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| Orlando, Florida | |
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| Branding | Central Florida's TV 27 Eyewitness News |
| Slogan | It's About Family |
| Channels | Digital: 27 (UHF) |
| Subchannels | 27.1 Independent 27.2 Antenna TV |
| Affiliations | Independent ABC (alternate) |
| Owner | Cox Enterprises (WFTV, Inc.) |
| First air date | January 1, 2000 |
| Sister station(s) | WFTV |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 27 (UHF, 2000-2009) Digital: 14 (UHF) |
| Transmitter power | 1000 kW |
| Height | 477 m |
| Facility ID | 55454 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 28°34′7″N 81°3′16″W / 28.56861°N 81.05444°W |
| Website | wftv.com/wrdq |
WRDQ is an Independent television station in Orlando, Florida. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 27 from a transmitter in Christmas. Owned by Cox Enterprises, the station is sister to ABC affiliate WFTV. The two share studios on East South Street in downtown Orlando. Syndicated programming on WRDQ includes: South Park, Scrubs, and Oprah. The station can be considered an alternate ABC affiliate.
As such, it may take on the responsibility of airing ABC programs whenever WFTV may not be able to do so as in a news-related emergency or a local sporting event. For example on January 1, 2009, WFTV aired pre-game festivities of the 2009 Capital One Bowl while WRDQ aired ABC's coverage of the Rose Bowl Parade. WRDQ is seen on Bright House Networks cable channel 10.
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[edit] Digital programming
On September 5, 2011, WRDQ added Antenna TV on its second digital subchannel and Bright House digital cable channel 465, replacing RTV[1]
| Channel | Video | Aspect | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27.1 | 720p | 16:9 | Main WRDQ programming |
| 27.2 | 480i | 4:3 | Antenna TV |
[edit] History
The station's original construction permit was issued as early as 1990. Initial plans called for WRDQ's license to be held by a locally-based owner with WFTV (which has been owned by Cox since 1985) operating the station under a local marketing agreement (a.k.a. LMA). However, it was not ready to broadcast by the time the FCC began allowing duopolies of commercially-licensed television stations. This allowed Cox to purchase WRDQ outright before it signed-on for the first time on January 1, 2000. On April 14, 2008, the station launched a new second digital subchannel to carry the Retro Television Network. On February 17, 2009, WRDQ shut off its analog signal ahead of the June 12 analog shutoff deadline.
As of May 24, 2011, Cox decided to use WRDQ to carry coverage of the Casey Anthony trial in full from 9 a.m.–4 p.m., with WFTV airing the last hour from 4–5 p.m., pre-empting the station's weekday programming schedule.[2] High interest in the trial eventually led to coverage being increasingly shifted to WFTV (with WRDQ generally only airing "more procedural" and "more dry or technical" portions);[3] as of June 8, coverage was moved to WFTV for good, after ABC granted Cox permission to move ABC Daytime programming to WRDQ for the trial's duration.[4] It returned to WFTV upon the trial's conclusion.
[edit] Newscasts
WRDQ airs a nightly half-hour 10 o'clock newscast that is produced by WFTV. Since January 2007, that station has also been producing a weekday morning newscast from 7 to 9 on 27.1. Prior to the morning news premiere, the 10 P.M. news was branded as Action News at 10. This title was derived from WRDQ's general station branding ("Action TV 27") at the time of the launch ("Action" had ceased to be used as an overall station branding term several years before the newscast was renamed). WRDQ also airs The Daily Buzz a nationally syndicated morning news program / infomercial produced in Orlando, Florida by ACME Communications. The first hour of The Daily Buzz airs at 6:00 am on 27.1. The second and third hours of the Daily Buzz are aired from 7 to 9 in the morning on sub channel 27.2.
Eyewitness News This Morning
(Weekday Mornings 7 to 9)
- Anchors:
- Greg Warmoth(7-8am)
- Vanessa Echols(7-8am)
- George Spencer(8-9am)
- Bianca Castro(8-9am)
- Weather:
- Kassandra Crimi
- Traffic:
- Bob Baxa
- Reporters:
- Mark Boyle, Ryan Hughes, and Daralene Jones
Eyewitness News at 10 (10 to 10:30 P.M.)
Weeknights
- Anchors:
- Josh Benson
- Martie Salt
- Weather:
- Tom Terry
- Reporters:
- Jeff Deal
- Steve Barrett
- Blaine Tolison (Mon.-Tue.)/Kenneth Moton (Wed.-Fri.)
Weekends
- Anchor:
- Nancy Alvarez
- Weather:
- Brian Monahan
- Reporters:
- Kenneth Moton
- Q. McCray
WRDQ features additional news personnel from WFTV. See that article for a complete listing.
[edit] References
- ^ ‘Three’s Company,’ ‘Good Times’ part of Antenna TV from WRDQ Retrieved September 1, 2011
- ^ http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_tv_tvblog/2011/05/casey-anthony-wftv-expands-trial-coverage-drops-oprah-winfrey.html
- ^ "Casey Anthony: WFTV keeps viewers guessing with fluid scheduling". The Orlando Sentinel. June 1, 2011. http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_tv_tvblog/2011/06/casey-anthony-wftv-keeps-viewers-guessing-with-fluid-scheduling.html. Retrieved June 8, 2011.
- ^ "‘The View,’ ABC soaps to air on WRDQ starting today". The Orlando Sentinel. June 8, 2011. http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_tv_tvblog/2011/06/the-view-abc-soaps-to-air-on-wrdq-starting-today.html. Retrieved June 8, 2011.
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WRDQ
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WRDQ-TV
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