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WODK-LD
Channels
BrandingTelemundo St. Louis
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
KPTN-LD, KBGU-LD, WLEH-LD, W29CI-D, K25NG-D, W34EH-D, W42EM-D
History
FoundedFebruary 25, 2010
First air date
December 2016; 7 years ago (2016-12)
Former call signs
W45DK-D (2010–2016)
Call sign meaning
Disambiguation of former W45DK translator calls
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID181990
Class LD
ERP15 kW
HAAT151.2 m (496 ft)
Transmitter coordinates 38°34′27.9″N 90°19′31.9″W / 38.574417°N 90.325528°W / 38.574417; -90.325528
Links
Public license information
LMS

WODK-LD (channel 45) is a low-power television station in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, affiliated with the Spanish-language network Telemundo. It is owned by Innovate Corp. alongside KPTN-LD and KBGU-LD. WODK-LD's transmitter is located near Shrewsbury, Missouri. [2]

History

The station's construction permit was issued by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on February 25, 2010, under the calls of W45DK-D. At that time, the station was licensed to Springfield, Illinois. The current WODK-LD callsign was adopted on March 28, 2016. [3]

DTV America relocated the station to the St. Louis area in late 2016, although it was not licensed to serve St. Louis until January 5, 2021. It then signed on in December 2016 as the area's Cozi TV affiliate. By January 2017, the station has been broadcasting seven subchannels, including bringing Decades, Heroes & Icons, the American Sports Network, Tuff TV, and AMGTV to the St. Louis market. With that, a total of 14 subchannels are offered over both of DTV America-owned stations in St. Louis, including those of sister station KBGU-LP. At the start of 2018, WODK-LD lost its H&I, Decades and Movies! subchannels; the owner of those networks, Weigel Broadcasting, purchased KNLC (channel 24) in December 2017, and took control of the local rights to those networks unilaterally, replacing WODK-LD.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WODK-LD [3]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
45.1 720p 16:9 WODK-LD Telemundo ( WXSL-LD)
45.2 480i beIN Sports Xtra en Español
45.3 4:3 Infomercials
45.4 16:9
45.5
45.6 4:3 QVC2
45.7 Infomercials

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WODK-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "RabbitEars.Info".
  3. ^ a b "RabbitEars.Info". www.rabbitears.info.