WDTN

WDTN
Channels
Branding2 News
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
WBDT
History
FoundedApril 4, 1947 (1947-04-04)[1]
First air date
March 15, 1949
(75 years ago)
 (1949-03-15)
Former call signs
WLWD (1949–1976)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 5 (VHF, 1949–1953), 2 (VHF, 1953–2009)
  • Digital: 50 (UHF, 2000–2019)
  • NBC (1949−1980)
  • DuMont (secondary, 1949–1955)
  • ABC (secondary 1949–1971, primary 1980–2004)
Call sign meaning
Dayton
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID65690
ERP1,000 kW
HAAT330 m (1,083 ft)
Transmitter coordinates39°43′8″N 84°15′21.1″W / 39.71889°N 84.255861°W / 39.71889; -84.255861[3]
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.wdtn.com

WDTN (channel 2) is a television station in Dayton, Ohio, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group, which provides certain services to Springfield, Ohio–licensed WBDT (channel 26), a de facto owned-and-operated station of The CW, under a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Vaughan Media. The two stations share studios on South Dixie Drive in Moraine, Ohio.

WDTN's transmitter facility is located off Frytown Road in an exclave of Jefferson Township surrounded by the southwest Dayton neighborhoods of Germantown Meadow, Highview Hills and Stoney Ridge; through a channel sharing agreement, it shares its digital channel with WBDT, along with unrelated Richmond, Indiana–licensed Ion Television O&O WKOI-TV (channel 43).

  1. ^ "Crosley is awarded third television CP." Broadcasting - Telecasting, April 14, 1947, pg. 80.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WDTN". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ "Licensing and Management System". enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov. Retrieved November 25, 2022.