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| Ownership | |
| Owner | Marquee Broadcasting, Inc. |
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| History | |
First air date | April 11, 1980 |
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Call sign meaning | Maryland / Delaware Television[a] |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 16455 |
| ERP | 246 kW |
| HAAT | 307 m (1,007 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 38°30′6.4″N 75°44′7.4″W / 38.501778°N 75.735389°W |
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| Website | www |
WMDT (channel 47) is a television station in Salisbury, Maryland, United States, affiliated with ABC and The CW Plus. It is the flagship television property of locally based Marquee Broadcasting, and has common ownership with low-power WeatherNation TV affiliate WGDV-LD (channel 32). The two stations share studios on West Main Street (mailing address is Downtown Plaza) in Salisbury; WMDT's transmitter is located in Wicomico County northeast of Mardela Springs.
WMDT was the second commercial station to serve the Delmarva Peninsula, signing on in April 1980. It struggled financially and was placed in court-appointed receivership less than 18 months after beginning broadcasting. From 1982 to 2013, it was owned by the Brechner family. Marquee Broadcasting acquired WMDT in 2013 as its first TV station property. In local news ratings, WMDT has long been a distant second-place station to WBOC-TV.
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