WMDE

WMDE
Dover, Delaware/Salisbury/Baltimore, Maryland/Washington, D.C.
City Dover, Delaware
Branding WMDE 36
Channels Digital: 5 (VHF)
Virtual: 36 (PSIP)
Affiliations Doctor Television Channel
Newsmax TV
Biz TV
Liquidation Channel
Owner Western Pacific Broadcast[1]
First air date May 24, 2013
Call letters' meaning Serving MarylanD and DElaware
Sister station(s) WACP
WHDO-CD
WHDC-LD
Transmitter power 10 kW
Height 145 meters (476 ft)
Facility ID 189357
Transmitter coordinates 38°57′17.3″N 76°5′34.8″W / 38.954806°N 76.093000°W / 38.954806; -76.093000
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Profile
CDBS
Website www.wmdetv.com

WMDE is an independent television station licensed and owned by Western Pacific Broadcast and based in Dover, Delaware, though its transmitter is located north of Wye Mills, Maryland, 41 miles (66 km) southwest of Dover. The station's location near the eastern shore of Chesapeake Bay allows it, along with additional cable and satellite coverage, to also air their programming in the Baltimore and Washington, D.C. markets across the Bay, though officially it is classified in the smaller Salisbury, Maryland/Dover market.

Programming

WMDE airs programming from Doctor TV, as well as Newsmax TV, Biz TV, infomercials and the Liquidation Channel.

WMDE was originally an Atlantic City allocation, licensed in Seaford, Delaware. However, Western Pacific Broadcast petitioned to move it to Dover. That move was protested and then held up due to an appeal by another company that wanted to move its Wyoming and Nevada allocations to the Philadelphia and New York City markets, respectively (one of which was the station that became WJLP). The move of WMDE was deemed to be a more legitimate move, but its owner still had to wait pending the other station moves. This shuffling of stations was primarily sparked by the new allocations deriving from the Digital TV changes in 2011.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "FCC Ownership Report Search Results - Facility ID 189358". FCC.gov. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "WMDE-TV Wins Reassignment". Deborah D. McAdams. TV Technology.
  3. ↑ "Dover to get its first local TV station this summer". Nichole Dobo. Delaware Online.
  4. ↑ "Federal Communications Commission DA 14-547 (Final Ruling)" (PDF). FCC.gov. Federal Communications Commission.
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