WYDN
| Worcester/Boston, Massachusetts United States |
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|---|---|
| City | Worcester, Massachusetts |
| Channels | Digital: 47 (UHF) Virtual: 48 (PSIP) |
| Affiliations | Daystar |
| Owner | Educational Public Television Corporation (sale to LocusPoint Networks pending) |
| First air date | May 5, 1999 |
| Call letters' meaning | We're Your Daystar Network station |
| Former channel number(s) |
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| Former affiliations | Prime Time Christian Broadcasting (1999–2001) |
| Transmitter power | 365 kW |
| Height | 217 m |
| Facility ID | 18783 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°18′27″N 71°13′27″W / 42.30750°N 71.22417°WCoordinates: 42°18′27″N 71°13′27″W / 42.30750°N 71.22417°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: | Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.daystar.com |
WYDN, virtual channel 48 (UHF digital channel 47), is a Daystar owned-and-operated television station serving Boston, Massachusetts, United States that is licensed to Worcester. The station is owned by the Educational Public Television Corporation subsidiary of Daystar sister company Word of God Fellowship, Inc. WYDN maintains studio facilities located on Sprague Street in Dedham, and its digital transmitter is located at the WBZ-TV tower in Needham, MA. On cable, WYDN is available on Comcast Xfinity digital channel 295 and on Verizon FiOS channel 25.
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History[edit]
The station first signed on the air on May 5, 1999, as an affiliate of the Prime Time Christian Broadcasting (now God's Learning Channel) network, simulcast from KMLM in Odessa, Texas.[1] WYDN operated its analog transmitter atop Asnebumskit Hill in Paxton (a site which is and has been used by Worcester area FM and TV stations since Major Armstrong put an FM there in the 1940s) until the June 12, 2009 digital transition; its digital transmitter operates from the WBZ-TV tower in Needham. By the early 2000s, the station switched its affiliation to Daystar, after it was acquired by an arm of the network's subsidiary Word of God Fellowship, Inc.; the station had also become available on cable providers throughout the market.
Digital television[edit]
Digital channel[edit]
| Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48.1 | 480i | 16:9 | WYDN-DT | Daystar |
Analog-to-digital conversion[edit]
WYDN shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 48, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal continued to broadcasts on its pre-transition UHF channel 47.[3] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 48.
See also[edit]
- Channel 47 digital TV stations in the United States
- Channel 48 virtual TV stations in the United States
- List of television stations in Massachusetts
- List of Daystar affiliates
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- Daystar Television Network
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WYDN
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WYDN-TV
