Problems
Over the years, WMNT had experienced many technical broadcast problems, with outdated equipment and signal loss when switching VTR machines. The station also has satellite pixelation often, along with Windows menus popping up on-screen from automation. The main automation consistently showed "NO SIGNAL" during prime-time programming from UPN and all hours afterward, showing that nobody was watching. The problems were never fixed, since nobody answered phones, in the downtown studios.
And while the station was under control of the Millers, the station's studio at the National City Bank Building in downtown Toledo was often left unlocked and unattended; as a result, Ralph DeNune III, who was appointed by the Lucas County Common Pleas Court to oversee the station when it was put under receivership in February 2005, appointed the Cornerstone Church to operate the station, citing that, under the Millers, anyone could simply walk in and broadcast anything they want, with the licensee (DeNune) getting all the blame.
Also, through September 2006, the station used the former 'silver shapes' UPN logo on-air, with UPN's 'slanted circle' logo (the last before UPN's closure) appearing only on the station's website.
On May 26, 2007, the Toledo Blade reported that the FCC approved the transfer of WMNT to the Cornerstone Church. This ruling officially reassigns the license from DeNune to Cornerstone. The Millers had 30 days to appeal, though apparently, chose not to do so. The Millers tried to regain control of the station twice during 2008, but failed each time.
On July 23, 2010, Cornerstone Church filed a notification of ceasing the operations of WMNT-CA, due to technical reasons. The station's analog channel 48 signal temporarily went silent on June 22 of that year.
On June 21, 2010, WMNT-CA was sold for $1.00 to Community Broadcast Group, who signed back on WMNT-CA's analog channel 48 signal on August 27, 2010 when that group took over control of the station through a time brokerage agreement. The sale was completed on September 28 of that year.
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