The station signed on for the first time on September 29, 1989, as W48AZ in Winchester, Virginia, a relay of the original WAZT-LP in Woodstock (then W10AZ, now WDCO-CD). The WAZT network offered some programming from Cornerstone and other religious networks, but it generally did not show them in-pattern with those networks, and it also broadcast some secularsyndicated programming and classic television shows.
W48AZ changed its callsign to WAZW-LP on August 20, 1999. The station gained Class A status on December 26, 2000, becoming WAZW-CA.
Ruarch sold the WAZT stations to JLA Media & Publications (no relation to ABC affiliate WJLA-TV, channel 7) in 2006. Jones Broadcasting acquired the stations out of Chapter 7bankruptcy in 2011.[3]
Jones Broadcasting sold the group of stations to Venture Technologies Group in December 2013. Venture immediately began moving WAZT and its sister stations to the far larger Washington, D.C. television market. After spending most of its time as a religious broadcaster branded as simply "WAZT", the station and its relays changed to the branding "Faith Television Network" under Venture's ownership.
WAZT-CD's callsign was changed to WDCO-CD on October 11, 2017. On the same day, Winchester repeater WAZW-CD became WAZT-CD.[4] On January 24, 2018, Faith Television Network announced it would cease broadcasting. All four remaining stations in the network became full-time affiliates of Jewelry Television on January 31.[5]
On June 25, 2020, Venture Technologies Group filed an agreement with the FCC to sell WDCO-CD and WIAV-CD to Sinclair Broadcast Group (owner of WJLA-TV) for $8.5 million.[6][7] The sale was completed on October 15,[8] making them Sinclair's second and third properties in the Washington market, alongside WJLA-TV. On the same day, WDCO-CD and WIAV-CD flipped to Sinclair's TBD multicast network, simulcasting WJLA-TV's fourth digital subchannel in 1080i full high definition.
WAZT-CD was not included in the sale and continued to air Jewelry TV programming. It was later sold to Weigel Broadcasting in September 2021 for $3 million.[1]
On April 21, 2022, the station's callsign changed to WDME-CD.
^"Celebrating 32 years and saying goodbye". Faith Television Network. January 24, 2018.
^"Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. June 25, 2020. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
^Jacobson, Adam (June 26, 2020). "A Major Broadcast Player Snags D.C. LPTV Duo". Radio & Television Business Report.
^"Digital TV Listing for WDME-CD". RabbitEars.Info. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
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WAZT CD redirects here For the Class A station which formerly used this callsign see WDCO CD This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources WDME CD news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message WDME CD channel 48 is a low power Class A television station in Washington D C airing programming from the classic television network MeTV Owned and operated by network parent Weigel Broadcasting the station maintains a transmitter in Ward Circle in Washington s northwest quadrant WDME CDWashington D C United StatesChannelsDigital 20 UHF Virtual 48BrandingMeTV Washington D C ProgrammingAffiliations48 1 MeTVfor others see SubchannelsOwnershipOwnerWeigel Broadcasting 1 TV 49 Inc HistoryFoundedMay 16 1989First air dateSeptember 29 1989 34 years ago 1989 09 29 Former call signsW48AZ 1989 1999 WAZW LP 1999 2000 WAZW CA 2000 2014 WAZW CD 2014 2017 WAZT CD 2017 2022 Former channel number s Analog 48 UHF 1989 2010 Digital 46 UHF 2007 2017 26 UHF 2017 2018 Former affiliationsReligious Independent 1989 2018 Jewelry TV 2018 2022 Technical information 2 Licensing authorityFCCFacility ID168449ClassCDERP15 kWHAAT172 6 m 566 ft Transmitter coordinates38 56 24 2 N 77 4 52 5 W 38 940056 N 77 081250 W 38 940056 77 081250 WDME CD LinksPublic license informationPublic fileLMS Contents 1 History 2 Subchannels 3 References 4 External linksHistory editThe station signed on for the first time on September 29 1989 as W48AZ in Winchester Virginia a relay of the original WAZT LP in Woodstock then W10AZ now WDCO CD The WAZT network offered some programming from Cornerstone and other religious networks but it generally did not show them in pattern with those networks and it also broadcast some secular syndicated programming and classic television shows W48AZ changed its callsign to WAZW LP on August 20 1999 The station gained Class A status on December 26 2000 becoming WAZW CA Ruarch sold the WAZT stations to JLA Media amp Publications no relation to ABC affiliate WJLA TV channel 7 in 2006 Jones Broadcasting acquired the stations out of Chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2011 3 Jones Broadcasting sold the group of stations to Venture Technologies Group in December 2013 Venture immediately began moving WAZT and its sister stations to the far larger Washington D C television market After spending most of its time as a religious broadcaster branded as simply WAZT the station and its relays changed to the branding Faith Television Network under Venture s ownership WAZT CD s callsign was changed to WDCO CD on October 11 2017 On the same day Winchester repeater WAZW CD became WAZT CD 4 On January 24 2018 Faith Television Network announced it would cease broadcasting All four remaining stations in the network became full time affiliates of Jewelry Television on January 31 5 On June 25 2020 Venture Technologies Group filed an agreement with the FCC to sell WDCO CD and WIAV CD to Sinclair Broadcast Group owner of WJLA TV for 8 5 million 6 7 The sale was completed on October 15 8 making them Sinclair s second and third properties in the Washington market alongside WJLA TV On the same day WDCO CD and WIAV CD flipped to Sinclair s TBD multicast network simulcasting WJLA TV s fourth digital subchannel in 1080i full high definition WAZT CD was not included in the sale and continued to air Jewelry TV programming It was later sold to Weigel Broadcasting in September 2021 for 3 million 1 On April 21 2022 the station s callsign changed to WDME CD Subchannels editThe station s digital signal is multiplexed Subchannels of WDME CD 9 Channel Res Aspect Short name Programming48 1 720p 16 9 MeTV MeTV48 2 480i Story Story Television48 3 Catchy Catchy Comedy48 4 MeTV MeTV 48 12 EMLW OnTV4UReferences edit a b Assignment of Authorization LMS File No 158979 FCC LMS Facility Technical Data for WDME CD Licensing and Management System Federal Communications Commission Seyler Dave October 28 2011 Transactions 10 31 11 Television Business Report Retrieved May 27 2012 Facility No 168449 Record FCCData Celebrating 32 years and saying goodbye Faith Television Network January 24 2018 Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License CDBS Public Access Federal Communications Commission June 25 2020 Retrieved June 27 2020 Jacobson Adam June 26 2020 A Major Broadcast Player Snags D C LPTV Duo Radio amp Television Business Report Consummation Notice Digital TV Listing for WDME CD RabbitEars Info Retrieved May 5 2022 External links editMeTV official website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title WDME CD amp oldid 1171283674, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
