WDNI-CD (channel 19) is a low-power, Class A television station in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, affiliated with the Spanish-language network Telemundo. The station is owned by the Radio One subsidiary of Urban One as one of the company's only two broadcast television properties (alongside WQMC-LD in Columbus, Ohio). WDNI-CD's studios are currently located at 40 Monument Circle in downtown Indianapolis, and its transmitter is located on North Hawthorne Lane and 23rd Street (south of I-70) on the city's near-northeast side.
History
Early history
The station first signed on the air on March 7, 1989, as W53AV, broadcasting on UHF channel 53; founded by Hoosier Radio and TV, it was branded on-air as either "WAV53" or as "Hoosier TV 53". The station aired a variety of programming including public domain movies and Major League Baseball games from the Cincinnati Reds; it also carried the wrestling program ECW Hardcore TV on Sunday evenings.