WMDV-LD (channel 23) is a low-power independent television station in Danville, Virginia, United States. Owned by the Star News Corporation, it is sister to fellow independent station WGSR-LD in Reidsville, North Carolina. WMDV-LD's transmitter is located atop White Oak Mountain south of Chatham, Virginia.
Under former owners Tri-State Christian Television (TCT), the station aired the schedule of full-power Christian broadcaster WLXI-TV from Greensboro, North Carolina. Star News re-launched the station as an independent outlet serving the cities of Martinsville and Danville.
History
The station first broadcast in 1993 as W18BG. The majority of its programming was provided by the Trinity Broadcasting Network through WLXI. This arrangement ended in April 2007 when TCT replaced TBN programming with its own programming for all of its stations.
In November 2008, TCT decided to divest itself of its Danville translator. In June 2009, TCT passed ownership of W18BG to Star News, which temporarily took the station dark. In early May 2010, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued the construction permit to build the station on RF channel 45, with a