WKDH
Encyclopedia
WKDH is the ABC
-affiliated television station
for Northern Mississippi
and Northwestern Alabama
licensed to Houston, Mississippi
. It broadcasts a high definition
digital signal on UHF channel 45 from a transmitter on County Road
70 in Woodland, Mississippi
. The station can also be seen on Comcast
channel 7 and Cable One
channel 12. There is a high definition feed provided on Cable One digital channel 455 and Comcast digital channel 1007. Locally-owned, WKDH is operated by NBC
affiliate WTVA
through a local marketing agreement
(LMA). The two outlets share studios with Fox affiliate WLOV-TV
on County Road
681 in Saltillo, Mississippi
. Syndicated
programming on this station includes Frasier
, Entertainment Tonight
, The Insider
, and Access Hollywood
among others.
as the forth commercial
station in the market
. It has been affiliated with ABC since the very beginning but is actually the area's second outlet with the network. Until October 10, 1995, WVSB-TV (now WLOV-TV) was the region's original ABC affiliate. That station switched to Fox leaving Northeastern Mississippi and Northwestern Alabama
without a local affiliate until the launch of WKDH. During this period, cable
systems in the area piped in WPTY-TV
from Memphis, Tennessee
or WCFT-TV
from Tuscaloosa, Alabama
.
On January 26, 2007 at 5 in the morning, WKDH "flash-cut
" its analog signal to digital on UHF channel 45 becoming the first outlet in the market to make the transition. Currently, WKDH does not offer any WTVA-produced newscasts and largely serves as a "pass-through" for automated network and syndicated programming. However, it does offer a second airing of three public affairs
shows produced by WTVA: West Point of View and Community Edition (both hosted by Stan Allen) as well as Focus (hosted by Managing Editor
Terry Smith).
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
-affiliated television station
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
for Northern Mississippi
Mississippi
Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi...
and Northwestern Alabama
Northwest Alabama
Northwest Alabama is a subdivision of the North Alabama region, and includes the cities of Decatur, Florence, Russellvile, and their surrounding areas in the state of Alabama. The county inclusion varies, usually only consisting of the Decatur Metropolitan Area and Florence-Muscle Shoals...
licensed to Houston, Mississippi
Houston, Mississippi
Houston is a city in and one of two county seats of Chickasaw County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 4,079 at the 2000 census. The land on which Houston, MS resides was donated to the city by Judge Joel Pinson on the condition that it would be named for Sam Houston, a childhood...
. It broadcasts a high definition
High-definition television
High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...
digital signal on UHF channel 45 from a transmitter on County Road
Chickasaw County, Mississippi
-National protected areas:* Natchez Trace Parkway * Tombigbee National Forest -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 19,440 people, 7,253 households, and 5,287 families residing in the county. The population density was 39 people per square mile . There were 7,981 housing units at an...
70 in Woodland, Mississippi
Woodland, Mississippi
Woodland is a village in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 159 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Woodland is located at ....
. The station can also be seen on Comcast
Comcast
Comcast Corporation is the largest cable operator, home Internet service provider, and fourth largest home telephone service provider in the United States, providing cable television, broadband Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers in 39 states and the...
channel 7 and Cable One
Cable One
Cable ONE is a United States cable service provider and subsidiary of The Washington Post Company, functioning as its own self-contained corporation within its parent company. The company's name and current focus dates back to 1997; prior to that time the company was known as Post-Newsweek Cable...
channel 12. There is a high definition feed provided on Cable One digital channel 455 and Comcast digital channel 1007. Locally-owned, WKDH is operated by NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
affiliate WTVA
WTVA
WTVA is the NBC-affiliated television station for Northern Mississippi and Northwestern Alabama licensed to Tupelo, Mississippi. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 8 from a transmitter on County Road 70 in Woodland, Mississippi. The station can also be seen on Cable One...
through a local marketing agreement
Local marketing agreement
In U.S. and Canadian broadcasting, a local marketing agreement is an agreement in which one company agrees to operate a radio or television station owned by another licensee...
(LMA). The two outlets share studios with Fox affiliate WLOV-TV
WLOV-TV
WLOV-TV is the Fox-affiliated television station for Northern Mississippi and portions of West Alabama licensed to West Point, Mississippi. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 16 from a transmitter on County Road 70 in Woodland, Mississippi. The station can also be seen...
on County Road
Lee County, Mississippi
-National protected areas:* Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site* Natchez Trace Parkway * Tupelo National Battlefield-History:On September 20, 1816, General Andrew Jackson, David Meriwether, and the Chickasaw Nation signed the Treaty of Chickasaw Council House in Lee County.Lee County was...
