- WRDE-LP
Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WRDE-LP
station_
station_slogan = Delaware 59 TV
analog = 59 (UHF )
station_branding = MyRTN 9
digital = 31 (UHF )
affiliations =MyNetwork TV Retro Television Network
founded =May 5 ,2004
location =Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
callsign_meaning = W Rehoboth DElaware
former_callsigns = W59DZ (2004 -2005 )
owner = Price Hill Television, Inc.
former_affiliations =America One (to December 2007)|
UATV (to May 2006)
effective_radiated_power = 20.5 kW
homepage = http://www.new-tvstation.comWRDE-LP is a low-power
television station based inRehoboth Beach, Delaware , owned by Price Hill Television Inc.Delaware 59 TV signed on the air as of April 17, 2007.
The station has been operating at low power from Lewes, Delaware from it's sign on. It was not until October 2008 that the station began to move forward to actually make it on cable line-ups in the area. It has been established the station will be an affiliate of MyNetwork TV as well as Retro Television Network.
WRDE will change the standard of TV as they are offering prizes to local residents of the station who come up with programming ideas for the station.
When viewing analog 59, a scroll with the station name and call sign is scrolling on the screen. This was done in order to meet the deadline for FCC approval to keep the license for the station.
WRDE is currently broadcasting from the Nassau Valley Vineyard, directly off of Coastal Highway by the Nassau Bridge, on Analog channel 59. Originally, a digital broadcast on channel 31 would come from the same tower, but station officials have decided the new digital signal will be broadcast from a tower north of Long Neck, Delaware, on the same tower as WGMD-FM. The signal will reach as far north as the Smyrna/Dover, DE area, as far east as Wildwood, New Jersey, as far south as Rehoboth Beach, Delaware and Ocean City, Maryland, and as far west as Seaford, Delaware.
The station will begin full programing during October 2008, broadcasting on Digital 31 and on Comcast Cable Channel 9.
External links
*TVQ|WRDE-LP
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