WQDE-LD: Difference between revisions

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{{Infobox television station

| callsign = WQDE-LD

| city = [[Indianapolis, Indiana]]

| logo =

| branding =

| digital = 31 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]])

| virtual = 33

| subchannels = [[#Digital channel|(see below)]]

| translators =

| affiliations = Novelisima

| location = [[Indianapolis|Indianapolis, Indiana]]

| country = United States

| owner = [[HC2 Holdings]]

| licensee = HC2 Broadcasting License Inc.

| founded = 2011

| airdate = {{start date and age|2020|3|24|p=y}}

| callsign_meaning =

| sister_stations =

| former_callsigns = W33DE-D (2011-2017)

| former_affiliations =

| former_channel_numbers = '''Digital:'''<br>33 (UHF, 2014-2020)

| erp = 1.75 [[Kilowatt|kW]]

| haat = {{convert|146.71|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}

| facility_id = 184101

| coordinates = {{nowrap|{{coord|39|53|39.2|N|86|12|20.5|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}}}

| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]

| website =

'''WQDE-LD''', [[virtual channel]] 33 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]] [[Digital terrestrial television|digital]] channel 31), is a [[Low-power broadcasting#Television|low-power]] [[television station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to and serving [[Indianapolis, Indiana]], United States; it started its existence licensed to [[Lafayette, Indiana|Lafayette]], though its signal range has never reached that market, and later moved its community of license to [[Wolcott, Indiana|Wolcott]]. The station is owned by [[HC2 Holdings]], and transmits from the northwest side tower farm in Indianapolis.

==History==

The station's [[construction permit]] was initially issued on February 22, 2011, under the calls of W33DE-D. The current WQDE-LD calls were assigned on February 8, 2017.<ref name="fccinfo">{{cite web|url=http://www.fccinfo.com/CMDProEngine.php?sCurrentService=TV&tabSearchType=Appl&sAppIDNumber=1353298|author=Cavell, Mertz & Associates, Inc.|website=fccinfo.com|title=FCCInfo Results|access-date=March 31, 2020}}</ref>

WQDE-LD was silent for construction upgrades from December 7, 2021,<ref name="fcc-wqdeoff">{{cite web |title=Request for Silent Authority of a LPTV Station Application |url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/draftCopy.html?displayType=html&appKey=25076f918049092b0180719c07981f03&id=25076f918049092b0180719c07981f03&goBack=N |website=Licensing and Management System |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |access-date=May 25, 2023 |date=December 20, 2021}}</ref> through April 27, 2022.<ref name="fcc-wqdeback">{{cite web |title=Resumption of Operations of a LPTV Station Application |url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/draftCopy.html?displayType=html&appKey=25076f918049092b0180719c07981f03&id=25076f918049092b0180719c07981f03&goBack=N |website=Licensing and Management System |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |access-date=May 25, 2023 |date=April 28, 2022}}</ref>

==Digital channel==

{| class="wikitable"

|-

! [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]

! [[Display resolution|Video]]

! [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]

! Short name

! Programming<ref name=dtv>{{cite web|url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=184101#station|website=rabbitears.info|title=RabbitEars.Info|access-date=March 31, 2020}}</ref>

|-

| 33.1

| rowspan=2| [[480i]]

| rowspan=2|[[16:9]]

| rowspan=2| WQDE-LD

| [[Novelisima]]

|-

| 33.2

| [[Timeless TV]]

|}

==References==

{{reflist|1}}

==External links==

*[http://www.dtvamerica.com/ DTV America]

*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|184101|WQDE}}

{{Indy TV}}

{{HC2 Holdings}}

[[Category:Low-power television stations in Indiana]]

[[Category:Innovate Corp.]]

[[Category:Television stations in Indianapolis|QDE-LD]]

[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 2020]]

[[Category:2020 establishments in Indiana]]