MeTV and four other TV channels launch on new station for Green Bay, Fox Cities over-the-air viewers
If you’re an over-the-air TV viewer in Green Bay or the Fox Cities, there’s more Scooby Doo and Spock in your lineup.
Chicago-based Weigel Broadcasting Co. launched its networks Thursday on the new WMEI station for the northeastern Wisconsin market, giving people who are OTA antenna viewers five new channels.
The best-known of them is MeTV (Channel 31.1) or Memorable Entertainment Television. Launched in 2005, it features a lineup of more than 50 of television’s all-time best series, including currently “M*A*S*H,” “The Carol Burnett Show,” “Gunsmoke,” “The Twilight Zone,” “Star Trek,” “Perry Mason” and “The Andy Griffith Show.”
MeTV Toons (Channel 31.2) offers classic animation, including shorts and made-for-TV cartoons starring such famous characters as Bugs Bunny, Scooby Doo, Tom & Jerry, George Jetson, Yogi Bear, Popeye, Woody Woodpecker, Betty Boop and Fred Flintstone. It's set to launch on Tuesday.
Story Television (Channel 31.3) features historical and factual programming, including “Biography,” “The Men Who Built America,” “World War II in HD” and others. MeTV+ (Channel 31.4) offers additional classic TV, and MOVIES! (Channel 31.5) shows iconic and classic films presented in themed showcases.
OTA viewers need to rescan their TVs to receive the new free channels. The networks will also be available on select cable systems and through streaming services Frndly TV and Philo.
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Kendra Meinert is an entertainment and feature writer at the Green Bay Press-Gazette. Contact her at 920-431-8347 or kmeinert@greenbay.gannett.com. Follow her on X @KendraMeinert.
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