WDPM-DT

WDPM-DT
Mobile, Alabama; Pensacola, Florida; ; United States;
City	Mobile, Alabama
Channels	Digital: 23 (UHF); Virtual: 18;
Programming
Affiliations	18.1: Daystar; 18.2: Daystar Español; 18.3: Daystar Reflections;
Ownership
Owner	Daystar Television Network; (Word of God Fellowship, Inc.);
History
First air date	February 2009 (15 years ago)
Former channel number(s)	Virtual: 4 (2009–2010)
Call sign meaning	Daystar Pensacola Mobile
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	83740
ERP	390 kW
HAAT	533.6 m (1,751 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	30°36′41″N 87°36′26.4″W / 30.61139°N 87.607333°W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	www.daystar.com

WDPM-DT (channel 18) is a religious television station licensed to Mobile, Alabama, United States, serving southwest Alabama and northwest Florida as an owned-and-operated station of the Daystar Television Network. The station's transmitter is located near Robertsdale, Alabama.

History

The station signed on after the analog signal of PBS member station WSRE (channel 23) signed off for the last time on February 17, 2009.

Since the "channel 23.1" series of virtual channel designations already identifies the existing PBS station's digital subchannels, this numbering sequence would not be available to the new station. According to the ATSC standard, WDPM-DT's channel numbers would therefore need to be displayed using numbering based on WSRE's digital channel number, 31.^[2] From sign-on until February 2010, the station displayed as channel 4.1, which is considered a violation of these standards.

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WDPM-DT^[3]
Channel	Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming
18.1	1080i	16:9	WDPM-DT	Daystar
18.2	720p		WDPM-ES	Daystar Español
18.3	480i		WDPM-SD	Daystar Reflections

References

^ "Facility Technical Data for WDPM-DT". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
^ ATSC standard A/65C Archived December 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, Annex 'B', Advanced Television Systems Committee, May 2006.
^ RabbitEars TV Query for WDPM

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[1] "Facility Technical Data for WDPM-DT". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.

[2] ATSC standard A/65C Archived December 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, Annex 'B', Advanced Television Systems Committee, May 2006.

[3] RabbitEars TV Query for WDPM

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