WUDT-CA
Encyclopedia
WUDT-LD, in Detroit, Michigan
, is a low-power affiliate of the Daystar Television Network
. It operates as a digital station on channel 8 (mapped to former analog position 23), owned and operated by Daystar.
in 2000, with the MTV2
music television network affiliation -- all of the properties have since gone to the new CBS Corporation
after CBS
and Viacom went their own separate ways: Viacom keeping MTV2 and WBXD, while CBS kept CW
affiliate WKBD
50 and CBS UHF flagship WWJ-TV
62, the only network duopoly in Detroit (CBS also owns radio stations WWJ AM
, WXYT AM/WXYT-FM, WDZH, WYCD
and WOMC
).
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.
Viacom later sold WBXD-CA to Equity Broadcasting, who then proceeded to rename the station WUDT-CA. The station went from MTV2 to Univision in a matter of hours. This move occurred on November 18, 2004. Again as mentioned, Viacom and CBS split very late in 2005. Viacom kept MTV2, but all the broadcast assets went to CBS Corporation
. In 2007, Equity Broadcasting was renamed Equity Media Holdings Corporation.
WUDT-CA was the first Spanish-language television station to take to the air in the state of Michigan
since W66BV
, Detroit's prior Univision affiliate, flipped to being a TBN network translator in the early-1990s; WUDT was also one of only three Univision
network stations (with KUNS-TV in Seattle
and Univision O&O WQHS-TV
in Cleveland
) in markets bordering Canada.
Univision's over-the-air presence in Detroit made Detroit/Windsor the only market in the United States
or Canada
with terrestrial stations in English, Spanish and French -- the French station is Radio-Canada
affiliate CBEFT
on channel 54, which rebroadcasts Toronto
's CBLFT
.
The station's master control was remotely originated via satellite from Equity's headquarters in Little Rock, Arkansas; Equity maintained a local news and advertising sales office at 5600 King Street in Troy
. The station had limited backup signal transmission arrangements; during several instances of bad weather, the WUDT-CA transmitter has sent simply a black screen or "NO SIGNAL" message.
On March 28, 2007, Comcast
added WUDT to its Detroit lineup on channel 65, replacing the network's national East Coast feed, which had been carried since the 1980s when Comcast in the Detroit area was known as Barden Cablevision, and when Univision was known as Spanish International Network (SIN). However, it was never available on WOW! Detroit, Bright House
Livonia or Cogeco
Windsor; WOW offered the national feed instead, however, Bright House does not have the station or the network on any of its lineups in Livonia, Farmington, Novi or Redford. Cogeco Windsor doesn't carry the network or the station due to restrictions set by the CRTC. Comcast has since moved the station to channel 18 in Detroit to make room for the Michigan feed of the Big Ten Network, which now occupies channel 65.
WUDT was sold at auction to the Daystar Television Network
on April 16, 2009, indicating that a programming change is planned. This would again lead to Detroit being without a full-time Spanish-language outlet. The sale closed around late July 2009.
In August 2009, the station began to show only a slide with the Univision logo and station identification
. Around this time, Comcast replaced WUDT with the national feed. On August 26, at about 5PM, WUDT switched to Daystar.
On Tuesday April 6th 2010, WUDT switched off their analog signal and broadcasts on digital channel 8. At some point in the middle of June 2010, WUDT-LD went silent. WUDT-LD has returned to the air as of July 27, 2010.
, with stories produced in the Detroit area originating from the station's offices in Troy. On June 6, 2008, Equity discontinued local newscasts at its six Univision affiliates, including WUDT.
of only 300 watt
s 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.
channel 8. The application was filed and a construction permit was granted on October 10, 2007 and it expires on October 11, 2010.. The station went on air shortly after. WUDT's digital signal is between the digital signal of WJBK-TV on channel 7 and CBET
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.
Because of reception challenges, Daystar subsequently filed an application to permit WUDT to boroadcast its digital signal on channel 23, its old analogue frequency, at 15kW, directional. The application is pending FCC approval.
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
.
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
, is a low-power affiliate of the Daystar Television Network
Daystar Television Network
The Daystar Television Network is an American evangelical Christian television religious broadcasting network headquartered near Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex in Bedford, Texas...
. It operates as a digital station on channel 8 (mapped to former analog position 23), owned and operated by Daystar.
