WUDT-LD

callsign	WUDT-LD
digital	8 (VHF)
virtual	23
affiliations	23.1: Daystar 23.2: Daystar Español
airdate	January 4, 1989
location	Detroit, Michigan
country	United States
callsign meaning	Univision Detroit (former affiliation)
former callsigns	W05BN (1989–1995) WBXD-LP (1995–2002) WBXD-CA (2002–2004) WUDT-CA (2004–2010) WUDT-LD (2010–2012) WUDT-CD (2012–2013)
owner	Daystar Television Network
licensee	Word of God Fellowship, Inc.
former affiliations	The Box (1989–2000) MTV2 (2000–2004) Univision (2004–2009)
former channel numbers	Analog: 5 (VHF, 1989–January 2001), 35 (UHF, January–July 2001), 23 (UHF, July 2001–2010) Digital: 8 (VHF, 2010–2012), 23 (UHF, 2012–2022)
erp	3 kW
haat	219.1 m
class	LD
facility id	70421
coordinates	42.44783°N, -83.17308°W
licensing authority	FCC
website	https://www.daystar.com/

WUDT-LD (channel 23) is a low-power television station in Detroit, Michigan, United States, owned and operated by the Daystar Television Network. The station's transmitter is located at 8 Mile and Meyers Road in suburban Oak Park.

History

The station took to the air on January 4, 1989, as low-power W05BN on channel 5. It then became WBXD-LP on September 1, 1995, reflecting its affiliation with, and ownership by, The Box, which was acquired by Viacom in 1999 and merged into its MTV2 in 2001. The sale to Viacom put WBXD under the same ownership as UPN station WKBD (channel 50) and, after Viacom's merger with CBS, WWJ-TV (channel 62).

On January 30, 2001, the station moved to channel 35 and then to channel 23 on July 12, 2001. Then on June 27, 2002, the station began operating at class A status, giving it the call sign WBXD-CA.

Viacom sold WBXD-CA to

Technical information

The station operates with an effective radiated power of 15 kilowatts with a directional antenna, covering the immediate Detroit and Windsor areas, plus large parts of southern Oakland and Macomb counties and small portions of Wayne and Essex counties.

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

The station applied for a license to operate digitally on VHF channel 8. The application was filed and a construction permit was granted on October 10, 2007, and it expires on October 11, 2010.[14] The station went on air shortly after. WUDT's digital signal was between the digital signals of WJBK-TV on channel 7 and CBET-DT on channel 9, which may cause some interference. This may also cause interference with Cleveland's WJW in the southeastern areas of Essex County, which has its digital signal on channel 8 as well.

Analog-to-digital conversion

Because of reception challenges, Daystar subsequently filed an application to permit WUDT to broadcast its digital signal on channel 23, its old analog frequency, at 15 kW, directional. The application was granted by the FCC on January 17, 2012, with the construction permit expiring September 1, 2015. As a low-power station, WUDT was not required to transition to digital television when full service stations were required to do so in 2009; however, all low-powered stations, including WUDT, must make the transition by September 1, 2015. On May 3, 2012, the station moved back to UHF 23, increasing power substantially from 300 to 15,000 watts. On May 10, 2012, the station upgraded to class A digital status, becoming WUDT-CD; a year later, Daystar elected to revert the station to a traditional low-power license.[7][8]

At some point in May 2015, WUDT-LD went silent, having been merged into its now-sister station, W48AV-D, which has since switched to digital operations as a Daystar station. While WUDT-LD's license remains active (and both remain owned by Daystar via its Word of God Fellowship subsidiary), though W48AV-D's license would be cancelled in 2016, with the station re-assuming the identity of WUDT-LD.

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Subchannels

Analog-to-digital conversion

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