WDVB-CA
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| Edison, New Jersey | |
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| Channels | Analog: 39 (UHF) Digital: 23 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | Independent |
| Owner | Deepak Viswanath |
| Founded | March 12, 1999 |
| Call letters' meaning | W Deepak Viswanath Broadcasting (referring to owner) |
| Former affiliations | Independent/translator (1999-2004) ImaginAsian (2004-2010) |
| Transmitter power | 35 kW |
| Height | 80 m (262 ft) |
| Facility ID | 16389 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°31′45″N 74°23′34″W / 40.52917°N 74.39278°W |
| Website | www.tv39nj.com |
WDVB-CA is a low-power television station officially licensed in Edison, NJ which mainly serves the New Jersey suburbs of New York City. Its Digital transmitter is located at the Empire State Building, and the station broadcasts in Analog over Channel 39 and in Digital over Channel 23.
[edit] History
This station was signed on over UHF channel 36 with alpha-numeric call-sign W36AS on March 12, 1999. The station, officially a translator, aired independent programming. In 2004, it became an affiliate of ImaginAsian and dropped the independent format. On January 4, 2005, the station vacated channel 36 to avoid causing interference to full-power WNJU Linden which was assigned channel 36 for its DTV operations. The station moved to channel 39, and was assigned alpha-numeric call sign W39CQ. The station requested and was granted Class A status. On February 16, 2005, the call sign was changed once more to WDVB-CA. In early 2010, ImaginAsian was dropped. With no programming immediately available to replace it, WDVB-CA was only airing a color bars test pattern.
[edit] Digital Television
On December 30, 2010, WDVB-LD was signed on over RF channel 23. Since its inception, the station has been broadcasting 75% split field color bars with no aural tone identically on each of its four 704h x 480v SD sub-channels.
Small font black text appears in the center of the test pattern which reads as follows: Line 1: "TV 23", Line 2: "WDVB-LD", Line 3: "EDISON, NJ", Line 4: "NY,NY".
April 1, 2011: The test patterns on all four sub-channels were changed to EBU Color Bars with an audible tone on 23-1. This is the first time audio is transmitted on WDVB-LD.
Digital channels
| Channel | Name | Video | Aspect | Programming |
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| 23.1 | 480i | 4:3 | Mexicanal Network* | |
| 23.2 | MX | 480i | 4:3 | Mexicanal Network |
| 23.3 | SAB TV | 480i | 4:3 | Sony SAB TV |
| 23.4 | MATV | 480i | 4:3 | MATV (Midlands Asian Television) |
April 4, 2011: WDVB-LD has added Mexicanal Network on 23-2. This is the first actual programming to appear on the channel since its December 2010 inception.
Mexicanal Network is a Mexican based television Network launched in 2005 and serves Mexicans living and working in the United States, Canada and Mexico. The stations programming lineup features a dynamic range of Spanish-language content encompassing news, cultural programming, culturally relevant programs, sports and popular entertainment from public broadcasters, independent producers and local access stations throughout Mexico.
- - Mexicanal Network is presently also shown on 23-1, however there is no audio, and the call-sign exactly as described above for the test-pattern appears centered over the screen.
April 9, 2011: WDVB-LD is planning to add SAB TV. A Coming Soon preview featuring various shows on SAB TV's lineup is presently looping on 23-3. There is intermittent audio, however, and a bottom-screen crawl reads, "Coming soon on CH. 23.5" WDVB-LD presently only has four sub-channels, none of which are 23-5.
SAB TV is an Indian general entertainment television channel owned by Multi Screen Media Pvt. Ltd and based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It was launched on April 23, 2000 by Sri Adhikari Brothers as a general entertainment channel. As of June 2008, the channels programming fare consists mainly of comedy-centric shows along with a few drama shows.
April 18, 2011: WDVB-LD has remapped 23-3 to 23-5, and 23-4 to 23-6. The looping SAB TV preview continues to run on 23-3, which now displays as 23-5. The EBU Test Pattern with no audible tone remains on 23-4, which displays as 23-6.
Summer 2011: SAB TV is launched on WDVB-LD. PSIP TVCT (terrestrial virtual channel table) stops being transmitted causing each of the four sub-channels to display their actual RF assignment without channel names.
MATV (Midlands Asian Television) is launched on 23-4. MATV is a specialist Asian content TV channel based in Wembley, England featuring Indian programming in Hindi, English, Gujarati and Punjabi. The channel was affiliated with SAB TV when it launched on 15 September 2003, however SAB TV was taken over in India, and the UK branch of SAB TV (located in Wembley) became known as MATV National.
January 11, 2012: WDVB-LD implements specific channel name information into it's TVCT PSIP for the streams on 23-2 through 23-4 for the first time. Prior to this, all the fields were left blank, and when the station first launched in late 2010, all fields read "WDVB-LD"
[edit] Sources
- TV39 new jersey - Website Coming Soon
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WDVB-CA
- fccinfo.com Information on WDVB-CA
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