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Television station in Illinois, United States
WEDE-CD Channels Branding MCTV Affiliations Owner First United, Inc. Founded November 30, 1989; 34 years ago (1989-11-30 ) Former call signs
W17BD (1989-1998)
W34CK (1998-2005)
WEDE-CA (2005-2014)
Former channel number(s)
Analog: 17 (UHF, 1989-1998) 34 (UHF, 1998-2014)Family Net Facility ID 66978 ERP 2.84 kW
WEDE-CD , virtual channel 34 (UHF digital channel 28), branded on-air as MCTV , is a low-powered , Class A religious independent television station serving Chicago , Illinois , United States that is licensed to Arlington Heights . The station is owned by First United. It can also be viewed on WJYS (channel 62)'s tenth digital subchannel .
History
WEDE-CD's beginnings were as a translator station on channel 17 since its inception in 1989. It moved to channel 34 in 1998 and the call letters were rechristened as translator W34CK . The station received Class A status with their new call letters as WEDE-CA in 2005. Channel 34 was once an affiliate of Family Net while also airing some religious programming and infomercials . Around 2008, its programming began to be additionally viewed on WJYS' second digital subchannel.
After the full-power digital transition in June 2009, WEDE-CA began to receive increased signal coverage from its transmitter at Willis Tower since, as a low power station, it was not affected by the digital switchover. In summer of 2014, WEDE-CA extinguished their analog signal on channel 34 and flash cut to digital as WEDE-CD . It currently reaches about 8 million people in the Chicago market and continues to serve its surrounding areas as MCTV.
Digital channels
The station's digital signal is multiplexed :
External links
Full power
WBBM-TV 2 (.1 CBS , .2 Start , .3 Dabl , .4 Fave , .5 Comet )
WMAQ-TV 5 (.1 NBC , .2 Cozi , .3 LX , .4 Oxygen )
WLS-TV 7 (.1 ABC , .2 Localish , .3 Charge! )
WGN-TV 9 (.1 Ind. → CW , .2 ANT , .3 Grit , .4 REW , .5 TBD )
WTTW 11 (.1 PBS , .2 Prime, .3 Create , .4 PBS Kids , .5 World )
WCIU-TV 26 (.1 CW , .2 The U , .3 MeTV , .4 H&I , .5 Story , .6 Catchy , .7 MeTV Toons (soon) )
WFLD 32 (.1 Fox , .2 Movies! , .3 Buzzr , .4 Grio , .5 Fox WX )
WWTO-TV 35 (.1 TBN , .2 Merit , .3 Smile , .4 Positiv )
WCPX-TV 38 (.1 Ion , .2 Bounce , .3 Court , .4 Laff , .5 Defy , .6 Scripps , .7 JTV , 8. HSN )
WSNS-TV 44 (.1 TMD , .2 TXO )
WPWR-TV 50 (.1 MNTV )
WYIN 56 (.1 PBS , .2 NHK )
WTVK 59 (.1 Ads , .2 Grio )
WXFT-DT 60 (.1 UniMás , .2 Mystery , .3 Quest )
WJYS 62 (.1 Ind. , .2 Nest , .3 Charge! , .4 Heartland , .5 QVC , .6 Universal Church, .7 JTV , .8 Comet , .9 HSN , .10 Rel. Ind. )
WGBO-DT 66 (.1 UNI , .2 Nuestra Visión , .3 Get , .4 Crime , .5 Grit )
Low power
WCHU-LD 3 (.1 NewsNet , .2 SNHtv, .3 ShopHQ )
WILC-CD 8 (.1 Daystar , .2 DS Español, .3 Blank)
WOCK-CD 13 (.1 LC , .2 KBC World (Korean ), .3 NTD , .4 CCTV News , .5 CCTV Documentary , .6 SonLife )
WRJK-LD 22 (.1 Diya , .3 Ve Plus , .4 FNX , 5. Ace TV .6 AWE .7 OAN Plus, .8 NewsNet , .9 Fun Roads, .11 HSN , .12 QVC2 )
WWME-CD 23 (.1 MeTV , .2 H&I , .12 Infomercials )
WPVN-CD 24 (.1 VL , .2 LFN, .3 Ind. , .4 The365 , .5 MBC (Korean), .6 Law & Crime , .7 beIN Xtra , .8 MMN)
W31EZ-D 25 (.1 HSN , .2 HSN2, .3 LC , .4 QVC2 , .5 LATV , .6 Almavision , .7 Peace TV (Arabic ) .8 QVC3 , .9 Ads )
WAUR-LD 29 (.1 Ind. )
WLPD-CD 30 (.1 Smile , .2 Inspire )
WRME-LD 33 (.1 JTV , 87.75 FM analog MeTV -FM/oldies audio)
WEDE-CD 34 (.1 MCTV/Ind. , .2 Retro , .3 Gem Shopping Network)
WESV-LD 40 (.1 Estrella )
WMEU-CD 48 (.1 The U , .2 Start , .3 Catchy , .4 MeTV+ )
WDCI-LD 57 (.1 Daystar , .2 DS Español, .3 Blank)
ATSC 3.0 Cable Streaming Defunct Silent
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Illinois Chicago market independent stations Chicago market Spanish stationsChicago market religious stations Other stations
WCHU-LD 3 (NewsNet , Oakwood Hills )
WILC-CD 8 (Daystar , Sugar Grove )
WPXS 13 (Daystar , Mt. Vernon )
W15BU-D 15 (3ABN , Johnston City )
WTJR 16 (CTN , Quincy )
WHOI 19 (TBD , Peoria )
WWME-CD 23 (MeTV , Chicago )
KNLC 24 (MeTV , St. Louis, MO )
WTCT 27 (TCT , Marion )
W29CI-D 29 (3ABN , Salem )
WFBN-LD 33 (H&I DT1, TMD DT2 via WYTU-LD Milwaukee , Rockford )
WLCF-LD 45 (CTN , Decatur )
WBXC-CD 46 (Buzzr , Champaign )
WMWC-TV 53 (TBN , Galesburg )
WTVK 59 (Ads , Peoria )
Defunct