WMDE

WMDE
Dover, Delaware/
Salisbury/Baltimore, Maryland/
Washington, D.C.
United States
City Dover, Delaware
Branding WMDE 36
Channels Digital: 5 (VHF)
Virtual: 36 (PSIP)
Affiliations Doctor TV
Newsmax TV
Biz TV
Shop LC
Owner WRNN-TV Associates Limited Partnership
(RNN D.C. License Co., LLC)
First air date May 24, 2013 (2013-05-24)
Call letters' meaning Serving MarylanD and DElaware
Sister station(s) WRNN-TV
WMCN-TV
WWDP
Transmitter power 10 kW
Height 145 m (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, virtual channel 36 (VHF digital channel 5), is an independent television station owned by WRNN-TV Associates and licensed to Dover, Delaware, United States, 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 the 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/Dover market.

History

WMDE signed on May 24, 2013. The station was originally owned by Western Pacific Broadcast LLC.[1] WRNN-TV Associates agreed to acquire the station for $11.5 million on April 25, 2018;[2] the sale was completed on July 11, 2018.[3]

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.[4][5][6]

Programming

WMDE airs infomercials, as well as programming from Doctor TV, Newsmax TV, Biz TV and Shop LC.

Digital channels

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[7]
36.11080i16:9WMDE.1Main WMDE programming
36.2480i4:3WMDE.2Evine Live
36.3WMDE.3QVC
36.4WMDE.4QVC2
36.5WMDE.5Arirang

References

  1. ↑ "FCC Ownership Report Search Results - Facility ID 189358". FCC.gov. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. May 1, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Consummation Notice". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. July 11, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  4. ↑ McAdams, Deborah D. "WMDE-TV Wins Reassignment". TV Technology. NewBay Media.
  5. ↑ Dobo, Nichole. "Dover to get its first local TV station this summer". Delaware Online.
  6. ↑ "Federal Communications Commission DA 14-547 (Final Ruling)" (PDF). FCC.gov. Federal Communications Commission.
  7. ↑ "Digital TV Market Listing for WMDE". RabbitEars.Info. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
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