WMYA

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WMYA is a MyNetwork affiliate serving Atlanta, GA and its surrounding areas. Broadcasting on channel 25, WMYA is owned and operated by Dorado Media. Launched in 1976 by Don Kennedy, WMYA had trouble at first of getting noticed. After experiencing years of instability, the station finally found stability when Journal Media Group bought the station in 2002. In addition to running the MyNetworkTV schedule, WMYA airs syndicated programming, including The Steve WIlkos Show, The Jerry Springer Show, Family Feud, and Dr.Phil. WMYA is also the home of the ACC Network regional network.
==History==
WMYA trace their orgins back to 1954 when Robert Rounsaville launched WTBA. Running as an independent, WTBA struggled against the other big stations in Atlanta, and by 1960, WTBA was gone. In 1976, Kennedy Media, headed by Don Kennedy, applied for and was granted a license to have a station in Atlanta. Naming it WBMO, the station was launched on July 5, 1976 at WTBA's old channel slot, channel 25. WBMO had a format running public dormain movies, financial news, low budget local shows, religious program and a blend of CBS, ABC, and NBC shows pre-empted by WATG, WSBB, and WNIV. Running second to WGAX since 1976,  WBMO had a competitor when WAPM was launched in 1980, but WAPM quickly became a Paramount affiliate. Another competitor was launched 4 years later in WBEA (now Fox-Affiliate WFXA).
In 1995, WBMO became an affiliate of the United Paramount Network (UPN), and quickly had a rivalry with WGAX (by now an affiliate of the WB). By 1999, however, Kennedy Media was in debt and Don Kennedy made the tough decision to sell the station. In the year 2002, Journal Media Group (from Milwaukee, WI) made the purchase to by the station.
In the year 2005, UPN shut it doors and merged with The WB to become the CW. Rather than going back to being an independent, WBMO became an affiliate of MyNetworkTV, and changed their call letters to WMYA. In 2016, Journal Media Group sold the station to Dorado Media.
==Newscast==
WMYA launched its news division in 2005 after the WMYA became a MyNetworkTV affiliate. After 5 years of disappointing ratings in the Atlanta, WMYA cancelled the newscast. In 2015, WGAX began producing newscasts for WMYA. WGAX produced a morning newscast for WMYA (My 'lanta Morning News Powered By QTV 2, sometimes called "Wake Up Atlanta!") as well as their nightly newscast. To avoid any competition with another newscast produced by WGAX (WXD), WMYA airs the newscast before they start the MyNetworkTV schedule. But it was short lived because QTV Inc. couldn't afford to produce a newscast for 2 other stations, so WMYA went to WSBB and they said yes. Now WSBB has a night newscast on WMYA called Channel 15 Action News On My 'lanta.
Category:Channel 25
Category:Atlanta
Category:MyNetworkTV affiliates
Category:Former UPN affiliates
Category:Former independent stations
Category:Dorado Media