WDCAWDCA (channel 20), branded Fox 5 Plus, is a television station in Washington, D.C. It is programmed primarily as an independent station, but maintains a secondary affiliation with MyNetworkTV. WDCA is owned by Fox Television Stations alongside WTTG (channel 5); the two stations share studios on Wisconsin Avenue in Bethesda, Maryland, and are broadcast on the same multiplex from a tower on River Road nearby. WDCA began broadcasting as an independent station in April 1966.
Fox Television StationsFox Television Stations, LLC (FTS) is a group of television stations in the United States owned-and-operated by Fox Corporation. It owns and operates LiveNOW from Fox, Fox Local, and Fox Soul, and also oversees the MyNetworkTV syndication service.
Independent stationAn independent station is a broadcast station, usually a television station, not affiliated with a larger broadcast network. As such, it only broadcasts syndicated programs it has purchased; brokered programming, for which a third party pays the station for airtime; and local programs that it produces itself.
Fox Broadcasting CompanyAmerican commercial broadcast television networkTelevision channelFox Broadcasting Company, LLC (stylized in all caps as FOX) is an Americancommercial broadcasttelevision network serving as the flagship namesake property of Fox Corporation and operated through Fox Entertainment.Sister stationIn broadcasting, sister stations or sister channels are radio or television stations operated by the same company, either by direct ownership or through a management agreement. Radio sister stations will often have different formats, and sometimes one station is on the AM band while another is on the FM band.Owned-and-operated stationIn the broadcasting industry, an owned-and-operated station (frequently abbreviated as an O&O) usually refers to a television or radio station owned by the network with which it is associated. This distinguishes such a station from an affiliate, which is independently owned and carries network programming by contract.Television stationA television station is a set of equipment managed by a business, organisation or other entity such as an amateur television (ATV) operator, that transmits video content and audio content via radio waves directly from a transmitter on the earth's surface to any number of tuned receivers simultaneously.
Washington, D.C.Federal capital district of the United StatesPlace in the United StatesWashington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington, is the federal capital city of the United States, and its only federal district. The city stands on the north-east bank of the Potomac River, across from the state of Virginia, surrounded by Maryland to its north, east, and south.
MyNetworkTVMyNetworkTV (stylized as mynetworkTV; commonly referenced as MyTV; informally abbreviated as MNT or MNTV) is an American commercial broadcast syndication service and former television network owned by Fox Corporation, operated by its Fox Television Stations division, and distributed via the syndication structure of Fox First Run. Under the ownership structure of Fox Corporation, the service is incorporated as a subsidiary company, Master Distribution Service, Inc..
Bethesda, MarylandBethesda () is an unincorporated, census-designated place in southern Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. Located just northwest of Washington, D.C., it is a major business and government center of the Washington metropolitan region and a national center for medical research. According to the 2020 census, the community had a population of 68,056.
Maryland Route 190Maryland Route 190 (MD 190) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as River Road, the highway runs 15.88 miles (25.56 km) from MD 112 near Seneca east to Western Avenue at the District of Columbia boundary in Bethesda. MD 190 parallels the Potomac River through the affluent southwestern Montgomery County communities of Potomac and Bethesda and connects those suburbs with Interstate 495 (I-495).
Frequency sharingIn telecommunications, frequency sharing or channel sharing is the assignment to or use of the same radio frequency by two or more stations that are separated geographically or that use the frequency at different times. It reduces the potential for mutual interference where the assignment of different frequencies to each user is not practical or possible.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.