WBDT
 
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Springfield/Dayton, Ohio United States |
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| Branding | Dayton's CW (general) 2 News On Dayton's CW (newscasts) |
| Slogan |
Your Dayton Station Working For You (newscasts) |
| Channels |
Digital: 26 (UHF) Virtual: 26 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 26.1 The CW 26.2 Bounce TV 26.3 Ion Television |
| Affiliations | The CW (2006–present) |
| Owner |
Vaughan Media (WBDT Television, LLC) |
| Operator | Nexstar Media Group |
| First air date | January 6, 1968 |
| Call letters' meaning | WB (previous affiliation) + DayTon |
| Sister station(s) | WDTN |
| Former callsigns | WSWO-TV (1968–1972) WTJC (1980–1998) WDPX (1998–1999) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 26 (UHF, 1968–2009) Digital: 18 (UHF, until 2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Independent (1968–1970, 1972, 1980–1998) Dark (1970–1972, 1973–1980) Pax (1998–2004; secondary from 1999) The WB (1999–2006) |
| Transmitter power | 770 kW |
| Height | 349 m |
| Facility ID | 70138 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°43′28″N 84°15′18″W / 39.72444°N 84.25500°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | Dayton's CW |
WBDT is the CW-affiliated television station for the Miami Valley in the U.S. state of Ohio. Licensed to Springfield, the station broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 26 from a transmitter in the Frytown section of Dayton. The station can also be seen on Charter Spectrum channel 13 and in high definition on digital channel 1013. WBDT is the default CW affiliate for Lima, Ohio; that area had been previously served by a cable-only affiliate until early 2010. Owned by Vaughan Media, WBDT is operated by Nexstar Media Group and is sister station to WDTN. The two stations share studios on South Dixie Drive in Moraine (though their mailing address is Dayton). However, master control and some internal operations of WBDT and WDTN are based within centralcasting facilities at Nexstar-owned WISH-TV in Indianapolis, Indiana.
The station began analog operation on UHF channel 26 on January 6, 1968 as independent WSWO-TV, under the ownership of Southwestern Ohio Broadcasting. WSWO-TV ran a local live version of Bozo the Clown (portrayed by announcer Dave Eaton, who was previously with the former WKTR-TV in Kettering, now public station WPTD), as well as other local shows. The station suddenly went dark on March 6, 1970, possibly due to financial difficulties.
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