WMNS-LD

WMNS-LD (channel 22) was a low-power independent television station serving the United States Virgin Islands that is licensed to Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas. Owned by V.I. Christian Ministries, Inc., the station was operated under a local marketing agreement (LMA) by Innovative Communications Corporation as sister to cable-only channel TV2. WMNS-LD's transmitter was located atop Hawk Hill.

WMNS-LD

Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
Channels	Digital: 22 (UHF) Virtual: 22
Branding	TV2 (general) News 2 (newscasts)
Programming
Affiliations	Daystar (2001–2009) CBS (via TV2 2009–2018, via WSEE-TV 2018–2019) Independent (via TV2, 2019–2023)
Ownership
Owner	V.I. Christian Ministries, Inc. (TV2, Inc.)
Operator	Innovative Communications Corporation via LMA
History
First air date	October 17, 2001 (2001-10-17)
Last air date	September 20, 2023 (2023-09-20) (21 years, 338 days)
Former call signs	K22GA (2001–2003) WMNS-LP (2003–2016)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 22 (UHF, 2001–2016)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	125735
Class	LD
ERP	3.75 kW
HAAT	425 m (1,394 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	18°21′12″N 64°58′34″W
Links
Public license information	LMS

History

The station was founded on October 17, 2001, as K22GA. It gained the WMNS-LP callsign on December 22, 2003.

Prior to July 13, 2009, WMNS-LP broadcast Daystar programming. However, after CBS programming moved from WVXF to the cable-only channel TV2, WMNS-LD provided over-the-air coverage for TV2.

V.I. Christian Ministries ceased operations of WMNS-LD on September 20, 2023; its license was surrendered on December 12.^[2]

Subchannel

Subchannel of WMNS-LD

Channel	Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming
22.1	1080i	16:9	TV2-VI	Main WMNS-LD programming