WEDE-CD
Television station in Illinois, United States
WEDE-CD (channel 34), branded on-air as MCTV , is a low-power , Class A religious independent television station licensed to Arlington Heights, Illinois , United States, serving the Chicago area. The station is owned by First United, Inc. 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 changed to W34CK. The station received Class A status with their new call letters as WEDE-CA in 2005. Channel 34 was once an affiliate of FamilyNet while also airing some religious programming and infomercials . Around 2008, its programming began to be simulcast 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 obligated at the time to convert to digital. In the summer of 2014, WEDE-CA turned off its 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.
Subchannels
The station's digital signal is multiplexed :
References
Full power
WBBM-TV 2 (.1 CBS , .2 Start , .3 Dabl , .4 Fave , .5 Comet )
WMAQ-TV 5 (.1 NBC , .2 Cozi , .3 AmCrimes , .4 Oxygen )
WLS-TV 7 (.1 ABC , .2 Localish , .3 Charge! )
WGN-TV 9 (.1 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 Ind. , .2 The U Too , .3 MeTV , .4 H&I , .5 Story , .6 Catchy , .7 MeToons )
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 Ion+ , .6 Grit , .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 ShopHQ , .2 SonLife , .3 Ads , .4 Binge)
WXFT-DT 60 (.1 UniMás , .2 Mystery , .3 Quest )
WJYS 62 (.1 Ind. )
WGBO-DT 66 (.1 UNI , .3 Get , .4 Crime , .5 Grit , .6 Retro )
Low power
WCHU-LD 3 (.1/.3 HQ , .2 Fun Roads, .4 Ace , .5 OAN Plus , .6 AWE , .7 Ads )
WOCK-CD 13 (.1 LC , .2 KBC World (Korean ), .3 NTD , .4 CCTV Documentary , .5 CCTV News , .6 SonLife )
WRJK-LD 22 (.1 Diya , .3 Novelisima , .4 FNX , .5 Ace , .6 AWE , .7 OAN Plus , .8 WISH-TV News , .9 Fun Roads, .11 HSN , .12 QVC2 )
WWME-CD 23 (.1 MeTV , .2 H&I , .12 Infomercials )
WPVN-CD 24 (.1 VL , .2 beIN Xtra , .3 Ind. , .4 The365 , .5 MBC (Korean), .6 Defy , .7 Timeless TV, .8 Outlaw , .9 L&C )
W31EZ-D 25 (.1 Almavision , .2 Salem News , .3 LC , .4 Defy , .5 LATV )
WAUR-LD 29 (.1 YTA )
WLPD-CD 30 (.1 Smile , .2 Inspire )
WSPY-LD 31 (.1 YTA , .2 [blank] )
WRME-LD 33 (.1 JTV , 87.75 FM analog MeTV -FM/oldies audio)
WEDE-CD 34 (.1/.3 MCTV/Ind. )
WESV-LD 40 (.1 Estrella , .2 Nosey, .3 Confess)
WMEU-CD 48 (.1 The U Too , .2 Start , .3 Catchy , .4 MeTV+ , .5 HEVCp)
WDCI-LD 57 / WILC-CD 8 (.1 Daystar , .2 DS Español, .3 Reflections)
ATSC 1.1 MPEG-4 (converter required for older sets) ATSC 3.0 Cable Streaming Defunct Silent
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Defunct