WYCI

The station applied for its construction permit on September 22, 1995. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved it on October 4, 2004. It originally planned to use UHF analog channel 61 (from which the Channel 61 Associates, LLC name for the station's licensee was derived) but switched to channel 40 because channels 51-69 would not to be used for television after the DTV transition.{{Cite web|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=100994687&formid=301&fac_num=77515|title = CDBS Print}} In 2006, the station decided on the callsign WCWF, sparking speculation that the station would be an affiliate of The CW. However, that affiliation went to Fox affiliate WFFF-TV (channel 44), first as a replacement for its secondary WB affiliation and then on a new digital subchannel. (The CW affiliation later moved to a subchannel of NBC affiliate WPTZ, channel 5 in 2013 and would later relocate to sister station WNNE, channel 31 in 2018).

While it searched for its own affiliation, WCWF finally began broadcasting on September 11, 2007, as a repeater of Ion Television affiliate WWBI-LP, whose owners held a stake in the station.{{cite web|url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2008/081201/nerw.html#vt|title=Bob Grant Out (Again) at WABC|website=fybush.com|access-date=January 24, 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2007/071105/nerw.html |title=NorthEast Radio Watch by Scott Fybush |access-date=November 5, 2007 |last=Fybush |first=Scott |date=November 5, 2007|publisher=FybushMedia.com}} After a short time on-the-air, the station signed off, telling the FCC it was preparing to switch to digital. In November 2008, Channel 61 Associates sold the station to Twin Valley Television, a broadcaster based in Burlington which also goes by Convergence Entertainment & Communications, or CEC.{{cite web |url=http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv_deals/11429.html |title=Radio Business Report: "Twin Valley scores upstate CP" |access-date=November 27, 2008|date=November 21, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100131181741/http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv_deals/11429.html |archive-date=January 31, 2010 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101310366&formid=314&fac_num=77515 |title=FCC: "APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT OF BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE" for WCWF |access-date=November 27, 2008 | publisher=FCC}} Twin Valley took control of the station while the sale was still pending FCC approval. As of 2011, however, the application for transfer of ownership no longer appears on the FCC website.{{cite web|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_list.pl?Facility_id=77515 |title=Application Search Results |access-date=August 30, 2011 |publisher=FCC}}

At the end of 2008, it signed back on from a temporary low power analog transmitter, which was meant to last until its permanent digital transmitter was ready on June 12, 2009.{{Cite web|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101285089&formid=911&fac_num=77515|title = CDBS Print}}{{Cite web|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101308795&formid=387&fac_num=77515|title = CDBS Print}} However, there were delays in getting its new transmitter installed so the station switched its temporary transmitter to digital for the time being.{{Cite web|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101317857&formid=387&fac_num=77515|title = CDBS Print}} In early 2009, the station became an affiliate of the Retro Television Network (RTV). On June 16, 2009, WCWF changed its call letters to WNMN.{{cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-291510A1.txt|title=Report No. 518|date=June 23, 2009|work=Media Bureau Call Sign Actions|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|access-date=June 27, 2009}}

Meanwhile, Twin Valley also purchased WGMU-CA (formerly Vermont's MyNetworkTV affiliate once owned by Equity Media Holdings) which was approved by the FCC in July 2009. That station and its translators were turned into repeaters of WNMN, which greatly expanded its coverage area into the greater Burlington and Plattsburgh areas. The owner announced that WNMN would air a mix of RTV and local programming on its main channel, while also carrying five digital subchannels, one of which would air MyNetworkTV (WGMU's former affiliation).http://www.prlog.org/10293174-heritage-television-station-to-return-to-champlain-valley-and-north-country-wgmu-channel-39.html{{dead link|date=May 2015}} The 40.3 subchannel would supplement MyNetworkTV programming with Tuff TV on July 15, 2010. The subchannel was to be carried on Comcast channel 18, but was never made available.{{cite web|url=http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCGrid.do?method=decideFwdForLineup&zipcode=05401&setMyPreference=false&lineupId=VT44407:X|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009070407/http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCGrid.do?method=decideFwdForLineup&zipcode=05401&setMyPreference=false&lineupId=VT44407:X|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 9, 2012|title=Comcast Burlington listings|publisher=Zap2it|access-date=August 30, 2011}}

