where the antenna parts were purchased from, as detailed in their station's Facebook page. The station managed to find an alternate source for its antenna parts by March 20, however, and planned to resume broadcasting by April 3 or 4, 2020, with a new station branding as TV-3 (with a PSIP of 3.x), but actually ended up returning on April 1. Sale to Bridge Media Networks On September 29, 2022, NEWSnet's parent company Bridge Media Networks (backed by 5-hour Energy creator Manoj Bhargava) announced it would acquire WHNE-LD for $1.65 million. Upon the completion of the transaction, Bridge would make WHNE-LD the second NEWSnet owned-and-operated station in Michigan (the first being flagship WMNN-LD [channel 26], licensed to Lake City and serving the Traverse City-Cadillac DMA). The sale was consummated on November 28. Technical information Subchannels The station's digital signal is multiplexed: References External links HNE-LD Television channels and stations established in 1996 Low-power television stations in the United States TheGrio affiliates NewsNet affiliates GetTV affiliates Heartland (TV network) affiliates Retro TV affiliates