WHDT
Encyclopedia
WHDT is an independent
full service television station
broadcasting in the West Palm Beach
, Miami
and Boston television markets. Founded May 25, 2000, the station is licensed to Stuart, Florida
and is authorized to broadcast on RF channel 42 (virtual channel 9) from a 1500 feet (457.2 m) tower in Wellington, Florida
, and on RF channel 44 (virtual channel 9) from a 1000 feet (304.8 m) tower in North Miami
. The station's programming is available to 6 million viewers from South Beach
to Sebastian
, and to 2 million viewers in Boston via co-owned station WHDN-LD, which broadcasts on RF channel 38 (virtual channel 6) from the Government Center district in downtown Boston.
WHDT is temporarily broadcasting at reduced power on RF channel 44 (virtual channel 9) from Palm City under Special Temporary Authority of the Federal Communications Commission
.
WHDT is carried on cable TV channels 9 (SD) and 1009 (HD) by AT&T
, on cable channels 17 (SD) and 438 (HD) in West Palm Beach
by Comcast
, and on satellite channel 44 (SD) in West Palm Beach
by DIRECTV
. In its Second Report and Order, Memorandum Opinion and Order and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, released March 27, 2008, DISH Network
was ordered to carry WHDT by the Federal Communications Commission
. To date, DISH Network
has failed to comply with the Order and WHDT is not available to DISH Network
subscribers.
station in the United States
following a ruling by the Federal Communications Commission
that the station could provide primary over-the-air service using only a digital TV signal. On June 1, 2001, the station conducted the first over-the-air broadcast using progressive HDTV format 720p/60 with custom-designed 24 mm frame-transfer cameras.
WHDT established the legal precedent requiring local cable TV
systems to carry the primary programming of all digital television stations in both high definition
format and in standard definition analog
format. It is the first television station to have its high definition and standard definition signal carried on local cable TV under the FCC's digital "must-carry
" rules.
WHDT was the first broadcast partner of the Deutsche Welle
world television service. The station produces high definition content for syndication
and for broadcast. Its programming includes: fashion and lifestyle, live evening news analysis, world reportage, documentaries, indie films, classical music concerts, equestrian sports, motorsport, aviation, fishing, cooking, travel and cultural shows. WHDT is one of six stations operated by MIG Broadcast Group, Inc. (NH), a business unit of Marksteiner AG.
Digital translator stations, WHDT-LD Miami and WHDN-LD Boston are notable because they are the first and second digital translators to be authorized by the FCC. WHDT-LD has a longer history than its full-power cousin. On September 21, 1987, the station was first licensed as W25AL. In 1989, it was moved to Coral Springs
as W55BO where it functioned as a translator for CBS
station WCIX
in Miami. Ownership of the station was transferred to Günter Marksteiner in 1996. The station continued to carry a full schedule of CBS programming until 1997 when it was relocated to North Miami, Florida
and began digital translator operations for WHDT-DT in December 2001.
In August 2010, WHDT made the claim of being the first high definition affiliate of the Retro Television Network
. However, none of the network's classic television programming is aired in HD or remaster
ed from film masters for HD presentation, and only current day programming such as outdoors and automotive programming from RTV sister network Tuff TV
on weekends actually airs in HD.
On October 27, 2011, it was announced that WHDT would disaffiliate from RTV and would begin carrying programming from the Weather Nation television network effective the weekend of October 29. The network maintains a fully high definition schedule outside of paid programming.
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Independent station
An independent station is in the category of television terminology used to describe a television station broadcasting in the United States or Canada that is not affiliated with any television network....
full service television station
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
broadcasting in the West Palm Beach
West Palm Beach, Florida
West Palm Beach, is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and is the most populous city in and county seat of Palm Beach County, the third most populous county in Florida with a 2010 population of 1,320,134. The city is also the oldest incorporated municipality in South Florida...
