WDPM-DT
WDPM-DT, virtual channel 18 (UHF digital channel 23), is a Daystar owned-and-operated television station licensed to Mobile, Alabama, United States and also serving Pensacola, Florida. The station is owned by the Daystar Television Network. WDPM's transmitter is located near Robertsdale, Alabama.
| Mobile, Alabama/Pensacola, Florida United States | |
|---|---|
| City | Mobile, Alabama |
| Channels | Digital: 23 (UHF) Virtual: 18 (PSIP) |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | 18.1: Daystar (O&O) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Daystar Television Network (Word of God Fellowship, Inc.) |
| History | |
| First air date | February 2009 |
| Former channel number(s) | Digital: 4 (PSIP, 2009–2010) |
| Call sign meaning | Daystar Pensacola Mobile |
| Technical information | |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 83740 |
| ERP | 390 kW |
| HAAT | 533.6 m (1,751 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 30°36′41″N 87°36′26.4″W |
| Links | |
| Public license information | Profile LMS |
| Website | www |
History
The station signed on after the analog signal of PBS member station WSRE (channel 23) signed off for the last time on February 17, 2009.
Since the "channel 23.1" series of virtual channel designations already identifies the existing PBS station's digital subchannels, this numbering sequence would not be available to the new station. According to the ATSC standard, WDPM-DT's channel numbers would therefore need to be displayed (using PSIP) using numbering based on WSRE's digital channel number, 31.[1] From sign-on until February 2010, the station displayed as Channel 4.1, which is considered a violation of these standards.
Digital television
References
- ATSC standard A/65C Archived 2008-12-15 at the Wayback Machine, Annex 'B', Advanced Television Systems Committee, May 2006.
- RabbitEars TV Query for WDPM
External links
- WDPM in the FCC's TV station database
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WDPM-TV