Cross Hill Communications, LLC was granted the license of WNMN by the FCC on October 30, 2013. At that time they became a Tuff TV affiliate. On March 9, 2016, the call sign was changed to WYCI.{{Cite web |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=77515 |title=Call Sign History |website=licensing.fcc.gov |access-date=January 24, 2019}} As of 2017, most likely as a direct result of this transition of station management, WYCI offered no subchannels other than its primary Retro TV channel, leaving the Burlington–Plattsburgh market without a MyNetworkTV affiliate. As of April 1, 2017, WYCI became a Heroes & Icons (H&I) affiliate; sometime in 2018, they eventually resumed operations of its second subchannel, this time offering the Decades (now Catchy Comedy) service. WYCI is carried on Comcast and Spectrum (former Time Warner Cable and Charter) systems throughout the market.{{cite web|url=https://ycnnow.com/about-2/|title=About YCN|date=August 13, 2015|publisher=YCN Now|access-date=September 11, 2018}} By January 1, 2018, both Dish Network and DirecTV started carrying WYCI throughout the market. On September 3, 2018, MyNetworkTV programming returned to the Burlington–Plattsburgh market, this time on WYCI's primary channel as a secondary affiliation to Heroes & Icons; H&I continued to air in all time slots not filled by MyNetworkTV's two-hour nightly block.{{cite web|url=https://ycnnow.com/program-schedules/|title=YCN Program Schedules|date=October 20, 2017|publisher=YCN Now|access-date=September 10, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://ycnnow.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/wyci_handi-9-10-18.png|title=WYCI & WYCX-CD/WYCU-LD Program Schedule|publisher=YCN Now|access-date=September 10, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://ycnnow.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/cropped-header.png|title=YCN Updated Website Header|publisher=YCN Now|access-date=September 10, 2018}}{{cite web|title=MyNetworkTV Affiliate List|url=http://www.mynetworktv.com/stations/all|website=MyNetworkTV.com|access-date=September 11, 2018}}

On October 31, 2019, Gray Television announced plans to acquire WYCI from Cross Hill Communications.{{cite news|url=https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/2019/10/31/wcax-owner-purchase-wyci-saranac/4107469002/|title=WCAX owner Gray Television will purchase Saranac Lake station|last=Fornarola|first=Issac|date=October 31, 2019|work=Burlington Free Press|access-date=November 1, 2019}} The sale was completed on January 31, 2020, forming a duopoly with WCAX-TV.[http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1815172&Service=DT&Form_id=905&Facility_id=77515 "Consummation Notice"], CDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission, February 3, 2020, Retrieved February 3, 2020.

In 2025, WYCI reached an agreement with the Boston Red Sox to air four spring training games.{{Cite web|title=NESN Announces 2025 Red Sox Spring Training Broadcast Schedule|url=https://nesn.com/2025/02/nesn-announces-2025-red-sox-spring-training-broadcast-schedule/|date=February 12, 2025|access-date=February 15, 2025|publisher=NESN}} The station also airs spring training and regular season New York Mets games syndicated by WPIX.{{Cite web|title=Watch Major League Baseball on WYCI|url=https://www.wcax.com/2023/04/12/watch-mlb-wyci/|date=February 21, 2024|access-date=April 7, 2025|publisher=WCAX}}

The station's signal is multiplexed:

{{see|WGMU-LP}}

WNMN was previously relayed on a network of four translators:

• WGMU-LP 39 Burlington, Vermont
• W19BR 19 Monkton, Vermont
• WBVT-LP 30 Burlington, Vermont
• WVMA-CD 47 (virtual 17) Claremont, New Hampshire

WGMU-LP, W19BR and WBVT-LP had their licenses cancelled by the FCC on March 12, 2015, for failure to broadcast for a year. WVMA-CD was sold and is now licensed to Winchendon, Massachusetts.

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