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= WZME =

WZME, virtual channel 43 is a SanabiaTV-affliiated television station licensed to Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States. The station is owned by NRJ TV LLC.WZME's studios is Located On Wakeley Street in Seymour and transmitter is located on Video Lane in Shelton, Connecticut. The station serves the Bridgeport/New York area.

WICC-TV (1953-1960)
The UHF channel 43 allocation in Bridgeport was first assigned by WICC-TV (standing for Industrial Center Of Connecticut reffering to Bridgeport name after the local radio station. The station signed on in March 1953 as a affliate of ABC and DuMont, a month after Connecticut's first UHF station, WKNB-TV (Now WVIT) in New Britain signed on. Considering that UHF was rather new at the time and required an expensive converter, the station was not seen by many. in addition, ABC and DuMont network programming was easily seen mush of WICC's viewing area via WABC-TV (channel 7) and WABD Channel 5, Now WNYW respectively from New York, City. One attempt at locally generated programming on the station was Newsvision created by station owner Ken Cooper, In Which a station camera was pointed at a teletype machine, with music being played on the audio channel must work in sync, rather than be separate sources. None Of WICC's attempts to gain viewers succeeded.

= As a Home Shopping Network (1987-2009) = A group of women, under the name of Bridgeways Communications Corpation, recieved a construction permit for a new station on channel 43 on November 20, 1980 and September 28, 1987, the station signed on as WBCT-TV, airing home-shopping programming. Initially, the station planned to become a locally focused independent station, with WBCT's management concerned that Bridgeport was being served by New York, NY stations, a year later however, the station had changed its plans and planned to inplement cultural programming aimed at the Jewish community in the New York City market as a whole. Shortly afterward, the station changed its call letters to WHAI-TV in reference to chai, the Hebrew word for living. However, the station was sold in 1994 to ValueVision, which in turn sold WHAI to Paxson Communications in 1996. By then the station had also added infomercials to the schedule.

= Return to home shopping station (2020-present) = On January 1, 2020, WZME switched affilliations to Shop LC (formerly the Liquidation Channel) a home shopping network for the first time in 11 years. SonLife was shifted to the station's second subchannel. In November, the station switched affliations again to ShopHQ. Then the station switches affliations to ShopHQ Health in Late June.

= The Station Switches To SanabiaTV Programming. = On June 24, 2021 General manager of WZME reminded everyone over-the-air that SanabiaTV is launching. On Late June, The Manager Of SanabiaTV decides to Make a decision to launch the U.S's #1 Gaming TV Network SanabiaTV launches Over-The-Air. On June 29, 2021 the station switches afflitations once again to SanabiaTV.