studio, arguing that the station's equipment was too complex for an uneducated person to operate, and that most people were unaware of the studio's location to begin with. DeNune also discovered that the station had received airtime payments for infomercials that never ended up airing. As a result, he reached a deal with the Cornerstone Church, through subsidiary Matrix Broadcasting Communications, to purchase the station. Following the September 2006 shutdown of UPN, WNGT switched to MyNetworkTV, and changed its call letters to WMNT-CA. The Millers attempted to oppose the sale of the station, but it was approved by the FCC in May 2007. In 2008, the Millers made several attempts to regain the station's license, including an attempt to sue Matrix for discrimination. All of these tactics failed. In summer 2010, Cornerstone Church announced plans to sell WMNT-CA. The buyer was Community Broadcasting Co., a firm headed by Atlanta-based media consultant Jesse Weatherby and Toledo-area minister and former Toledo Blade sales executive Rev. Jerry Jones. They completed the sale by January 2011 at a reported price of $1.00. Community Broadcast Group had been operating WMNT under a time brokerage agreement after the sale was announced. It restored the station's analog channel 48 signal in August 2010, after Cornerstone Church filed a notification in June of ceasing the station's operations due to technical reasons. On March 3, 2013, WMNT-CA flash-cut to digital operations, continuing on UHF channel 48. In October 2014, Community Broadcast Group announced that WMNT-CA would be sold to Novia Communications, LLC at a price of $400,000. The sale was never consummated. In January 2020, WMNT-CD dropped MyNetworkTV programming for a full-time paid programming schedule, but returned a new syndicated schedule with MyNetworkTV returning to prime time in September. No explanation of the nine-month break in programming has been given by CBG. Digital channels The station's digital signal is multiplexed: See also WPAY 1520 (WMNT's former radio sister station, now a "K-LOVE" station owned by the Educational Media Foundation) WNKL 96.9 (WMNT's former radio sister station, also owned by Educational Media Foundation. It used to be WXQQ "Q-96-Nine", a Contemporary Hit/Dance (CHR/D) Radio station.) Channel 36 digital TV stations in the United States Channel 36 low-power TV stations in the United States Channel 48 virtual TV stations in the United States Channel 58 branded TV stations in the United States References External links Michiguide's WMNT entry (no longer actively