WRDQ
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HAAT | 490 m (1,608 ft) |
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Transmitter coordinates | 28°34′7″N 81°3′16″W / 28.56861°N 81.05444°W |
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Website | www |
WRDQ (channel 27) is an independent television station in Orlando, Florida, United States. It is owned by Cox Media Group alongside ABC affiliate WFTV (channel 9). The two stations share studios on East South Street in downtown Orlando; WRDQ's transmitter is located near Christmas, Florida.
History
The station's original
On May 24, 2011, Cox decided to use WRDQ to carry coverage of the
Newscasts
Shortly after the station signed on, WFTV began producing a nightly half-hour 10 p.m. newscast for WRDQ (this resulted in the discontinuance of a prime time newscast in that same timeslot that WFTV had produced for then-UPN affiliate WRBW [channel 65] under a news share agreement); this program competes with an in-house newscast that runs for an hour on Fox owned-and-operated station WOFL (channel 35) and a newscast produced by NBC affiliate WESH that it produces for CW-affiliated sister station WKCF (channel 18).
On June 29, 2006, WFTV began broadcasting newscasts in high definition; the WRDQ shows were included in the upgrade.
In January 2007, WFTV also began producing a two-hour weekday morning newscast from 7 to 9 a.m. on channel 27. Prior to the debut of the morning newscast, the 10 p.m. news program was branded as Action News at 10. This title was derived from WRDQ's general station branding ("Action TV 27") at the time of the station's launch ("Action" had ceased to be used as an overall station branding term several years before the newscast was renamed). WRDQ has also aired The Daily Buzz from 7 to 9 a.m. on digital subchannel 27.2, preempting some classic programming broadcast by Antenna TV that are seen on that slot nationally on that network's other affiliates. On two occasions, WRDQ has also aired early evening newscasts; a 7 p.m. newscast was produced for a time in March 2003 to present Iraq War coverage, and a 6:30 p.m. newscast was seen on the station from September 2010[8] until it was dropped in June 2013 in favor of a 4 p.m. newscast on WFTV.[9] On September 15, 2014, WFTV expanded the weeknight 10 p.m. news on WRDQ to an hour, citing the ratings success of the broadcast in which has now able to tightly compete against long-time leader WOFL.[10][11]
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's signal is
Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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27.1 | 720p | 16:9 |
WRDQ | Independent |
27.2 | 480i | CourtTV | Court TV | |
27.4 | This TV | This TV | ||
31.2 | WTMO-SD | Telemundo (WTMO-CD2) | ||
65.2 | 480i | 16:9 | Movies | Movies! (WRBW-DT2) |
On April 14, 2008, the station launched a new digital sub-channel 27.2 to carry the
Analog-to-digital conversion
WRDQ shut down its analog signal, on
References
- ^ a b Abbott, Jim (April 21, 2000). "New TV station offers reruns and talk shows". Orlando Sentinel. Archived from the original on March 26, 2014. Retrieved April 1, 2012.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WRDQ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Boyd, Christopher (February 2, 2001). "Cox buys WRDQ, now has 2 area stations". Orlando Sentinel. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 1, 2012.
- ^ "Casey Anthony: WFTV expands trial coverage, drops Oprah Winfrey – the TV Guy – Orlando Sentinel". Archived from the original on May 30, 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
- The Orlando Sentinel. June 1, 2011. Archivedfrom the original on June 3, 2011. Retrieved June 8, 2011.
- ^ "'The View,' ABC soaps to air on WRDQ starting today". The Orlando Sentinel. June 8, 2011. Archived from the original on June 13, 2011. Retrieved June 8, 2011.
- ^ Boedeker, Hal (June 21, 2013). "George Zimmerman trial to rearrange daytime lineup". The Orlando Sentinel. Archived from the original on June 27, 2013. Retrieved June 26, 2013.
- ^ Boedeker, Hal (June 17, 2010). "WFTV to add 6:30 p.m. newscast on WRDQ". The Orlando Sentinel. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved June 18, 2013.
- ^ Boedeker, Hal (June 17, 2013). "WFTV drops 6:30 p.m. news on WRDQ". The Orlando Sentinel. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved June 18, 2013.
- ^ WRDQ expands 10 p.m. news to hour. Archived October 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Orlando Sentinel September 16, 2014.
- ^ WFTV has expanded the WRDQ 10 p.m. news to an hour. Archived October 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine The Changing Newscasts Blog, September 17, 2014.
- ^ "RabbitEars TV Query for WRDQ". RabbitEars. Retrieved May 3, 2023.
- ^ "List of Digital Full-Power Stations" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013.