| Callsign: | WCMN-LD |
| Atsc3: | yes |
| Digital: | 14 (UHF) |
| Virtual: | 13 |
| Affiliations: | Religious Independent |
| Owner: | Starcom, LLC |
| Location: | St. Cloud–Sartell, Minnesota |
| Country: | United States |
| Founded: | August 28, 1989 |
| Callsign Meaning: | Central Minnesota |
| Former Affiliations: | Silent (2021–2022) |
| Erp: | 15 kW |
| Haat: | 95.10NaN0 |
| Facility Id: | 62341 |
| Class: | LD |
| Coordinates: | 45.5431°N -94.2617°W |
| Licensing Authority: | FCC |
WCMN-LD (channel 13) is a low-power television station licensed to both St. Cloud and Sartell, Minnesota, United States, which primarily broadcasts religious programming. Owned by StarCom, LLC, the station maintains a transmitter on Julep Road (off State Highway 23) in Waite Park, Minnesota.
Channel 13 began as K13VS in 1992; it was affiliated with the Main Street TV network and was the first new TV venture in St. Cloud since KXLI channel 41 started in 1982.[1] While it also aired several local shows, it was hindered by a lack of visibility on cable systems.[2] By 1994, the station was purchasing time on a local cable channel to make its weekday evening shows, including a local newscast available to cable homes.[3]
StarCom sold three radio stations to Regent Broadcasting in 2000 so it could purchase and develop channel 13, which had become WCMN-LP in 1996.[4] It returned to the air on August 20, 2001, airing All News Channel with local inserts.[5] When ANC folded in 2002, the station switched to America One and then The Sportsman Channel.[6]
On January 4, 2022, the station filed a license to cover application for digital facilities,[7] stating that it is broadcasting in the ATSC 3.0 format, making it the first such station in Minnesota. It had operated in analog on VHF channel 13 until the FCC-mandated shutdown of analog LPTV stations on July 13, 2021, and did not construct an ATSC 1.0 facility.[8] The station was licensed for digital operation effective September 21, 2022, changing its call sign to WCMN-LD.