WUDT-LD
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Call sign meaning | Univision Detroit (former affiliation) |
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Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 70421 |
Class | LD |
ERP | 3 kW |
HAAT | 219.1 m (719 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 42°26′52.2″N 83°10′23.1″W / 42.447833°N 83.173083°W |
Links | |
Public license information | LMS |
Website | www |
WUDT-LD (channel 23) is a low-power television station in Detroit, Michigan, United States, owned and operated by the Daystar Television Network. The station's transmitter is located at 8 Mile and Meyers Road in suburban Oak Park.
History
The station took to the air on January 4, 1989, as low-power W05BN on channel 5. It then became WBXD-LP on September 1, 1995, reflecting its affiliation with, and ownership by,
On January 30, 2001, the station moved to channel 35 and then to channel 23 on July 12, 2001. Then on June 27, 2002, the station began operating at class A status, giving it the call sign WBXD-CA.
Viacom sold WBXD-CA to
During its time with Univision, WUDT was also one of only three stations affiliated with the network (along with
WUDT's master control was remotely originated via satellite from Equity's headquarters in Little Rock, Arkansas. Equity maintained a local news and advertising sales office at 5600 King Street in Troy. The station had limited backup signal transmission arrangements; during several instances of bad weather, WUDT-CA often broadcast either a black screen or a "NO SIGNAL" message.
On March 28, 2007,
Due to the 2008 bankruptcy of Equity Broadcasting, WUDT was sold at auction to the Daystar Television Network on April 16, 2009; the sale closed in July 2009.[5] In August 2009, the station began to show only a slide with the Univision logo and station identification. Comcast immediately removed WUDT from its lineup and reverted to carrying the national Univision feed. On August 26, at about 5 p.m., WUDT switched to Daystar. This left Detroit without a full-time Spanish-language outlet.
On April 6, 2010, WUDT switched off its analog signal and broadcast on digital channel 8. At some point in mid-June 2010, WUDT-LD went silent, returning to the air as of July 27, 2010.
Daystar reached a deal to sell WUDT-CD, along with WSVT-CD in Tampa, Florida, to LocusPoint Networks in December 2012.[6] The deal will make it a sister station to two other Detroit stations, WDWO-CD (which LocusPoint acquired in March 2013) and W33BY (which LocusPoint acquired in April 2014).[7] In the meantime, in May 2013, Daystar surrendered the class A status for WUDT and three other stations.[8][9]
On December 15, 2014, Ion Media Networks, the owners of WPXD-TV, reached a deal to donate its translator station W48AV (channel 48) in St. Clair Shores to Daystar.[10] As part of the transaction, Daystar requested a special temporary authority for it to relocate to UHF 23, the same channel as WUDT-LD; this was granted.[11][12]
News
From 2005 until June 2008, the station presented a nightly newscast, produced and anchored in Denver, Colorado, with stories produced in the Detroit area originating from the station's offices in Troy. On June 6, 2008, Equity discontinued local newscasts at its six Univision affiliates, including WUDT.[13]
Trivia
- WUDT was the largest of Equity's three television stations in Michigan. Equity also owned and operated ). WUHQ would also be sold to Daystar, with WMQF being sold to a Wisconsin company, MMMRC, LLC.
- Equity would also acquire another former MTV2 station, WBWX-CA, now WUMN-LP channel 13 in Minneapolis, also a Univision affiliate. WUMN, along with its sister station, Telefutura affiliate WTMS-CA, channel 7, would be sold to Silver Point Capital. WUMN is owned today by the Media Vista Group, while WTMS had ceased operations.
- Equity's presence was felt elsewhere in Detroit as Live Well Network.
Technical information
The station operates with an
Subchannels
The station's digital signal is
Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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23.1 | 1080i | 16:9 |
WUDT | Daystar |
23.2 | 720p | WUDT-ES | Daystar Español | |
23.3 | 480i | WUDT | Daystar Reflections |
The station applied for a license to operate digitally on
Analog-to-digital conversion
Because of reception challenges, Daystar subsequently filed an application to permit WUDT to broadcast its digital signal on channel 23, its old analog frequency, at 15 kW, directional. The application was granted by the FCC on January 17, 2012, with the construction permit expiring September 1, 2015. As a low-power station, WUDT was not required to transition to
At some point in May 2015, WUDT-LD went silent, having been merged into its now-sister station, W48AV-D, which has since switched to digital operations as a Daystar station. While WUDT-LD's license remains active (and both remain owned by Daystar via its Word of God Fellowship subsidiary), though W48AV-D's license would be cancelled in 2016, with the station re-assuming the identity of WUDT-LD.
See also
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WUDT-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Univision | Shows, Entretenimiento, Noticias, Deportes y Novelas". Univision.
- ^ Channel Lineup - Bright House Networks Michigan
- ^ "Welcome to Wyandotte Municipal Services, MI".
- ^ "Takers found for 60 Equity stations". Television Business Report. April 18, 2009. Archived from the original on April 24, 2009. Retrieved April 20, 2009.
- ^ Seyler, Dave (December 6, 2012). "Locuspoint picks up two more Class A TVs". Television Business Report. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
- ^ Seyler, Dave (March 15, 2013). "LocusPoint snaps up another Class A TV". Television Business Report. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
- ^ a b Kreisman, Barbara A. (May 21, 2013). "Re: WSVT, Tampa, Florida, WUDT, Detroit, Michigan, WBKI, Louisville, Kentucky, WBUN, Birmingham, Alabama" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
- ^ a b Hashemzadeh, Hossein (May 24, 2013). "Re: WSVT-CD, Tampa, Florida, WUDT-CD, Detroit Michigan, WBKI-CA, Louisville, Kentucky, WBUN-CA, Birmingham, Alabama" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
- ^ "APPLICATION FOR TRANSFER OF CONTROL OF A CORPORATE LICENSEE OR PERMITTEE, OR FOR ASSIGNMENT OF LICENSE OR PERMIT OF TV OR FM TRANSLATOR STATION OR LOW POWER TELEVISION STATION (W48AV)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. December 23, 2014. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
- ^ "Application Search Details". licensing.fcc.gov.
- ^ "Application View ... Redirecting". licensing.fcc.gov.
- ^ "Web Page Under Construction". www.tvnewsday.com.
- ^ Equity Media Holdings Corporation - RTN to Launch in Detroit[usurped]
- ^ "FCC Application for WUDT-LD".
External links
- Univision - WUDT 23 Detroit (Archive.org cache, as of August 23, 2007)
- FCCinfo.com information on WUDT-LD