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- ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WDPM-DT". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ↑ ATSC standard A/65C Archived 2008-12-15 at the Wayback Machine , Annex 'B', Advanced Television Systems Committee, May 2006.
- ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for WDPM
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