (2006)
Last air date	2009 (2009)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	69799
Class	CA
ERP	0.405 kW
Transmitter coordinates	44°58′34″N 93°16′21″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS

WTMS-CA (channel 7) was a low-power, Class A television station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, serving the Twin Cities area. Owned by Silver Point Capital of Greenwich, Connecticut, it was affiliated with Telefutura, making it one of two Spanish-language television stations in Minnesota, alongside sister station and Univision affiliate WUMN-LP (channel 13). It had also aired the Daystar Television Network, and been a ShopNBC affiliate.

On June 25, 2008, Equity disclosed that it was selling WTMS to Luken Communications, LLC.^[2]

Equity Media Holdings has been in Chapter 11 bankruptcy since December 2008^[3] and offers by Luken Communications to acquire Equity-owned stations in six markets have since been withdrawn.^[4]

WTMS was sold at auction to Silver Point Capital on April 16, 2009.^[5] The sale closed on August 17, 2009;^[6] just a week later, on August 25, the station's license was canceled.^[7] As of February 7, 2010^[update], however, WTMS-LD, a construction permit for a digital companion channel, remained active. This construction permit has since expired and the station is now listed as DWTMS, and is marked for deletion from the FCC database.

References

1. "Facility Technical Data for WTMS-CA". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
2. Marich, Robert (2008-06-26). "Equity Media Sells RTN to Ease Crunch". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved 2008-06-28.
3. Larson, Erik (December 8, 2008). "Equity Media, U.S. TV Station Owner, Seeks Bankruptcy". Bloomberg News. Retrieved December 9, 2008.
4. Equity's Management Cause of Downfall, Former CEO Asserts, Mark Hengel, Arkansas Business, February 2, 2009
5. "Takers found for 60 Equity stations". Television Business Report. April 18, 2009. Archived from the original on April 24, 2009. Retrieved April 20, 2009.
6. "Consummation Notice". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. August 19, 2009. Retrieved August 25, 2009.
7. "Station Search Details (DWTMS-CA)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved August 25, 2009.