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Coordinates: 40°2′19.7″N 75°14′12.8″W / 40.038806°N 75.236889°W / 40.038806; -75.236889 (WTSD-CA)
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WTSD-CD
Channels
Programming
AffiliationsIndependent
Ownership
Owner
  • Local Media TV Holdings LLC[2]
  • (Local Media TV Philadelphia, LLC[1])
History
FoundedNovember 28, 1980
First air date
July 8, 1981; 42 years ago (1981-07-08)
Last air date
2017; 7 years ago (2017)
Former call signs
  • W61AN (1980–1988)
  • W14BG (1988–1995)
  • WXHL-LP (1995–2002)
  • WTSD-CA (2002–2013)[3]
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 61 (UHF, 1981–1988), 14 (UHF, 1988–2011)
  • Digital: 16 (UHF, June 24 – July 3, 2012)
Classic Arts Showcase
Technical information
Facility ID191340
ClassCD
ERP15 kW
HAAT332 m (1,089 ft)
Transmitter coordinates40°2′19.7″N 75°14′12.8″W / 40.038806°N 75.236889°W / 40.038806; -75.236889 (WTSD-CA)

WTSD-CD (channel 14) was a low-power, Class A independent television station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The station was owned by Local Media TV Philadelphia, LLC.

WTSD-CD left the air in 2017 as a result of the incentive auction, in which it was paid more than $62 million to leave the air.

History[edit]

In Delaware[edit]

On November 28, 1980, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved an application by Francis J. Tafelski for a construction permit for a new TV translator station on channel 61 (W61AN) to serve Newark and Brookside, Delaware, rebroadcasting WGCB-TV (channel 49) of Red Lion, Pennsylvania, with an effective radiated power of 100 watts.[4][5] The station applied for a license to cover on July 8, 1981.[6][7]

When a full-power station, WTGI, signed on channel 61 in 1985, it forced W61AN to move. In 1988, the FCC granted the station a move to channel 14, increasing power to 1 kilowatt and assigning it the new call sign of W14BG.[8][9][10][11] Tafelski sold the translator to Priority Communications Ministries, Inc., in 1991.[12][13] The station relaunched in 1992 as "Family Vision" with an expanded program lineup and studios at Faith City Family Church. Local programming included church services and a contemporary Christian music video show, CCM-TV.[14] On August 21, 1995, the W14BG call sign was changed to WXHL-LP,[3] complementing Priority's Christian radio station WXHL-FM; by this time, channel 14 was airing local Christian programming.[15] It soon changed to a format of contemporary Christian music videos.[16]

WXHL-LP was approved in 1996 to increase its effective radiated power to 71 kilowatts; the community of license was changed to Wilmington, with new facilities approved in Christiana.[17][18][19][20] In 2000, WXHL-LP was approved for Class A status.[19][21][22][23]

Move to Philadelphia and back[edit]

On March 12, 2002, WXHL-LP was granted a construction permit to make a major move to the Roxborough antenna farm, used for television in Philadelphia.[24][25] At the same time, the call letters were changed to WTSD-CA.[3] In 2006, the station suffered through a blown transmitter tube and then was forced to go silent when it lost its leased transmitter site.[26][27][28][29][30][31][32] Priority Communications continued to own WTSD-CA, but it fell into bankruptcy in 2007.[33][34][35]

The station reemerged from silence in June 2007, having moved back from Roxborough to the Christiana site from which it previously broadcast under special temporary authority; this would be extended nine times from 2007 to 2011.[36][37][38][39]

In September 2011, the sale of WTSD-CA to Loop Media, LLC, for $300,000, was announced.[40] On December 29, 2011, WTSD-CA ceased analog transmission from its temporary site in Wilmington.[41][42][43] Three months later, Loop sold WTSD-CA to Local Media TV Philadelphia, LLC, a subsidiary of Local Media TV Holdings LLC of Alexandria, Virginia.[44][45][46][47][48]

On June 24, 2012, WTSD-CA returned, this time in digital. It had moved from channel 14 to 16, so as to avoid any 52 dBu contour overlap within a 130-kilometer (81 mi) radius of New York City, where channel 14 is allocated to land mobile services.[49][50][51][52][53] However, channel 16 in New York City is allocated to its public safety communications system, which immediately began experiencing interference when the WTSD-CA digital facility was activated. At the request of the city of New York, WTSD-CD ceased operating to allow New York officials to investigate on July 3.[54][55][56][57] In the meantime, WTSD-CA was allowed to reduce its power to 22 watts.[58][59][60]

In the wake of Superstorm Sandy, the New York City government concluded that it would not have the resources to do the testing necessary to investigate keeping WTSD-CA on channel 16. As a result, with the blessing of the city, WTSD-CA filed to move to channel 23, where it resumed operations on June 11, 2013, and was licensed as WTSD-CD three days later.[61][62][63]

In the incentive auction to free up space for wireless services, and in which Class A stations were eligible to participate, WTSD-CD received $62,788,846 to leave the air permanently.[64]

Subchannels[edit]

The station's signal was multiplexed:

Subchannels of WTSD-CD
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
14.1 480i 4:3 WTSD-CA Independent
14.2 WTSD-2

References[edit]

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  33. ^ "FCC Application Search Details - BALTTA-20070104ACF Assignment of License". FCC.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Accepted January 5, 2007; granted January 25, 2007; consummation January 30, 2007.
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