WPDS-LD

WPDS-LD

Largo, Florida United States
Channels	Digital: 14 (UHF) Virtual: 14
Branding	PDS-TV 14
Programming
Affiliations	Educational Independent
Ownership
Owner	Pinellas County Schools
History
Founded	early-1980s (as a cable-only station) 1990 (official sign-on)
Former call signs	W14AW (1988-1996) WPDS-LP (1996-2009)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 14 (UHF, 1988-2009)
Call sign meaning	W Pinellas District Schools
Technical information
Facility ID	52648
ERP	19.7 kW
Links
Website	www.pcsb.org/wpdstv

WPDS-LD, virtual and UHF digital channel 14, is a low-powered educational independent television station licensed to Largo, Florida, United States. The station is owned by Pinellas County Schools of Pinellas County, Florida.

WPDS can also be seen in Pinellas County on cable channel 14 on WOW! systems, and digital channel 614 on Spectrum.

While the station is owned by Pinellas County Schools, the station's call letters are named after "Pinellas District Schools", which is the name used on public school buses in Pinellas County. All public school buses in Florida are named similarly.

The station's studios and transmitters are located at the School Board headquarters in downtown Largo.

History[]

The station had its start in the early 1980s as a cable-only channel. In 1990, it opened a low-powered UHF channel on channel 14, to reach viewers without cable service. Initially W14AW, it changed its call letters to WPDS-LP in 1996. The station transitioned to digital in late 2009 as WPDS-LD, using the same transmitter location and wattage.

The WPDS call letters were originally used in the Tampa Bay area in the early-1980s by easy-listening radio station WPDS-FM ("Paradise 93", now WFLZ-FM). It was later used in Indianapolis from 1984 to 1985 as the first call letters of present-day Fox affiliate, WXIN.

Digital television[]

Digital channels[]

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• WPDS in the FCC TV station database