Another TV station may be coming to the area and possibly offer a popular subchannel.
According to FCC.gov records, the call letters WMEI were approved to a potential television signal with Shawano as the city of license, although the origination of the signal appears to be a tower northeast of Morrison in Brown County. The station’s licensee is listed as TV-49, Inc. but rabbitears.info reports the operator as Weigel Broadcasting, a company out of Chicago that owns a number of networks including MeTV, which features classic television shows.
Although no public announcement has been made, it could mean that MeTV will return to northeast Wisconsin television. MeTV had been a digital subchannel for NBC26 until 2022.
In addition to MeTV, Weigel Broadcasting owns other channels including Catchy Comedy (formerly known as Decades featuring classic TV shows), H&I, Start TV, Dabl and the upcoming MeTV Toons which features classic animation and just released a programming schedule for its launch June 25.
As of right now, WMEI has only a construction permit and a transmit channel designation (Channel 31) from the Federal Communications Commission. There is no timeline on when the station will sign on.
