WBDT

26.1: The CW
26.2: Bounce TV

WBDT
Springfield–Dayton, Ohio; United States;
City	Springfield, Ohio
Channels	Digital: 31 (UHF), shared with WDTN and WKOI-TV; Virtual: 26;
Branding	Dayton's CW; 2 News
Programming
Affiliations	26.1: The CW; 26.2: Bounce TV;
Ownership
Owner	Vaughan Media; (WBDT Television, LLC);
Operator	Nexstar Media Group
Sister stations	WDTN
History
First air date	September 7, 1980; (44 years ago)
Former call signs	WTJC (1980–1998); WDPX (1998–1999);
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 26 (UHF, 1980–2009); Digital: 18 (UHF, until 2009), 26 (UHF, 2009–2018), 50 (UHF, 2018–2019);
Former affiliations	Independent (1980–1998); Pax (primary 1998–1999, secondary 1999–2004); The WB (1999–2006);
Call sign meaning	"The WB, Dayton"
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	70138
ERP	1,000 kW
HAAT	330 m (1,083 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	39°43′8″N 84°15′21.1″W / 39.71889°N 84.255861°W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	www.wdtn.com/daytons-cw

WBDT (channel 26) is a television station licensed to Springfield, Ohio, United States, serving the Dayton area as a de facto owned-and-operated station of The CW. It is owned by Vaughan Media, which maintains a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Nexstar Media Group, owner of NBC affiliate WDTN (channel 2) and majority owner of The CW, for the provision of certain services. The two stations share studios on South Dixie Drive in Moraine, Ohio. Through a channel sharing agreement, WBDT, along with Richmond, Indiana–licensed Ion Television O&O WKOI-TV (channel 43), share WDTN's digital channel from WDTN's transmitter facility on Frytown Road in southwest Dayton.

WBDT serves as the default CW affiliate for the Lima market, which had been served by cable-only affiliate West Central Ohio CW until early 2010.