WMMA

WMMA is a Fox owned-and-operated station that serves the Marshall, MA area. It broadcasts on Channel 6 and is owned by Fox Television Stations. Syndicated programming on WMMA include Two and a Half Men, The Walking Dead, Family Guy, The Simpsons, and The Real among others.
==History==
WMMA first signed on the air on November 23, 1983 as an general independent station airing movies, cartoons, dramas, sitcoms, and westerns, the station was locally owned-and-operated by WMMA Television, Inc. Later in the summer of 1984, the station began airing 5 minute news briefs called Channel 6 Newsbreak that was anchored by Marty Littleton. In 1986 when Fox launched, the station immediately became an affiliate of the network, essentially, the station was still an independent but did not air primetime programming until 1987 when Fox unveiled it's new programming such as The Tracey Ullman Show and Married...with Children. In 1989, the station was sold to Hugo Communications when the company began upgrading the station with the newscast called Fox News that was used until 1992 when the station dropped the newscast due to low ratings. In 1994, Hugo Communications sold WMMA to Busse Broadcasting which then owned it until 1997 when it was sold to its current owner Fox Television Stations. In 2001, the station relaunched a 10:00 newscast called Fox 6 News at 10 which originally aired for 30 minutes until it expanded to 1 hour in 2006.
== The shooting of 6 WMMA-TV staff members ==
On August 13, 1999, 6 staff members of WMMA were shot and killed outside of a McDonald's restaurant which then some of the glass at the McDonald's was shattered before it was repaired with new windows, an unidentfied man at the time was later caught by police at a nearby Payless Shoesource. The man was later indentified as Samuel Stevenson, he was later charged with capital murder and was given life without parole. The 6 WMMA-TV staff were John Fuentes, Charlie Glaze, Sabrina Applesby, Beth Littlefield, Carolyn Frost, and Daniel Winkler.
== Programming Schedule (WIP) ==
== Newscast Titles ==
* Channel 6 Newsbreak (1984-1986)
* Fox Channel 6 Newsbreak (1986-1989)
* Fox News (1989-1992)
* Fox 6 News (2001–present)
== Branding History ==
* Channel 6 (1983-1987)
* Fox Channel 6 (1987-1989)
* Fox 6 (1989–present)
Category:Fox network affiliates
Category:Channel 6
Category:Marshall, MA
Category:Massachusetts
Category:Fox Television Stations
Category:Former independent stations
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1983
Category:Fox owned and operated stations
Category:Fox Corporation