WODK-LD
WODK-LD is a digital low-powered television station licensed to Springfield, Illinois, but transmits within the St. Louis, Missouri television market. The station is owned and operated by HC2 Holdings. The station is part of a duopoly with KBGU-LP.[1]
| St. Louis, Missouri United States | |
|---|---|
| City | Springfield, Illinois |
| Channels | Digital: 30 (UHF) Virtual: 45 (PSIP) |
| Programming | |
| Subchannels | (see below) |
| Affiliations | (see below) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | HC2 Holdings (DTV America Corporation) |
| Sister stations | KPTN-LD, KBGU-LP, WLEH-LD, W29CI-D, K25NG-D, W34EH-D, W42EM-D |
| History | |
| Founded | February 25, 2010 |
| First air date | c. December 2016 |
| Former call signs | W45DK-D (2010-2016) |
| Former affiliations | Silent (2010-2017) Soul of the South (2017-2019) |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 181990 |
| ERP | 8.7 kW |
| HAAT | 573 feet (175 m) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 38°26′14.3″N 90°28′40.7″W |
The station’s digital signal is broadcast over UHF channel 45. It originates from a transmitter located in an area in northern Jefferson County, Missouri along Rock Creek Road off Missouri State Route 21.[2]
Digital television
The station’s signal is multiplexed.
History
The station’s construction permit was issued by the Federal Communications Commission on February 25, 2010, under the calls of W45DK-D. At that time, the station was originally licensed to Springfield, Illinois. The current WODK-LD callsign was adopted on March 28, 2016.[1]
DTV America relocated the station to the St. Louis area in late 2016, but the official city of license remains to be Springfield, Illinois temporarily. It then signed on in December of that year as the area’s Cozi TV affiliate. By January 2017, the station has been broadcasting seven subchannels, including bringing Decades, Heroes & Icons, and the 24/7 subchannel of the American Sports Network to the St. Louis market. Tuff TV and AMGTV was launched the same month.[3] With that, a total of 14 subchannels are offered over both of DTV America-owned stations in St. Louis, including those of sister station KBGU-LP. At the start of 2018, the station lost their H&I, Decades and Movies! subchannels; the owner of those networks, Weigel Broadcasting, purchased KNLC (channel 24) in December 2017, and took control of the local rights to those networks unilaterally, replacing WODK-LD.
References
External links
- DTV America
- Cozi TV
- WODK in the FCC's TV station database
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WODK-TV