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, and would later be acquired by ViacomViacom
Viacom Inc. , short for "Video & Audio Communications", is an American media conglomerate with interests primarily in, but not limited to, cinema and cable television...
in 2000, with the MTV2
MTV2
MTV2 is a cable network that is widely available in the United States on digital cable and satellite television, and is progressively being added to analogue cable lineups across the nation...
music television network affiliation -- all of the properties have since gone to the new CBS Corporation
CBS Corporation
CBS Corporation is an American media conglomerate focused on commercial broadcasting, publishing, billboards and television production, with most of its operations in the United States. The President and CEO of the company is Leslie Moonves. Sumner Redstone, owner of National Amusements, is CBS's...
after 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...
and Viacom went their own separate ways: Viacom keeping MTV2 and WBXD, while CBS kept CW
The CW Television Network
The CW Television Network is a television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006–2007 television season. It is a joint venture between CBS Corporation, the former owners of United Paramount Network , and Time Warner's Warner Bros., former majority owner of The WB...
affiliate WKBD
WKBD
WKBD-TV, virtual channel 50 , is an owned and operated station of the CW Television Network, based in Detroit, Michigan. The station is owned and operated by the CBS Corporation, and is one-half of a duopoly with sister station WWJ-TV . Its studios and transmitters are located at 11 mile and...
50 and CBS UHF flagship WWJ-TV
WWJ-TV
WWJ-TV, virtual channel 62 , is the CBS-owned and operated television station in Detroit, Michigan. It is co-owned with Detroit's CW station, WKBD-TV , and the two stations share a studio in Southfield, Michigan, a Detroit suburb....
62, the only network duopoly in Detroit (CBS also owns radio stations WWJ AM
WWJ (AM)
WWJ is Detroit, Michigan's only 24-hour all-news radio station. Broadcasting at 950 kHz, the station is owned and operated by CBS Corporation subsidiary CBS Radio. The station first went on the air on August 20, 1920 with the call sign 8MK...
, WXYT AM/WXYT-FM, WDZH, WYCD
WYCD
WYCD is a radio station in Detroit, Michigan. The station is the only country music station in the Detroit area. WYCD's offices and studios are located on Woodward Heights . near Interstate 75 in Ferndale, Michigan...
and WOMC
WOMC
WOMC is a Classic Hits radio station broadcasting in the Detroit, Michigan, USA area. WOMC's transmitter and studios are located on Woodward Heights . near Interstate 75 in Ferndale, Michigan. WOMC broadcasts with an effective radiated power of 190,000 watts from an antenna height of 361 feet...
).
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.
Viacom later sold WBXD-CA to Equity Broadcasting, who then proceeded to rename the station WUDT-CA. The station went from MTV2 to Univision in a matter of hours. This move occurred on November 18, 2004. Again as mentioned, Viacom and CBS split very late in 2005. Viacom kept MTV2, but all the broadcast assets went to CBS Corporation
CBS Corporation
CBS Corporation is an American media conglomerate focused on commercial broadcasting, publishing, billboards and television production, with most of its operations in the United States. The President and CEO of the company is Leslie Moonves. Sumner Redstone, owner of National Amusements, is CBS's...
. In 2007, Equity Broadcasting was renamed Equity Media Holdings Corporation.
WUDT-CA was the first Spanish-language television station to take to the air in the state of Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
since W66BV
W66BV
W47DL-D is a TBN satellite station for Detroit, Michigan. All programming is delivered directly from TBN's national satellite feed.The station broadcasts on digital channel 47 at 2.7 kW with a northerly-aimed directional antenna, from a tower located at the Renaissance Center in Downtown...
, Detroit's prior Univision affiliate, flipped to being a TBN network translator in the early-1990s; WUDT was also one of only three Univision
Univision
Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...
network stations (with KUNS-TV in Seattle
Seattle, Washington
Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...
and Univision O&O WQHS-TV
WQHS-TV
WQHS-DT is a Spanish-language television station owned and operated by Univision. It is licensed to serve the Cleveland, Ohio television market, and broadcasts on UHF channel 61 with studios and offices in Parma...
in Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
) in markets bordering Canada.
Univision's over-the-air presence in Detroit made Detroit/Windsor the only market in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
or Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
with terrestrial stations in English, Spanish and French -- the French station is Radio-Canada
Télévision de Radio-Canada
Télévision de Radio-Canada is a Canadian French language television network. It is owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, known in French as Société Radio-Canada. Headquarters are at Maison Radio-Canada in Montreal, which is also home to the network's flagship station, CBFT-DT...
affiliate CBEFT
CBEFT
CBEFT is Radio-Canada's transmitter serving Franco-Ontarians in Windsor. Previously licensed as a standalone television station, it is currently a semi-satellite of CBLFT-DT in Toronto.-History:...
on channel 54, which rebroadcasts Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
's CBLFT
CBLFT
CBLFT-DT is the Radio-Canada television station providing French-language television in Toronto and most of Ontario, including the Western, Central and Northeastern regions.-History:...
