WDME-CD

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WDME-CD
Me-TV WJLA DC.png
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BrandingMeTV Washington D.C.
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
FoundedMay 16, 1989
First air date
September 29, 1989(34 years ago) (1989-09-29)
Former call signs
  • W48AZ (1989–1999)
  • WAZW-LP (1999–2000)
  • WAZW-CA (2000–2014)
  • WAZW-CD (2014–2017)
  • WAZT-CD (2017–2022)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 48 (UHF, 1989–2010)
  • Digital: 46 (UHF, 2007–2017), 26 (UHF, 2017–2018)
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 168449
Class CD
ERP 15 kW
HAAT 172.6 m (566 ft)
Transmitter coordinates 38°56′24.2″N77°4′52.5″W / 38.940056°N 77.081250°W / 38.940056; -77.081250 (WDME-CD)
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WDME-CD (channel 48) is a low-power, Class A television station in Washington, D.C., airing programming from the classic television network MeTV. Owned and operated by network parent Weigel Broadcasting, the station maintains a transmitter in Ward Circle in Washington's northwest quadrant.

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History

The station signed on for the first time on September 29, 1989, as W48AZ in Winchester, Virginia, a relay of the original WAZT-LP in Woodstock (then W10AZ, now WDCO-CD). The WAZT network offered some programming from Cornerstone and other religious networks, but it generally did not show them in-pattern with those networks, and it also broadcast some secular syndicated programming and classic television shows.

W48AZ changed its callsign to WAZW-LP on August 20, 1999. The station gained Class A status on December 26, 2000, becoming WAZW-CA.

Ruarch sold the WAZT stations to JLA Media & Publications (no relation to ABC affiliate WJLA-TV, channel 7) in 2006. Jones Broadcasting acquired the stations out of Chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2011. [3]

Jones Broadcasting sold the group of stations to Venture Technologies Group in December 2013. Venture immediately began moving WAZT and its sister stations to the far larger Washington, D.C. television market. After spending most of its time as a religious broadcaster branded as simply "WAZT", the station and its relays changed to the branding "Faith Television Network" under Venture's ownership.

WAZT-CD's callsign was changed to WDCO-CD on October 11, 2017. On the same day, Winchester repeater WAZW-CD became WAZT-CD. [4] On January 24, 2018, Faith Television Network announced it would cease broadcasting. All four remaining stations in the network became full-time affiliates of Jewelry Television on January 31. [5]

On June 25, 2020, Venture Technologies Group filed an agreement with the FCC to sell WDCO-CD and WIAV-CD to Sinclair Broadcast Group (owner of WJLA-TV) for $8.5 million. [6] [7] The sale was completed on October 15, [8] making them Sinclair's second and third properties in the Washington market, alongside WJLA-TV. On the same day, WDCO-CD and WIAV-CD flipped to Sinclair's TBD multicast network, simulcasting WJLA-TV's fourth digital subchannel in 1080i full high definition.

WAZT-CD was not included in the sale and continued to air Jewelry TV programming. It was later sold to Weigel Broadcasting in September 2021 for $3 million. [1]

On April 21, 2022, the station's callsign changed to WDME-CD.

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WDME-CD [9]
Channel Res. Aspect Short nameProgramming
48.1 720p 16:9 MeTV MeTV
48.2 480i Story Story Television
48.3Catchy Catchy Comedy
48.4MeTV+ MeTV+
48.12EMLW OnTV4U

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References

  1. 1 2 "Assignment of Authorization (LMS File No. 158979)". FCC LMS.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WDME-CD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ Seyler, Dave (October 28, 2011). "Transactions: 10-31-11". Television Business Report. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Facility No. 168449 Record". FCCData.
  5. ↑ "Celebrating 32 years and saying goodbye". Faith Television Network. January 24, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. June 25, 2020. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  7. ↑ Jacobson, Adam (June 26, 2020). "A Major Broadcast Player Snags D.C. LPTV Duo". Radio & Television Business Report.
  8. ↑ Consummation Notice
  9. ↑ "Digital TV Listing for WDME-CD". RabbitEars.Info. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
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