Television station in Illinois, United States
WEDE-CD Channels Digital : 28 (UHF )Virtual : 34Branding MCTV Affiliations Owner First United, Inc. Founded November 30, 1999; 22 years ago (1999-11-30 ) 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 :
Channel
Video
Aspect
Short name
Programming
34.1
480i
4:3
WEDE
MCTV
34.2
Retro
Retro TV
34.3
Gem
Gem Shopping Network
External links [ ]
WEDE in the FCC TV station database
Full power
WBBM-TV 2 (.1 CBS , .2 Start , .3 Dabl , .4 Fave )
WMAQ-TV 5 (.1 NBC , .2 Cozi , .3 Lx )
WLS-TV 7 (.1 ABC , .2 Localish , .3 This )
WGN-TV 9 (.1 Ind. , .2 ANT , .3 Court TV , .4 Rewind , .5 TBD )
WTTW 11 (.1 PBS , .2 Prime, .3 Create /World , .4 PBS Kids )
WYCC 20 (.1 FNX )
WCIU-TV 26 (.1 CW , .2 The U , .3 MeTV , .4 H&I , .5 MeTV+ , .6 Decades )
WFLD 32 (.1 Fox , .2 Movies! , .3 Buzzr , .4 Grio )
WWTO-TV 35 (.1 TBN , .2 Smile , .3 Enlace , .4 Positiv )
WCPX-TV 38 (.1 Ion , .2 Bounce , .3 Court TV , .4 Laff , .5 Defy , .6 TrueReal , .7 Newsy )
WSNS-TV 44 (.1 TMD , .2 TXO )
WPWR-TV 50 (.1 MNTV )
WYIN 56 (.1 PBS , .2 NHK )
WAOE 59 (.1 Ads , .2 Grio , .3 VPOD )
WXFT-DT 60 (.1 UniMás , .2 Mystery , .3 Quest )
WJYS 62 (.1 Ind. , .2 Stadium , .3 Charge! , .4 Heartland , .5 QVC , .6 Canal de la Fe, .7 JTV , .8 Comet , .9 HSN , .10 Rel. ind. )
WGBO-DT 66 (.1 UNI , .2 Laff , .3 getTV , .4 Crime , .5 Grit , .6 Twist )
Low power
WOCK-CD 13 (.1 LC , .2 KBC World (Korean ), .3 NTD , .4 CCTV News , .5 CCTV Documentary , .6 SonLife )
WODN-LD 13 (DW (German /Spanish/English))
WRJK-LP 22 (.1 Diya , .2 Ads , .3 This , .4 FNX , .5 Comet , .6 NewsNet , .7 SSN , .8 FaithUSA)
WWME-CD 23 (.1 MeTV , .2 H&I )
WPVN-CD 24 (.1 Azteca , .2 beIN Xtra , .3 Ads , .4 Polvision (Polish )), .5 MBC (Korean), .6 Win TV)
W31EZ-D 25 (.1 HSN , .2 HSN2, .3 LC , .4 QVC2 , .5 LATV , .6 Almavision , .7 Peace TV (Arabic ) .8 QVC3 , .9 Ads )
(.1 Ind. )
WLPD-CD 30 (.1 Inspire )
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 CBS , .4 Decades )
WDCI-LD 57 (.1 Daystar )
WCHU-LD / W27EB-D 59 (.1 Ads , .2 Grio , .3 VPOD )
ATSC 3.0 Cable Streaming Defunct Silent
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