PhotosLocation


WDDN-LD Latitude and Longitude:

39°0′0″N 77°3′25″W / 39.00000°N 77.05694°W / 39.00000; -77.05694
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
WDDN-LD
Channels
BrandingDaystar
Programming
Affiliations23.1: Daystar
23.2: Daystar Español
23.3: Jewelry TV
Ownership
Owner
  • Daystar Television Network
  • (Word of God Fellowship, Inc.)
History
FoundedNovember 18, 1988 (35 years ago) (1988-11-18)
Former call signs
W42AJ (1988–1995)
WSIT-LP (1995–1998)
WKRP-LP (1998–2005)
WDDN-LP (2005–2012)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
42 (UHF, 1988–2003)
23 (UHF, 2003–2012)
Telemundo (1988–1995)
Call sign meaning
Washington, D.C.'s Daystar Network station
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Class LD
ERP10 kW
HAAT203.3 m (667 ft)
Transmitter coordinates 39°0′0″N 77°3′25″W / 39.00000°N 77.05694°W / 39.00000; -77.05694
Links
Public license information
LMS
Website www.daystar.com

WDDN-LD (channel 23) is a low-power religious television station in Washington, D.C., owned and operated by the Daystar Television Network. The station's transmitter is located on Brookville Road in Silver Spring, Maryland.

History

Communicasting Corporation signed on W42AJ November 18, 1988 as the Washington market's first Telemundo affiliate. [1] [2] When current affiliate W64BW (now WZDC-CD) signed on late 1993, the two stations were recorded as both carrying the network's programming. [3]

The station, then known as WSIT-LP, was sold to Paxson Communications in 1996 and Capital Media in 1999. Capital Media assigned the famous callsign WKRP. WKRP-LP moved to channel 23 in 2003 in order to avoid interference from WVPY in Front Royal, Virginia. Daystar purchased the station in 2005. [4]

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WDDN-LD [5]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
23.1 720p 16:9 WDDN Daystar
23.2 480i WDDN-ES Daystar Español
23.3 WDDN Jewelry TV

References

  1. ^ Padilla, Felix, ed. (1994). Handbook of Hispanic Cultures in the United States: Sociology. Houston, Texas: Univ. of Houston. p. 344. ISBN  9781611921656.
  2. ^ Staff (15 November 1988). "Business Roundup". Washington Post.
  3. ^ "Eastern TV DX" (PDF). Television News. October 1995. p. 60.
  4. ^ "WDDN Facility Data". FCCData.
  5. ^ RabbitEars TV Query for WDDN-LD

External links