KDCD-TV

KDCD-TV
Channels
Programming
AffiliationsIndependent station
Ownership
OwnerMidland Telecasting Company
History
First air date
January 1962 (1962-01)
Last air date
October 1974 (1974-10)
Technical information
ERP631 watts[1]
HAAT440 feet (130 m)
Transmitter coordinates31°59′54″N 102°04′30″W / 31.99833°N 102.07500°W / 31.99833; -102.07500
A view of downtown Midland with a 20-story high-rise building toward the background
The Wilco Building (far right) served as KDCD-TV's transmitter site.

KDCD-TV was a television station on ultra high frequency (UHF) channel 18 in Midland, Texas, United States, owned and operated by the Midland Telecasting Company. The station broadcast for three separate periods: briefly in January and February 1962; between June 8, 1969, and March 16, 1971; and from February 2, 1973, to either October 13, October 16, or November 15, 1974, though the construction permit remained on the books into the 1980s. An independent station without network affiliation for its entire run, KDCD-TV had an extremely low effective radiated power from its transmitter atop downtown Midland's Wilco Building. It struggled against a variety of economic headwinds.

  1. ^ "KDCD-TV". Television Factbook. 1972. p. 790-b.