WDHS

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WDHS
Iron Mountain/Marquette, Michigan
United States
CityIron Mountain, Michigan
ChannelsDigital: 8 (VHF)
Virtual: 8
Programming
AffiliationsDefunct
Ownership
OwnerWithers Broadcasting Companies
(Estate of W. Russell Withers, Jr., Dana R. Withers, Executor)
WDTV
History
First air date
July 31, 1989; 32 years ago (1989-07-31)
Last air date
November 19, 2015; 6 years ago (2015-11-19)
(date of license cancellation)
Former call signs
WIIM-TV (1986–1992)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
8 (VHF, 1989–2009)
Digital:
22 (UHF, 2000–2009)
TBN (1990s)
EWTN (2006)
Call sign meaning
Deliverance
Healing
Salvation
(station formerly broadcast religious programming)
Technical information
Facility ID15498
ERP22 kW
HAAT171 m (561 ft)
Transmitter coordinates45°49′10″N 88°2′35″W / 45.81944°N 88.04306°W / 45.81944; -88.04306

WDHS, virtual and VHF digital channel 8, was a television station licensed to Iron Mountain, Michigan, United States, which served the Central and Western Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The station was owned by Withers Broadcasting Companies, along with WDTV in Weston–Clarksburg, West Virginia. WDHS' transmitter was located on East B Street in Iron Mountain.

The station was dark for much of its history;[1] it came on the air only for a short period on an annual basis merely as a way to keep its Federal Communications Commission (FCC) license active. The WDHS license was canceled on November 19, 2015, months after an FCC policy change negated the "once per year broadcast" method of retaining a station license which had been exploited in the radio industry to "warehouse" prominent call letters in small markets, along with television broadcasters holding out for sales partners.[2][3]

When WDHS was on the air, it theoretically could serve parts of Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Marquette and Menominee counties in Michigan, and Florence, Forest, Langlade, Marinette, Oconto, Oneida and Vilas counties in Wisconsin. Most likely, it only broadcast at a low power to save electricity and fulfill the legal fiction of maintaining the license.

References[]

  1. ^ "Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. April 19, 2010. Retrieved April 20, 2010.
  2. ^ "Station Search Details (DDWDHS)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
  3. ^ Sashkin, Davina (22 July 2015). "Audio Overkill: New AM and FM Licenses Conditioned on Continuous Operation". CommLaw Blog. Retrieved 24 July 2015.

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