WDDN-LD (channel 23) is a
low-power religious television station
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in
Washington, D.C.
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,
owned and operated
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by the
Daystar Television Network. The station's transmitter is located on Brookville Road in
Silver Spring, Maryland
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.
History
Communicasting Corporation signed on W42AJ November 18, 1988 as the Washington market's first
Telemundo
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affiliate. When current affiliate W64BW (now
WZDC-CD) signed on late 1993, the two stations were recorded as both carrying the network's programming.
The station, then known as WSIT-LP, was sold to
Paxson Communications in 1996 and Capital Media in 1999. Capital Media assigned the famous callsign
WKRP. WKRP-LP moved to channel 23 in 2003 in order to avoid interference from
WVPY in
Front Royal, Virginia. Daystar purchased the station in 2005.
Subchannels
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
References
External links
Official website
DDN-LD
Low-power television stations in the United States
Television channels and stations established in 1994
1994 establishments in Washington, D.C.
Daystar (TV network) affiliates
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