WEDE-CD
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City | Arlington Heights, Illinois |
Channels | |
Branding | MCTV |
Programming | |
Affiliations |
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Ownership | |
Owner | First United, Inc. |
History | |
Founded | November 30, 1999 |
Former call signs |
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Former channel number(s) | Analog:17 (UHF, 1989–1998), 34 (UHF, 1998–2014) |
FamilyNet(1989–2017) | |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 66978 |
Class | CD |
ERP | 2.84kW |
HAAT | 445.5 m (1,462 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°52′44.1″N87°38′10.2″W/ 41.878917°N 87.636167°W |
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Public license information |
WEDE-CD(channel 34), branded on-air asMCTV,is alow-power,Class Areligiousindependenttelevision stationlicensed toArlington Heights, Illinois,United States, serving theChicagoarea. The station is owned by First United, Inc. It can also be viewed onWJYS(channel 62)'s tenthdigital subchannel.
History[edit]
WEDE-CD's beginnings were as atranslatorstation on channel 17 since its inception in 1989. It moved to channel 34 in 1998 and the call letters were changed to W34CK. The station received Class A status with their new call letters as WEDE-CA in 2005. Channel 34 was once an affiliate ofFamilyNetwhile also airing some religious programming andinfomercials.Around 2008, its programming began to be simulcast on WJYS' second digital subchannel.
After the full-power digital transition in June 2009, WEDE-CA began to receive increased signal coverage from its transmitter atWillis Towersince, as a low-power station, it was not obligated at the time to convert to digital. In the summer of 2014, WEDE-CA turned off its analog signal on channel 34 and flash cut to digital as WEDE-CD. It currently reaches about 8 million people in theChicago marketand continues to serve its surrounding areas as MCTV.
Subchannels[edit]
The station's digital signal ismultiplexed:
Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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34.1 | 480i | 4:3 | WEDE | MCTV |
34.2 | Retro | Retro TV | ||
34.3 | Gem | MCTV |
References[edit]
- ^"Facility Technical Data for WEDE-CD".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
- ^"Digital TV Market Listing for WEDE-CD".RabbitEars.info.RetrievedAugust 22,2023.