- WPDS-LP
Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WPDS-LP
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding = PDS-TV 14
analog = 14 (UHF)
digital = 14 "(CP)"
affiliations = none (educational)
founded = early-1980s "(cable)";
1990 "(UHF)"
location =Largo, Florida
callsign_meaning = W Pinellas District Schools
former_callsigns = W14AW (1988-1996)
owner =Pinellas County Schools
former_affiliations =
effective_radiated_power = 19.7kw
facility_id = 52648
homepage = [http://www.wpds.tv/ www.wpds.tv/]WPDS-LP is the low-power educational channel owned and operated by the school board of
Pinellas County, Florida , broadcasting educational programming for schoolchildren, plus board meetings and classic movies.In addition to UHF channel 14 (which can be tuned in from most parts of Pinellas County), WPDS can be seen in Pinellas County on cable channel 14 on
Knology and digital channel 614 on Bright House. The station also holds aconstruction permit toflash-cut to digital, using the same transmitter location and wattage.The station originally had its start in the early-1980s as a cable-only channel. In 1990, it opened a low-powered UHF channel on channel 14, to reach viewers that don't have cable. Initially as W14AW, it changed its calls to the current WPDS-LP in 1996.
While the station is onwed by "Pinellas County Schools", the station's calls are named after "Pinellas District Schools", which is the name used on public school buses in Pinellas County. All public school buses in Florida are named similarly.
The station's studios and transmitters are located at the School Board headquarters in downtown Largo.
Trivia
The WPDS calls were originally used in the Tampa Bay area in the early-1980s by an easy-listening station "WPDS-FM", "Paradise 93" (now
WFLZ-FM ). It was later used in Indianapolis from 1984 to 1985 as the first call letters used by present-dayFOX affiliate, WXIN.External links
* [http://www.wpds.tv/ WPDS Homepage]
*TVQ|WPDS
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