.
The station's master control was remotely originated via satellite from Equity's headquarters in Little Rock, Arkansas; Equity maintained a local news and advertising sales office at 5600 King Street in Troy
Troy, Michigan
Troy is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan, and is a suburb of Detroit. The population was 80,980 at the 2010 census, making it the 11th-largest city in Michigan by population, and the largest city in Oakland County...
. The station had limited backup signal transmission arrangements; during several instances of bad weather, the WUDT-CA transmitter has sent simply a black screen or "NO SIGNAL" message.
On March 28, 2007, 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...
added WUDT to its Detroit lineup on channel 65, replacing the network's national East Coast feed, which had been carried since the 1980s when Comcast in the Detroit area was known as Barden Cablevision, and when Univision was known as Spanish International Network (SIN). However, it was never available on WOW! Detroit, Bright House
Bright House Networks
Bright House Networks is a cable television company, the seventh largest cable operator and the sixth largest traditional multiple system operator in the United States owned by Advance/Newhouse, headquartered in Syracuse, New York...
Livonia or Cogeco
Cogeco
Cogeco Inc. is a Canadian media and communications company. The name is an acronym for Compagnie Générale de Communication .-History:...
Windsor; WOW offered the national feed instead, however, Bright House does not have the station or the network on any of its lineups in Livonia, Farmington, Novi or Redford. Cogeco Windsor doesn't carry the network or the station due to restrictions set by the CRTC. Comcast has since moved the station to channel 18 in Detroit to make room for the Michigan feed of the Big Ten Network, which now occupies channel 65.
WUDT was sold at auction to the Daystar Television Network
Daystar Television Network
The Daystar Television Network is an American evangelical Christian television religious broadcasting network headquartered near Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex in Bedford, Texas...
on April 16, 2009, indicating that a programming change is planned. This would again lead to Detroit being without a full-time Spanish-language outlet. The sale closed around late July 2009.
In August 2009, the station began to show only a slide with the Univision logo and station identification
Station identification
Station identification is the practice of radio or television stations or networks identifying themselves on air, typically by means of a call sign or brand name...
. Around this time, Comcast replaced WUDT with the national feed. On August 26, at about 5PM, WUDT switched to Daystar.
On Tuesday April 6th 2010, WUDT switched off their analog signal and broadcasts on digital channel 8. At some point in the middle of June 2010, WUDT-LD went silent. WUDT-LD has returned to the air as of July 27, 2010.
News
From about 2005 until June 2008, the station presented a nightly newscast, produced and anchored in Denver, ColoradoDenver, Colorado
The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...
, with stories produced in the Detroit area originating from the station's offices in Troy. On June 6, 2008, Equity discontinued local newscasts at its six Univision affiliates, including WUDT.
Technical & Service Information
The station operates with an Effective Radiated PowerEffective radiated power
In radio telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power is a standardized theoretical measurement of radio frequency energy using the SI unit watts, and is determined by subtracting system losses and adding system gains...
of only 300 watt
Watt
The watt is a derived unit of power in the International System of Units , named after the Scottish engineer James Watt . The unit, defined as one joule per second, measures the rate of energy conversion.-Definition:...
s with a directional antenna, covering the immediate Detroit and Windsor areas, plus large parts of southern Oakland
Oakland County, Michigan
-Demographics:As of the 2010 Census, there were 1,202,362 people, 471,115 households, and 315,175 families residing in the county. The population density as of the 2000 census was 1,369 people per square mile . There were 492,006 housing units at an average density of 564 per square mile...
and Macomb
Macomb County, Michigan
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 788,149 people, 309,203 households, and 210,876 families residing in the county. The population density was 1,640 people per square mile . There were 320,276 housing units at an average density of 667 per square mile...
counties and small portions of Wayne
Wayne County, Michigan
-History:Wayne County was one of the first counties formed when the Northwest Territory was organized. It was named for the American general "Mad Anthony" Wayne. It originally encompassed the entire area of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, as well as small sections that are now part of northern...
and Essex
Essex County, Ontario
Essex County is a county and census division located in Southwestern Ontario and covers an area at the southernmost tip of Canada. The administrative seat is Essex...
counties.
Digital television
The station applied for a license to operate digitally on VHFVery high frequency
Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency...
channel 8. The application was filed and a construction permit was granted on October 10, 2007 and it expires on October 11, 2010.. The station went on air shortly after. WUDT's digital signal is between the digital signal of WJBK-TV on channel 7 and CBET
CBET
CBET, channel 9, is the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's owned-and-operated television station in Windsor, Ontario. The station's signal also covers the Detroit, Michigan area across the international border in the United States, and is counted as a Detroit station for the purposes of...
on channel 9, which may cause some interference. This may also cause interference with Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
's WJW in the southeastern areas of Essex County
Essex County, Ontario
Essex County is a county and census division located in Southwestern Ontario and covers an area at the southernmost tip of Canada. The administrative seat is Essex...
