WJDE-CD

WJDE-CD is a low-powered, Class A digital television station in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.[1]

WJDE-CD
Nashville, Tennessee
United States
ChannelsDigital: 23 (UHF)
Virtual: 31 (PSIP)
BrandingTV 31 WJDE
SloganHome of the best Digital Networks in Nashville, Tennessee!
Programming
Subchannelssee article
Affiliationssee article
Ownership
OwnerWord Broadcasting Network
(Evangel World Prayer Center of Kentucky, Inc.)
Sister stationsKBPX-LD, WBNA, WBNM-LD
History
First air dateAugust 12, 1986 (1986-08-12)
Former call signsW24AE (1986–1995)
WJDE-LP (1995–2011)
Former affiliationssee article
Technical information
Licensing authorityFCC
Facility ID61026
ERP15 kw
Transmitter coordinates36°9′49.0″N 86°46′45.0″W
Links
Public license informationProfile
[http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?facid=61026 61026 LMS]
Websitewww.wjde31.com

History

The Station was signed on in 1986 by South Central Communications, under the callsign W24AE and broadcast programming from Home Shopping Network 24 hours a day. It would broadcast that format until 2012, when the station flipped to broadcasting classic TV programming from Me-TV, and would move HSN's programming to a third digital subchannel. It would also add Christian programming from the Sonlife Broadcasting Network on its second subchannel. At that same time, the station was sold to its current owner, Word Broadcasting Network, a subsidiary of Evangel World Prayer Center of Louisville, Kentucky. In between time in 1995, the station's callsign was changed to WJDE-LP and changed its callsign again to the current WJDE-LD in 2011, when the station converted to digital. The station also added a fourth subchannel called TV Scout, which broadcast TV listings 24 Hours a day. However, TV Scout was replaced by Soul of the South Network in 2014. On Thursday, January 8, 2015 they added Heroes & Icons (H&I) and Decades channels. On September 4, 2015, WJDE discontinued their longtime Home Shopping Network affiliation, which was the station's primary affiliation from when the station signed on in 1986 until 2012 when it was replaced with Me-TV, and then moved to the station's third subchannel until 2015, when it was replaced by Decades. The HSN affiliation briefly moved to the Station's fourth subchannel from January to September 2015, when programming from HSN was replaced by informercials. Also on September 4, 2015, The Soul of the South affiliation was discontinued from the station's sixth subchannel and was replaced with Movies!.

The Me-TV Affiliation was scheduled to move to WKRN 2.3, when Live Well Network announced that they would shut down & cease operations. Me-TV was never added to WKRN's third subchannel, instead, Justice Network was added. It was then announced that Me-TV would then move to WKRN's second subchannel (WKRN-DT2), replacing the Nashville WX Channel, which it did so on February 1, 2016.[2] Heroes & Icons was discontinued from WJDE's second subchannel in October, 2015, as Soul of the South Network returned to WJDE's lineup on the second subchannel. Also, Decades moved to the third subchannel as Home Shopping Network was re-added to the fourth subchannel. H&I was readded to WJDE's main channel at the same time when Me-TV moved to WKRN-DT2 on February 1, 2016.

On March 12, 2018, The Country Network replaced The Soul of the South Network on Channel 31.2.

On January 1, 2019, NewsNet replaced Home Shopping Network on its fourth subchannel of channel 31.4, Home Shopping Network still continues to be seen on Ion Media Owned & Operated Station of WNPX-TV on digital subchannel 28.6. Two Weeks later on January 14, WJDE added two more Subchannels, Faith USA on 31.7 & GEB America on 31.8.

On September 23, 2019, at the stroke of midnight, WJDE-LD discontinued Heroes & Icons, Decades, Movies! (These three networks moved to WJFB & WKUW-LD at the same time they were discontinued from WJDE.) and Faith USA. (Which was discontinued all together & is no longer carried in the Nashville Market.) The first & sixth subchannels of WJDE carried a temporary simulcast of Sonlife Broadcasting Network (which still continues to be carried on the fifth subchannel of WJDE, and has been carried in that location since 2012.) The simulcast of Sonlife Broadcasting Network on WJDE's sixth subchannel was discontinued on Monday, October 14, 2019 and was replaced with QVC2, and on Wednesday, October 30, 2019, the Sonlife Broadcasting Network was discontinued from the Main Channel of WJDE & was replaced with the Country Music & Lifestyle Network Heartland. (Which was also carried on the fourth subchannel of WLLC-LP, until December 2, 2019.) The third & seventh subchannels were replaced with Right Now TV. (A new network that is catered towards men & still continues to be carried on the third subchannel of WJDE.)[3] On Wednesday October 30, 2019, the seventh subchannel carrying Right Now TV, was replaced with a localized channel that carried religious programming. (Most of which was based in Nashville, Tennessee.) However the local religious programming on the seventh subchannel would be replaced with the conservative news channel, America's Voice on March 9, 2020. On Wednesday, April 1, 2020, WJDE discontinued NewsNet and would replace it with Retro Television Network. (Which was previously seen on WRTN-LD.)

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[4]
31.1480i4:3HeartlaHeartland
31.216:9TCNThe Country Network
31.3RNTVRight Now TV
31.44:3NewsNetRetro TV
31.5SonLifeSonlife Broadcasting Network
31.6QVC2QVC2
31.716:9AVoiceAmerica's Voice
31.84:3GEBGEB America

Former digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Programming
24/31.1HSN (Analog) (1986-2012)
MeTV (2012–2016)
Heroes & Icons (2016–2019)
Sonlife Broadcasting Network (2019)
31.2Sonlife Broadcasting Network (2012-2014)
Soul of the South Network (2014-2018)
31.3HSN (2012-2014)
Decades (2014-2019)
31.4TV Scout (2012–2014)
HSN (2014–2018)
NewsNet (2019–2020)
31.6Movies! (2014-2019)
Sonlife Broadcasting Network (2019)
31.7Faith USA (2019)
Right Now TV (2019)
Religious Independent (2019-2020)

References
  1. Federal Communications Commission - FCC (2013-06-21). "Station Profiles « Federal Communications Commission". Stations.fcc.gov. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  2. http://metv.com/wheretowatch/affiliate/659
  3. https://www.rightnowtelevision.com/wheretowatch/
  4. RabbitEars TV Query for WJDE-LD
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