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WBDT
CW TV station in Springfield, Ohio / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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WBDT (channel 26) is a television station licensed to Springfield, Ohio, United States, serving the Dayton area as a de facto owned-and-operated station of The CW. It is owned by Vaughan Media, which maintains a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Nexstar Media Group, owner of NBC affiliate WDTN (channel 2) and majority owner of The CW, for the provision of certain services. The two stations share studios on South Dixie Drive in Moraine, Ohio. Through a channel sharing agreement, WBDT, along with Richmond, Indiana–licensed Ion Television O&O WKOI-TV (channel 43), share WDTN's digital channel from WDTN's transmitter facility on Frytown Road in southwest Dayton.
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City | Springfield, Ohio |
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Branding | Dayton's CW; 2 News |
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Operator | Nexstar Media Group |
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First air date | September 7, 1980 (43 years ago) (1980-09-07) |
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Call sign meaning | "The WB, Dayton" |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 70138 |
ERP | 1,000 kW |
HAAT | 330 m (1,083 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 39°43′8″N 84°15′21.1″W[2] |
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Website | www |
WBDT serves as the default CW affiliate for the Lima market, which had been served by cable-only affiliate West Central Ohio CW until early 2010.