WDWO-CD (channel 18) is a low-power, Class A television station in Detroit, Michigan, United States, affiliated with the diginet Defy. The station is owned by Innovate Corp., and maintains a transmitter on West 11 Mile Road in Southfield, Michigan.
History
The station was founded on April 13, 1989, but did not sign on until December 2, 1993, as W44AR (channel 44), owned by a local religious organization, Detroit World Outreach.
The station went silent in July 1999, due to CBS owned-and-operated station WWJ-TV (channel 62) starting up its digital signal on that channel, but returned to the air on Channel 18 on February 25, 2000, under TCT ownership. The station was sold, apparently because DWO could not afford to keep the station, or endure any expenses to move the channel.
The station also had a rebroadcaster on channel 27 in Ann Arbor. That channel was originally W59CA (channel 59), a repeater of Saginaw's WAQP