WUDT-LD
| Detroit, Michigan | |
|---|---|
| City | Detroit |
| Channels |
Digital: 23 (UHF) Virtual: 23.1 (PSIP) |
| Affiliations | Daystar |
| Owner |
Daystar (sale to LocusPoint Networks, LLC pending) (Word of God Fellowship) |
| Founded | January 4, 1989 |
| Call letters' meaning |
W Univision DeTroit (after previous affiliation) |
| Former callsigns |
W05BN (January 4, 1989–September 1, 1995) WBXD-LP (September 1, 1995–June 27, 2002) WBXD-CA (June 27, 2002–November 18, 2004) WUDT-CA (November 18, 2004–April 6, 2010) WUDT-LD (April 6, 2010–May 10, 2012) WUDT-CD (May 10, 2012–May 21, 2013) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 5 (VHF, 1989-2001) 35 (UHF, 2001) 23 (UHF, 2001-2010) Digital: 8 (2010-2012) |
| Former affiliations |
The Box (1989–2000) MTV2 (2000–2004) Univision (2004-2009) |
| Transmitter power | 15 kW |
| Class | Digital Low-Power TV Station (LD) |
| Facility ID | 70421 |
| Transmitter coordinates |
42°26′52.0″N 83°10′23.0″W / 42.447778°N 83.173056°W (Site in Canadian Border Zone) |
| Website | http://www.daystar.com/ |
WUDT-LD, in Detroit, Michigan, is a low-power affiliate of Daystar. It operates as a digital station on channel 23.1 (mapped to former analog position 23), owned and operated by Daystar.
The station took to the air on January 4, 1989, as low-power W05BN on channel 5. It then became WBXD-LP on September 1, 1995, reflecting its affiliation with, and ownership by, The Box, which was acquired by Viacom in 1999 and merged into its MTV2 in 2001. The sale to Viacom put WBXD under the same ownership as UPN station WKBD (channel 50) and, after Viacom's merger with CBS, WWJ-TV (channel 62).
On January 30, 2001, the station moved to channel 35 and then to channel 23 on July 12, 2001. Then on June 27, 2002, the station began operating at class A status, giving it the call sign WBXD-CA.
Viacom sold WBXD-CA to Equity Broadcasting in November 2004. The new owners renamed the station WUDT-CA, and made the station an affiliate of Univision. In 2007, Equity Broadcasting was renamed Equity Media Holdings Corporation. WUDT-CA was the first Spanish-language television station to take to the air in the state of Michigan since W66BV, Detroit's prior Univision affiliate, became a TBN translator in the early-1990s.
During its time with Univision, WUDT was also one of only three stations affiliated with the network (along with KUNS-TV in Seattle and Univision O&O WQHS-TV in Cleveland) in markets bordering Canada. Univision's over-the-air presence in Detroit made Detroit/Windsor the only market in the United States or Canada with terrestrial stations in English, Spanish and French—the French station was Radio-Canada owned-and-operated station CBEFT on channel 35, a former originating station which rebroadcast Toronto's CBLFT-DT before going dark in 2012.
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