WDDN-LD

Television station in D.C., United States

39°0′0″N 77°3′25″W / 39.00000°N 77.05694°W / 39.00000; -77.05694Links

Public license information

LMSWebsitewww.daystar.com

WDDN-LD (channel 23) is a low-power religious television station in Washington, D.C., owned and operated by the Daystar Television Network. The station's transmitter is located on Brookville Road in Silver Spring, Maryland.

History

Communicasting Corporation signed on W42AJ on November 18, 1988, as the Washington market's first Telemundo affiliate.^[1]^[2] When current affiliate W64BW (now WZDC-CD) signed on late 1993, the two stations were recorded as both carrying the network's programming.^[3]

The station, then known as WSIT-LP, was sold to Paxson Communications in 1996 and Capital Media in 1999. Capital Media assigned the famous callsign WKRP. WKRP-LP moved to channel 23 in 2003 in order to avoid interference from WVPY in Front Royal, Virginia. Daystar purchased the station in 2005.^[4]

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WDDN-LD^[5]
Channel	Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming
23.1	1080i	16:9	Daystar	Daystar
23.2	720p		Espanol	Daystar Español
23.3	480i		Reflect	Daystar Reflections

References

^ Padilla, Felix, ed. (1994). Handbook of Hispanic Cultures in the United States: Sociology. Houston, Texas: University of Houston. p. 344. ISBN 9781611921656.
^ "Business Roundup". The Washington Post. November 15, 1988.
^ "Eastern TV DX" (PDF). VHF-UHF Digest. October 1995. p. 60.
^ "WDDN Facility Data". FCCData.org. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
^ "RabbitEars TV Query for WDDN-LD". RabbitEars.info. Retrieved May 24, 2024.

External links

Official website

Broadcast television in the National Capitol Region (DMV)

This region includes the following cities: Washington, D.C.

Landover/Bethesda/Frederick, MD

Arlington/Fairfax/Fredericksburg, VA
Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Full power

WRC-TV (4.1 NBC, 4.2 Cozi, 4.3 LX, 4.4 Oxygen)
WTTG (5.1 Fox, 5.2 Buzzr, 5.3 Start)
WJLA-TV (7.1 ABC, 7.2 Charge!, 7.3 Comet, 7.4 TBD)
WUSA (9.1 CBS, 9.2 Crime, 9.3 Quest, 9.4 Nest, 9.5 QVC)
WFDC-DT (14.1 UNI, 14.2 Get, 14.3 Grit, 14.4 UniMás)
WDCA (20.1 MNTV, 20.2 Movies!, 20.3 H&I, 20.4 FoxWx)
WMPT / WFPT (22.1/62.1 PBS/MPT, 22.2/62.2 MPT2/Create, 22.3/62.3 PBS Kids, 22.4/62.4 NHK World)
WDCW (25.1 Ind., 50.1 CW, 50.2 ANT)
WETA-TV (26.1 PBS, 26.2 WETA UK, 26.3 PBS Kids, 26.4 World, 26.5 WETA Metro)
WHUT-TV (32.1 PBS, 32.2 PBS Kids)
WPXW-TV (66.1 Ion, 66.2 Bounce, 66.3 Court, 66.4 Laff, 66.5 Mystery, 66.6 Defy, 66.7 Scripps News, 66.8 HSN)
WJAL (68.1 ShopHQ)

Low power

WDCN-LD (6.1 TCN)
WDCO-CD (10.1 TBD)
WDDN-LD / WDWA-LD (23.1 Daystar, 23.2 DS Español)
WZDC-CD (44.1 TMD, 44.2 TXO)
WMDO-CD (47.1 LATV)
WDME-CD (48.1 MeTV, 48.2 Story, 48.3 Catchy, 48.4 MeTV+, 48.12 OnTV4U)
WWTD-LD (49.3 QVC2, 49.4 NTD, 49.5 SBN, 49.6 LC)

ATSC 3.0

WHUT-TV (4.1 NBC, 5.1 Fox, 7.1 ABC, 9.1 CBS, 32.1 PBS)
WDCN-LD (6.1 TCN)
WIAV-CD (58.1 TBD, 58.4 WJLA 24/7 News)

Cable

Outlying areas

Dover, DE	WMDE (36.1 HQ, 36.2 Defy, 36.3 Heartland, 36.4 Retro TV, 36.5 Arirang, 36.6 Dark, 36.7/.9 Infomercials, 36.8 LC)
Hagerstown, MD	WDVM-TV (25.1 Ind., 25.2 Mystery, 25.3 REW, 25.4 HSN) WWPB (31.1 PBS/MPT, 31.2 MPT2, 31.3 PBS Kids, 31.4 NHK World) W20EU-D (33.1 PBS, 33.2 PBS Kids, 43.1 Fox, 43.2 ANT)
Winchester, VA Martinsburg, WV	WHSV-TV (3.1 ABC, 3.2 NBC, 3.3 Ion, 3.4 MNTV/MeTV, 3.5 CBS) W08EE-D (24.1 PBS/WVPB, 24.2 World, 24.3 PBS Kids) WWPX-TV (60.1 Ion, 60.2 Bounce, 60.3 Court, 60.4 Laff, 60.5 Mystery, 60.6 Defy, 60.7 Scripps News, 60.8 HSN)