, Miami
Miami, Florida
Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...
and Boston television markets. Founded May 25, 2000, the station is licensed to Stuart, Florida
Stuart, Florida
Stuart is the only incorporated city of Martin County, Florida, on Florida's Treasure Coast. The population was 14,633 at the 2000 census. As of 2007, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 15,964....
and is authorized to broadcast on RF channel 42 (virtual channel 9) from a 1500 feet (457.2 m) tower in Wellington, Florida
Wellington, Florida
Wellington is a village in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. As of 2006, the village had a population of 55,584 according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Wellington is part of the South Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
, and on RF channel 44 (virtual channel 9) from a 1000 feet (304.8 m) tower in North Miami
North Miami, Florida
North Miami is a suburban city located in northeast Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, about north of Miami. The city lies on Biscayne Bay and hosts the Biscayne Bay Campus of Florida International University, and the North Miami campus of Johnson & Wales University...
. The station's programming is available to 6 million viewers from South Beach
South Beach, Florida
South Beach is a census-designated place on Orchid Island in Indian River County, Florida, United States. The population was 3,457 at the 2000 census...
to Sebastian
Sebastian, Florida
Sebastian is a city in Indian River County, in the Treasure Coast region of Florida, United States. The population was 16,181 at the 2000 census. In 2004, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau was 18,671. As of 2010, the population recorded by the U.S...
, and to 2 million viewers in Boston via co-owned station WHDN-LD, which broadcasts on RF channel 38 (virtual channel 6) from the Government Center district in downtown Boston.
WHDT is temporarily broadcasting at reduced power on RF channel 44 (virtual channel 9) from Palm City under Special Temporary Authority of the Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
.
WHDT is carried on cable TV channels 9 (SD) and 1009 (HD) by AT&T
AT&T
AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications corporation headquartered in Whitacre Tower, Dallas, Texas, United States. It is the largest provider of mobile telephony and fixed telephony in the United States, and is also a provider of broadband and subscription television services...
, on cable channels 17 (SD) and 438 (HD) in West Palm Beach
West Palm Beach, Florida
West Palm Beach, is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and is the most populous city in and county seat of Palm Beach County, the third most populous county in Florida with a 2010 population of 1,320,134. The city is also the oldest incorporated municipality in South Florida...
by Comcast
Comcast
Comcast Corporation is the largest cable operator, home Internet service provider, and fourth largest home telephone service provider in the United States, providing cable television, broadband Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers in 39 states and the...
, and on satellite channel 44 (SD) in West Palm Beach
West Palm Beach, Florida
West Palm Beach, is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and is the most populous city in and county seat of Palm Beach County, the third most populous county in Florida with a 2010 population of 1,320,134. The city is also the oldest incorporated municipality in South Florida...
by DIRECTV
DirecTV
DirecTV is an American direct broadcast satellite service provider and broadcaster based in El Segundo, California. Its satellite service, launched on June 17, 1994, transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, Latin America, and the Anglophone Caribbean. ...
. In its Second Report and Order, Memorandum Opinion and Order and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, released March 27, 2008, DISH Network
Dish Network
Dish Network Corporation is the second largest pay TV provider in the United States, providing direct broadcast satellite service—including satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services—to 14.337 million commercial and residential customers in the United States. Dish...
was ordered to carry WHDT by the Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
. To date, DISH Network
Dish Network
Dish Network Corporation is the second largest pay TV provider in the United States, providing direct broadcast satellite service—including satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services—to 14.337 million commercial and residential customers in the United States. Dish...
has failed to comply with the Order and WHDT is not available to DISH Network
Dish Network
Dish Network Corporation is the second largest pay TV provider in the United States, providing direct broadcast satellite service—including satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services—to 14.337 million commercial and residential customers in the United States. Dish...
subscribers.
History
WHDT became the first digital televisionDigital television
Digital television is the transmission of audio and video by digital signals, in contrast to the analog signals used by analog TV...
station in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
following a ruling by the Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
that the station could provide primary over-the-air service using only a digital TV signal. On June 1, 2001, the station conducted the first over-the-air broadcast using progressive HDTV format 720p/60 with custom-designed 24 mm frame-transfer cameras.
