WRDE-LD

WRDE-LD

Salisbury, Maryland United States
Channels	Digital: 26 (UHF) Virtual: 31
Branding	CoastTV MyCozi TV (on LD2)
Programming
Affiliations	31.1: NBC 42.2: Telemundo for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Draper Holdings Business Trust (WBOC, Inc.)
Sister stations	TV: WBOC-TV, WBOC-LD Radio: WBOC-FM, WCEM-FM, WTDK, WCEM, WAAI, WZBH, WGBG-FM, WRDE-FM [1]
History
First air date	May 5, 2004; 20 years ago (2004-05-05) (in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware; license moved to Salisbury in 2019)
Former call signs	W59DZ (2004–2005) WRDE-LP (2005–2009)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 59 (UHF, 2004–2009) Digital: 31 (UHF, 2007–2019)
Former affiliations	UATV (2004–2006) America One (2006–2007) MyNetworkTV (2007–2014, now on LD2) RTV (secondary, 2007–January 2014) Cozi TV (secondary, c. January–June 2014, now on LD2)
Call sign meaning	Rehoboth Beach, Delaware (former city of license)
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	168021
Class	LD
ERP	15 kW
HAAT	248.5 m (815 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	38°30′18″N 75°38′36″W / 38.50500°N 75.64333°W / 38.50500; -75.64333
Translator(s)	WRUE-LD 19 (UHF) Salisbury (Pocomoke City, MD) WSJZ-LD 34 (UHF) Salisbury (Long Neck, DE) WBOC-LD 22 (UHF) Cambridge (Laurel, DE)
Links
Public license information	LMS
Website	www.wrde.com

WRDE-LD (channel 31) is a low-power television station in Salisbury, Maryland, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by the Draper Holdings Business Trust alongside dual CBS and Fox affiliate WBOC-TV (channel 16), and low-power Cambridge-licensed Telemundo affiliate WBOC-LD (channel 42). WRDE-LD's news department is located on The Square in Milton, Delaware, though technical functions and most internal operations are based at WBOC-TV's studio on North Salisbury Boulevard in Salisbury. WRDE-LD's transmitter is located in Laurel, Delaware. WRDE-LD's programming is repeated on Salisbury-licensed WRUE-LD (channel 19), with transmitter near Pocomoke City, Maryland.