WRDQ
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| WRDQ | |
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| Orlando, Florida | |
| Branding | TV 27 RTN Central Florida (on DT2) |
| Slogan | Central Florida's TV 27 |
| Channels | Analog: 27 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | Independent ABC (alternate) RTN (on DT2) |
| Owner | Cox Enterprises (WFTV, Inc.) |
| First air date | 2000 |
| Sister station(s) | WFTV |
| Transmitter Power | 5,000 kW (analog) 182 kW (digital) |
| Height | 569 m (analog) 477 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 55454 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | (analog) (digital) |
| Website | www.wftv.com/wrdq/ |
WRDQ, channel 27, is an independent television station in Orlando, Florida. Its analog transmitter is located in northeastern Osceola County. The station's digital transmitter is located in Christmas. Onwed by Cox Enterprises, WRDQ is sister to ABC affiliate WFTV. The two stations share studios on East South Street in downtown Orlando. WRDQ offers the Retro Television Network on its second digital subchannel. It can also be seen on Bright House digital channel 1028.
Syndicated programming on WRDQ includes: South Park, Scrubs, Merv Griffin's Crosswords, Oprah, According to Jim, and George Lopez. The station can be considered an alternate ABC affiliate. As such, it may take on the responsibility of airing ABC programs whenever WFTV may not be able to do so as in a news-related emergency.
[edit] History
The station's original construction permit was issued as early as 1990. Initial plans called for WRDQ's license to be held by a locally-based owner with WFTV operating the station under a local marketing agreement (LMA). However, the station was not ready to broadcast by the time the FCC began allowing duopolies of commercially-licensed television stations. This allowed Cox to purchase WRDQ outright before it signed on for the first time. That happened in 2000.
On May 28, 2007, WRDQ replaced its re-airing of ABC News America This Morning at 6 A.M. with the first hour of the nationaly syndicated morning show, The Daily Buzz. The second hour of the show airs tape-delayed at 10 A.M. with the third hour of the show not airing. On April 14, 2008, the station launched a new second digital subchannel to carry the Retro Television Network.
[edit] News operation
WRDQ airs a nightly, half-hour 10 o'clock newscast that is produced by WFTV. Since January of 2007, that station has also been producing a weekday morning newscast from 7 to 8:30 A.M. Prior to the morning news premiere, the 10 P.M. newscast 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 launch but it ceased to be used as an overall station branding term.
The Daily Buzz
(Weekday Mornings 6 to 7 and 10 to 11 A.M.)
- Anchors:
- Andy Campbell
- Andrea Jackson
- News Updates:
- Kia Malone
- Weather:
- Mitch English
Eyewitness News This Morning
(Weekday Mornings 7 to 8:30 A.M.)
- Anchors:
- Greg Warmoth
- Vanessa Echols
- Weather:
- Brian Shields
- Traffic:
- David Dean
Eyewitness News at 10 (10 to 10:30 P.M.)
Weeknights
- Anchors:
- Darrell Greene
- Martie Salt
- Weather:
- Tom Terry
- Sports:
- Zach Klein
Weekends
- Anchor:
- Robert Maxwell
- Weather:
- Matt Makens
- Sports:
- Jenny Dunn
WRDQ features additional news personnel from WFTV. See that article for a complete listing.
[edit] External links
- WRDQ "TV 27"
- WFTV "Channel 9"
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WRDQ
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WRDQ-TV
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