681 in Saltillo, Mississippi
Saltillo, Mississippi
Saltillo is a town in Lee County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 3,393 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Saltillo is located at ....
. Syndicated
Television syndication
In broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast radio shows and television shows by multiple radio stations and television stations, without going through a broadcast network, though the process of syndication may conjure up structures like those of a network itself, by its very...
programming on this station includes Frasier
Frasier
Frasier is an American sitcom that was broadcast on NBC for eleven seasons, from September 16, 1993, to May 13, 2004. The program was created and produced by David Angell, Peter Casey, and David Lee in association with Grammnet and Paramount Network Television.A spin-off of Cheers, Frasier stars...
, Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight is a daily tabloid television entertainment television news show that is syndicated by CBS Television Distribution throughout the United States, Canada and in many countries around the world. Linda Bell Blue is currently the program's executive producer...
, The Insider
The Insider (TV series)
The Insider is an American tabloid television news program covering events and celebrities. It debuted on September 13, 2004 as a spinoff of Entertainment Tonight and started as a popular segment that took viewers "behind closed doors" and gave them "inside" information...
, and Access Hollywood
Access Hollywood
Access Hollywood is a weekday television entertainment news program covering events and celebrities in the entertainment industry. It was created by former Entertainment Tonight executive producer Jim Van Messel, and is currently directed by Robert Silverstein. In previous years, Doug Dougherty and...
among others.
History
The station signed-on June 18, 20012001 in television
The year 2001 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 2001.-Events:-Debuts:-1940s:*Meet the Press .*Candid Camera .*CBS Evening News ....
as the forth commercial
Commercial broadcasting
Commercial broadcasting is the broadcasting of television programs and radio programming by privately owned corporate media, as opposed to state sponsorship...
station in the market
Media market
A media market, broadcast market, media region, designated market area , Television Market Area , or simply market is a region where the population can receive the same television and radio station offerings, and may also include other types of media including newspapers and Internet content...
. It has been affiliated with ABC since the very beginning but is actually the area's second outlet with the network. Until October 10, 1995, WVSB-TV (now WLOV-TV) was the region's original ABC affiliate. That station switched to Fox leaving Northeastern Mississippi and Northwestern Alabama
Alabama
Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...
without a local affiliate until the launch of WKDH. During this period, cable
Cable television
Cable television is a system of providing television programs to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through coaxial cables or digital light pulses through fixed optical fibers located on the subscriber's property, much like the over-the-air method used in traditional...
systems in the area piped in WPTY-TV
WPTY-TV
WPTY-TV is the ABC-affiliated television station for west Tennessee that is licensed to Memphis. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 25 from a transmitter in the Brunswick section of Arlington. Owned by Newport Television, the station is sister to CW affiliate WLMT and Fox...
from Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....
or WCFT-TV
WBMA-LP
WBMA-LD, channel 58, is the ABC television affiliate for Birmingham and central Alabama. Its transmitter is located in Birmingham, while its studio is in Hoover, a suburb of Birmingham....
from Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Tuscaloosa is a city in and the seat of Tuscaloosa County in west central Alabama . Located on the Black Warrior River, it is the fifth-largest city in Alabama, with a population of 90,468 in 2010...
.
On January 26, 2007 at 5 in the morning, WKDH "flash-cut
Flash-cut
A flash-cut, also called flash-cutover, is an immediate change in a complex system, with no phase-in period.Some telephone area codes were split immediately, rather than being phased in with a permissive dialing period. An example is telephone area code 213, which was split into 213 and 714 all at...
" its analog signal to digital on UHF channel 45 becoming the first outlet in the market to make the transition. Currently, WKDH does not offer any WTVA-produced newscasts and largely serves as a "pass-through" for automated network and syndicated programming. However, it does offer a second airing of three public affairs
Public affairs (broadcasting)
Public affairs, a broadcasting industry term, refers to television programs which focuses on matters of politics and public policy. Among commercial broadcasters, such programs are often only to satisfy Federal Communications Commission regulatory expectations and are not scheduled in prime time...
shows produced by WTVA: West Point of View and Community Edition (both hosted by Stan Allen) as well as Focus (hosted by Managing Editor
Managing editor
A managing editor is a senior member of a publication's management team.In the United States, a managing editor oversees and coordinates the publication's editorial activities...
Terry Smith).