WDHS

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WDHS
Iron Mountain, Michigan
Channels	8 (VHF) analog, 22 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	EWTN (silent most of the time)
Owner	Withers Broadcasting
Founded	1992
Call letters meaning	W Danny Hood S (previous owner)
Former callsigns	WIIM-TV (1983-1992)
Former affiliations	TBN (1990s)
Transmitter Power	316 kW (analog)  37 kW (digital)

WDHS is a religious television station in Iron Mountain, Michigan, broadcasting locally on VHF channel 8 as an affiliate of the Eternal Word Television Network. WDHS is currently owned by Withers Broadcasting, along with WDTV in Weston-Clarksburg, West Virginia. The station broadcasts Catholic religious programming and Catholic themed programming, like music shows, youth programming, and so forth.

As of 2003, the station was believed to be off the air. It has suffered from long periods of silence in previous years, and it is not currently known if it will be back on the air. The station tended to be on the air only for a short time on an annual basis, merely as a way to keep the license active.

When WDHS is on the air, it can be seen in parts of Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Florence (WI), Forest (WI), Gobegic, Houghton, Iron, Langlade (WI), Marinette (WI), Marquette, Menominee, Oconto (WI), Oneida (WI), and Vilas (WI) counties in Michigan and in Wisconsin.

[edit] History

The first license for channel 8 was issued to Pennsylvania broadcaster John R. Powley in 1983 as WIIM-TV; however, the station was never built.

In 1992, Powley sold the station to the Danny Hood Evangelical Association, who recalled the station as WDHS and broadcasted a religious format, with some shows from TBN. After broadcasting the gospel for 2 years the station was sold due to lack of support.

Danny Hood Evangelistic Association sold the station to current owner Withers Broadcasting, owner of WDTV and, at the time, KREX-TV in Grand Junction, Colorado, both CBS affiliates. However, Withers did very little to the station, other than to sign the station on for a few weeks a year with TBN and, later, EWTN programming, just to keep the license active to avoid cancellation by the FCC.

[edit] External links

• WDHS information at Michiguide.com
• EWTN Official Site
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WDHS