, which has its digital signal on channel 8 as well.
Because of reception challenges, Daystar subsequently filed an application to permit WUDT to boroadcast its digital signal on channel 23, its old analogue frequency, at 15kW, directional. The application is pending FCC approval.
As a low-power station, WUDT was not required to transition to digital television
Digital television
Digital television is the transmission of audio and video by digital signals, in contrast to the analog signals used by analog TV...
when full service
Full service
Full service is a term that has many different uses. In general the term implies that the customer will receive as much service as is reasonably possible.-Gas station:...
stations were required to do so in 2009
DTV transition in the United States
The DTV transition in the United States was the switchover from analog to exclusively digital broadcasting of free over-the-air television programming...
.
Trivia
- WUDT was the largest of Equity's three television stations in MichiganMichiganMichigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
. Equity also owned and operated Retro JamsRetro JamsRetro Jams was a music video network that played music videos from the 60s, 70s, 80s, and early 90s. Established in 2007, it was owned and operated by now-defunct Equity Media Holdings...
affiliate WUHQ-LPWUHQ-LPWUHQ-LP is a television station in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It is owned and operated by Daystar, as an affiliate of the Daystar Television Network.The station signed on in May 2003 airing America's Store programming...
in Grand RapidsGrand Rapids, MichiganGrand Rapids is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. The city is located on the Grand River about 40 miles east of Lake Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 188,040. In 2010, the Grand Rapids metropolitan area had a population of 774,160 and a combined statistical area, Grand...
and dual-FoxFox Broadcasting CompanyFox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
/MyNetworkTVMyNetworkTVMyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation...
affiliate WMQF in MarquetteMarquette, MichiganMarquette is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Marquette County. The population was 21,355 at the 2010 census, making it the most populated city of the Upper Peninsula. Marquette is a major port on Lake Superior, primarily for shipping iron ore and is the home of Northern...
(now WZMQ). WUHQ would also be sold to Daystar, with WMQF being sold to a Wisconsin company, MMMRC, LLC. - Equity would also acquire another former MTV2 station, WBWX-CA, now WUMN-CAWUMN-CAWUMN-LP is a Univision affiliate in Minneapolis, Minnesota owned by Silver Point Finance of Greenwich, Connecticut and is the only Spanish-language television station in Minnesota.-History:...
channel 13 in Minneapolis, MinnesotaMinneapolis, MinnesotaMinneapolis , nicknamed "City of Lakes" and the "Mill City," is the county seat of Hennepin County, the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the 48th largest in the United States...
, also a Univision affiliate. WUMN, along with its sister station, TelefuturaTeleFuturaTeleFutura is a U.S. Spanish-language broadcast television network owned by Univision with headquarters in Miami, Florida.-Overview:TeleFutura Is America’s #2 Spanish-Language Network in prime time...
affiliate WTMS-CAWTMS-CAWTMS-CA was a Telefutura affiliate in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The station was owned by Silver Point Capital of Greenwich, Connecticut and was one of two Spanish language television stations in Minnesota, alongside sister station Univision affiliate WUMN-LP 13...
, channel 7, would be sold to Silver Point Capital. - Equity's presence was felt elsewhere in Detroit as ABCAmerican Broadcasting CompanyThe American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
affiliate WXYZ-TVWXYZ-TVWXYZ-TV, channel 7, is an ABC-affiliated television station in Detroit, Michigan, USA. WXYZ-TV is owned by the E.W. Scripps Company, and is the media company's largest-market TV station property...
began its service of the Retro Television NetworkRetro Television NetworkThe Retro Television Network is a system of television stations that airs classic television shows as well as more recently produced programs...
, which began broadcasting starting in the Spring of 2008 as RTN7. Equity, which once owned RTN and The E.W. Scripps CompanyE. W. Scripps CompanyThe E. W. Scripps Company is an American media conglomerate founded by Edward W. Scripps on November 2, 1878. The company is headquartered inside the Scripps Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. Its corporate motto is "Give light and the people will find their own way."On October 16, 2007, the company...
made the deal official on September 21, 2007. Shortly after WXYZ launched RTN7, the network was sold to Luken Communications, LLC.
External links
- Univision - WUDT 23 Detroit (broken link)
- Univision - WUDT 23 Detroit (Archive.org cache, as of August 23, 2007)
- FCCinfo.com information on WUDT-CA