Action News 5 - Memphis, TennesseeBOUNCE TV is now on the air!
(WMC-TV) - Bounce Memphis, the nation's first-ever over-the-air broadcast television network designed for African-American audiences, is now on the air! You can see it on WMC-TV 5's digital channel 5-2. On Comcast, Bounce Memphis can be found on channel 906.
Bounce Memphis airs 24/7, featuring a programming mix of movies, TV series, live sporting events, documentaries, specials, inspirational faith-based programs, and original programming.
The new Bounce network is tailor-made for the Memphis television market, according to WMC-TV 5 General Manager Lee Meredith.
"Memphis is the 13th largest market in the nation in terms of African-American television viewers," Meredith said. "We're happy to be able to provide high quality programming that will be entertaining for them and for other people as well. "
Bounce Memphis will feature hundreds of movies including: Jamie Foxx's 2004 Academy Award-winning performance as Ray Charles in Ray; Denzel Washington's Academy Award-nominated role in The Hurricane; The Bone Collector, which pairs Washington with Angelina Jolie; Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing, Jungle Fever, Mo' Better Blues; The Nutty Professor I and II, starring Eddie Murphy; Bowfinger starring Murphy and Steve Martin; Michael Jackson and Diana Ross headlining The Wiz; the 1995 comedy Major Payne with Damon Wayans; Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2005), the 1976 classic Car Wash and more.
Live sports and events will be part of the Bounce Memphis schedule and the network also has a multi-year rights agreement with Urban Sports Entertainment Group (USEG) to televise both football and basketball games from the nation's largest African American athletic conference, the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA.)
Martin Luther King III and Ambassador Young are part of Bounce TV's founding group and Board of Directors.
Bounce Memphis replaced "Weather Plus" on WMC-TV 5's digital channel 5-2. The Action News 5 Storm Tracking Team will continue to provide hourly weather updates on Bounce TV to keep viewers informed of Mid-South weather.
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The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Covington Police Department are investigating the city's first homicide of the year and the case has a close connection to 2010's Henning post office murders.
A trip through the drive through lane turned scary for one man when he was violently attacked for not giving money to a man going up to cars and asking for a hand out, according to Memphis police
A 13-year-old boy is expected to recover after he was shot in the leg Monday night. Now his father is on the run after witnesses told officers he was the one who pulled the trigger.
Residents in Illinois and three other states have reported feeling a magnitude 4.0 earthquake that was centered in southeast Missouri.
An Iowa mom is accused of giving alcohol to her 22-month-old child. Police said the toddler's blood alcohol level was above the state's legal limit.
Investigators across West Tennessee are searching for an elusive member of an alleged killing crew. Demetreous Santiago is on the run. He's wanted for killing at least four people, including a former Memphis police officer.
A Mid-South family was forced to prepare themselves for the death of a child born with a rare birth defect.
He was off-duty, but investigators say a Shelby County Sheriff's Deputy was driving his department vehicle when he was arrested for drunk driving late Monday afternoon.
An Arkansas pastor is accused of raping a teenage girl. The alleged victim's cousin in Forrest City claims the girl is now pregnant, possibly with the pastor's baby, but members of his congregation have faith the allegations are untrue.
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