WDFM-LP
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| WDFM-LP | |
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| Defiance, Ohio | |
| Branding | TV 26 |
| Slogan | Community Television for Northwest Ohio |
| Channels | Analog: 26 (UHF) Digital: no |
| Affiliations | independent |
| Owner | Clear Channel Communications (Citicasters Licenses) |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Call letters’ meaning | W Defiance FM (after its sister radio station) |
| Former callsigns | W19BN (1992-1997) |
| Former affiliations | none |
| Transmitter Power | 7.5 kW |
| Height | 182 m |
| Class | Translator station |
| Facility ID | 73389 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | |
| Website | http://www.tv26.net |
WDFM-LP is a low-power television station (LPTV) licensed to serve Defiance, Ohio in the Toledo DMA. The station is owned by Clear Channel Communications.
WDFM-LP is operated by Clear Channel's WDFM radio (98.1 MHz). The station broadcasts from a broadcast antenna tower located in Sherwood, Ohio.
Programming on WDFM-LP is basically local programming, with spotlights of people, places, events and businesses in Defiance, Fulton, Williams and Henry Counties under the All Around... banner, along with local advertising. WDFM-LP's signal carries to most of the five Ohio counties of Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding and Williams Counties. WDFM-LP also carries weather reports and radar, provided by Fort Wayne's Indiana's NewsCenter.
It has also been determined to be a "must-carry" station by the FCC which means its signal is on all local cable systems in addition to its over-the-air coverage.
[edit] History
Lankenau Small Media Network, who owned WDFM-FM 98.1, established WDFM-LP in 1992 on channel 19, as W19BN. In March 1997, its calls would change to WDFM-LP.
In December 1998, Jacor Broadcasting (which would later merge with Clear Channel) acquires WDFM-FM and WDFM-LP from Lankenau.
WDFM-LP would later move its frequency from channel 19 to channel 26, to make way for the digital signal of Fort Wayne's WISE-TV, which broadcasts its digital signal on channel 19.
On April 20, 2007, Clear Channel entered into an agreement to sell its entire television stations group to Newport Television.[1] However, WDFM-LP was not included in the sale, as it was operated directly by the radio station, instead of Clear Channel's television group. This, in effect, made WDFM-LP the only remaining television station in the Clear Channel family.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- TV26
- Michiguide: WDFM-FM info, with reference to WDFM-LP
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WDFM-LP
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