WTMS-CA
| Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota | |
|---|---|
| Channels | Analog: 7 (VHF) |
| Affiliations | defunct |
| Owner | Silver Point Capital (SP Minneapolis LLC) |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Former affiliations | ShopNBC, Daystar, Telefutura |
| Transmitter power | 405 Watts |
| Website | www.telefutura.com |
WTMS-CA (channel 7) was a Telefutura affiliate in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The station was owned by Silver Point Capital of Greenwich, Connecticut and was one of two Spanish language television stations in Minnesota, alongside sister station Univision affiliate WUMN-LP 13. Formerly, it was airing the Daystar Television Network, and previously was a ShopNBC affiliate.
On June 25, 2008, Equity disclosed that it was selling WTMS to Luken Communications, LLC.[1]
Equity Media Holdings has been in chapter 11 bankruptcy since December 2008[2] and offers by Luken Communications to acquire Equity-owned stations in six markets have since been withdrawn.[3]
WTMS was sold at auction to Silver Point Capital on April 16, 2009.[4] The sale closed on August 17, 2009;[5] just a week later, on August 25, the station's license was canceled.[6] 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
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