WHDT established the legal precedent requiring local cable TV
Cable television
Cable television is a system of providing television programs to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through coaxial cables or digital light pulses through fixed optical fibers located on the subscriber's property, much like the over-the-air method used in traditional...
systems to carry the primary programming of all digital television stations in both high definition
High-definition television
High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...
format and in standard definition analog
Analog television
Analog television is the analog transmission that involves the broadcasting of encoded analog audio and analog video signal: one in which the message conveyed by the broadcast signal is a function of deliberate variations in the amplitude and/or frequency of the signal...
format. It is the first television station to have its high definition and standard definition signal carried on local cable TV under the FCC's digital "must-carry
Must-carry
In cable television, governments apply a must-carry regulation stating that locally-licensed television stations must be carried on a cable provider's system.- Canada :...
" rules.
WHDT was the first broadcast partner of the Deutsche Welle
Deutsche Welle
Deutsche Welle or DW, is Germany's international broadcaster. The service is aimed at the overseas market. It broadcasts news and information on shortwave, Internet and satellite radio on 98.7 DZFE in 30 languages . It has a satellite television service , that is available in four languages, and...
world television service. The station produces high definition content for syndication
Television syndication
In broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast radio shows and television shows by multiple radio stations and television stations, without going through a broadcast network, though the process of syndication may conjure up structures like those of a network itself, by its very...
and for broadcast. Its programming includes: fashion and lifestyle, live evening news analysis, world reportage, documentaries, indie films, classical music concerts, equestrian sports, motorsport, aviation, fishing, cooking, travel and cultural shows. WHDT is one of six stations operated by MIG Broadcast Group, Inc. (NH), a business unit of Marksteiner AG.
Digital translator stations, WHDT-LD Miami and WHDN-LD Boston are notable because they are the first and second digital translators to be authorized by the FCC. WHDT-LD has a longer history than its full-power cousin. On September 21, 1987, the station was first licensed as W25AL. In 1989, it was moved to Coral Springs
Coral Springs, Florida
Coral Springs, officially chartered July 10, 1963, is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States, approximately northwest of Fort Lauderdale. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a population of 121,096...
as W55BO where it functioned as a translator for CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
station WCIX
WFOR-TV
WFOR-TV, virtual channel 4.1 , is the CBS owned-and-operated station in Miami, Florida. WFOR shares its TV studio facilities with sister station WBFS-TV in Doral, near Miami International Airport, and its transmitter is located in Miramar.WFOR-TV also previously had two translator stations in the...
in Miami. Ownership of the station was transferred to Günter Marksteiner in 1996. The station continued to carry a full schedule of CBS programming until 1997 when it was relocated to North Miami, Florida
North Miami, Florida
North Miami is a suburban city located in northeast Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, about north of Miami. The city lies on Biscayne Bay and hosts the Biscayne Bay Campus of Florida International University, and the North Miami campus of Johnson & Wales University...
and began digital translator operations for WHDT-DT in December 2001.
In August 2010, WHDT made the claim of being the first high definition affiliate of the Retro Television Network
Retro Television Network
The Retro Television Network is a system of television stations that airs classic television shows as well as more recently produced programs...
. However, none of the network's classic television programming is aired in HD or remaster
Remaster
Remaster is a word marketed mostly in the digital audio age, although the remastering process has existed since recording began...
ed from film masters for HD presentation, and only current day programming such as outdoors and automotive programming from RTV sister network Tuff TV
Tuff TV
TUFF TV is a digital broadcast network geared to men created by Lou Seals of Seals Entertainment Company LLC in a joint venture with Henry Luken of Luken Communications, the company that owns and operates RTV. Besides broadcast and cable distribution, TUFF TV Media Group, LLC plans to distribute...
on weekends actually airs in HD.
On October 27, 2011, it was announced that WHDT would disaffiliate from RTV and would begin carrying programming from the Weather Nation television network effective the weekend of October 29. The network maintains a fully high definition schedule outside of paid programming.
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