WKDH
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| WKDH | |
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| Tupelo / Columbus / West Point, Mississippi | |
| City of license | Houston, Mississippi |
| Branding | WKDH ABC45 |
| Channels | no analog, 45 digital |
| Affiliations | ABC |
| Owner | Southern Broadcasting(LMA with WTVA, Inc.) |
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| Website | www.wkdh.com |
WKDH is the ABC network affiliate for the Columbus/Tupelo/West Point, Mississippi television market. The station is licensed to nearby Houston, Mississippi, and broadcasts on digital channel 45, with no analog signal. On January 26, 2007, at 5:00 AM, WKDH turned off its analog signal on channel 45 and turned on its digital signal. This makes WKDH one of the few primary ABC affiliates in the US with a digital-only signal.
Its transmitter is located near Woodland, Mississippi. It is legally owned by Southern Broadcasting (no relation to "Southern Broadcast Corporation of Sarasota", a legal name for Calkins Media, which owns television stations WWSB and WTXL), but is controlled by WTVA, Inc. through a local marketing agreement.
The station's general manager is Dee Spain, son of WTVA founder Frank K. Spain.
[edit] Digital television
Because it was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997 [1], the station did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station. As a result, WKDH could not simultaneously broadcast in both analog and digital; they were required to turn off their analog signal and turn on its digital signal once digital facilities were completed. (called a "flash-cut").
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