Area PBS station to go off air

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Today will be the last day for PBS television on channel 28. The station WCMZ, operated by Central Michigan University, has been sold in a reverse spectrum auction to the Federal Communications Commission. The station signed on as WFUM in 1980 and was operated by U of M Flint until being sold to CMU in 2010. In a reverse spectrum auction, the station’s frequency will be reused for cellular communications. WCMZ’s spectrum is valued at 14-million dollars. The station will go off air at midnight tonight.