WMDF-LD

Last updated

WMDF-LD
Channels
Programming
Affiliations Independent
Ownership
Owner
  • Leonard Slazinski
  • (Everclear Network, LLC)
History
FoundedFebruary 3, 2006
First air date
2006
Former call signs
  • W69EI (2003–2006)
  • WGAY-LP (2006–2009)
  • WMDF-LP (2009–2012)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 41 (UHF, 2006–2012)
  • Digital: 4 (VHF, 2012–2014)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 130544
Class LD
ERP 5.7 kW
HAAT 194.1 m (637 ft)
Transmitter coordinates 25°46′20.4″N80°11′29.2″W / 25.772333°N 80.191444°W / 25.772333; -80.191444
Links
Public license information
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WMDF-LD (channel 3) is a low-power television station in Miami, Florida, United States. The station is owned by Leonard Slazinski.

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History

Proud Television logo, 2006-2008. Proudtv.png
Proud Television logo, 2006–2008.

The station originally gained a permit on 2003, under the name W69EI, originally licensed to Key West, Florida. [2] The station was originally signed on by Paradise TV in 2006 as WGAY-LP. It aired programming catering to the LGBT community (mostly from PrideNation Network of Palm Springs, California), with a selection of original programming and specials, plus movies about or appealing to LGBT culture. Shows included a cartoon known as G-Force Unite, talk show OUTspoken, and a cooking show, The Kenji and Bella Show, featuring a drag queen and a Chilean chef. [3] [4] Paradise TV, owned by the Sherwood family, got the idea after Burt Sherwood, a former NBC News executive and broker of low-power TV station permits, saw that a channel 69 permit for Key West was available; by the time it was on air, the station had been reallocated to channel 41. [5]

However, due to economic troubles, Proud Television closed down sometime in 2008. [6] PrideNation would sell the station to Three Grand TV of Altamonte Springs, which would re-call the station as WMDF-LP. [7]

In January 2012, the station converted to a digital license, as WMDF-LD.

In April 2012, the station would be transferred to Paradise TV of Sarasota, retaining Three Grand TV as a licensee.

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WMDF-LD [8]
Channel Res. Aspect Short nameProgramming
4.1 480i 4:3 WMDF-1Main WMDF-LD programming
4.2WMDF-2 Infomercials
4.3WMDF-LD Jewelry Television
4.4[Blank]

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WMDF-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ Smith, Doug (April 2003). "TV News". VHF-UHF Digest. p. 8. Retrieved May 5, 2024– via Yumpu.
  3. ↑ Machetta, Jessica (December 9, 2006). "WGAY ready for all viewing audiences". Florida Keys Keynoter. Miami, Florida. p. L'Attitudes 11. Retrieved May 2, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Rothaus, Steve (December 11, 2006). "The keys to gay TV: Key West's WGAY-TV will be the first over-the-air channel in the nation". The Miami Herald. Miami, Florida. pp. Business Monday 4, 5 . Retrieved May 2, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Straight Talk About WGAY". Sarasota Magazine. March 2007. p. 34. ProQuest   207639520.
  6. ↑ "Radio-Info: "Gay LP TV Channel", September 4, 2009". Archived from the original on September 10, 2009. Retrieved December 10, 2010.
  7. ↑ Facility details for Facility ID 130544 (WMDF-LD) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
  8. ↑ "Digital TV Market Listing for WMDF-LD". RabbitEars.info . Retrieved December 17, 2022.
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