WHDT
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| WHDT | |
|---|---|
| Miami/West Palm Beach, FL | |
| Branding | Anime 9 Shinnomundo Miami/West Palm Beach Asahi Miami/West Palm Beach |
| Analog channel | 9 (VHF) |
| Digital channel | 9 (VHF) |
| Affiliations | 9.1 Anime National/CMXtv/The Dojo Network 9.2 Shinnomundo 9.3 AsahiVision 9.4 WeatherNation 9.5 KinTV(Summer 2012) 9.6 Animovie 9.7 Anivision 9.8 ON-ANIME 9.9 TACH-TV |
| Owner | Anime National Stations |
| Founded | September 15, 1949 |
| Call letters meaning | H igh D efinition T elevision |
| Former affiliations | Deutse Welle, RTV, WeatherNation, |
WHDT is an Anime National affiliate full service television station broadcasting in the West Palm Beach, Miami and Boston television markets. Founded May 25, 2000, the station is licensed to Stuart, Florida and is authorized to broadcast on RF channel 42 (virtual channel 9) from a 1,500-foot (460 m) tower in Wellington, Florida, and on RF channel 44 (virtual channel 9) from a 1,000-foot (300 m) tower in North Miami. The station's programming is available to 6 million viewers from South Beach to Sebastian, and to 2 million viewers in Boston via co-owned station WHDN-LD, which broadcasts on RF channel 38 (virtual channel 6) from the Government Center district in downtown Boston.
WHDT is temporarily broadcasting at reduced power on RF channel 44 (virtual channel 9) from Palm City under Special Temporary Authority of the Federal Communications Commission.
WHDT is carried on cable TV channels 9 (SD) and 1009 (HD) by AT&T, on cable channels 17 (SD) and 438 (HD) in West Palm Beach by Comcast, and on satellite channel 44 (SD) in West Palm Beach by DIRECTV. In its Second Report and Order, Memorandum Opinion and Order and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, released March 27, 2008, DISH Network was ordered to carry WHDT by the Federal Communications Commission. To date, DISH Network has failed to comply with the Order and WHDT is not available to DISH Network subscribers.
WHDT became the first digital television station in the United States following a ruling by the Federal Communications Commission that the station could provide primary over-the-air service using only a digital TV signal. On June 1, 2001, the station conducted the first over-the-air broadcast using progressive HDTV format 720p/60 with custom-designed 24 mm frame-transfer cameras.
WHDT established the legal precedent requiring local cable TV systems to carry the primary programming of all digital television stations in both high definition format and in standard definition analog format. It is the first television station to have its high definition and standard definition signal carried on local cable TV under the FCC's digital "must-carry" rules.
WHDT was the first broadcast partner of the Deutsche Welle world television service. The station produces high definition content for syndication and for broadcast. Its programming includes: fashion and lifestyle, live evening news analysis, world reportage, documentaries, indie films, classical music concerts, equestrian sports, motorsport, aviation, fishing, cooking, travel and cultural shows. WHDT is one of six stations operated by MIG Broadcast Group, Inc. (NH), a business unit of Marksteiner AG.
Digital translator stations, WHDT-LD Miami and WHDN-LD Boston are notable because they are the first and second digital translators to be authorized by the FCC. WHDT-LD has a longer history than its full-power cousin. On September 21, 1987, the station was first licensed as W25AL. In 1989, it was moved to Coral Springs as W55BO where it functioned as a translator for CBS station WCIX in Miami. Ownership of the station was transferred to Günter Marksteiner in 1996. The station continued to carry a full schedule of CBS programming until 1997 when it was relocated to North Miami, Florida and began digital translator operations for WHDT-DT in December 2001.
In August 2010, WHDT made the claim of being the first high definition affiliate of the Retro Television Network. However, none of the network's classic television programming is aired in HD or remastered from film masters for HD presentation, and only current day programming such as outdoors and automotive programming from RTV sister network Tuff TV on weekends actually airs in HD.
On October 27, 2011, it was announced that WHDT would disaffiliate from RTV and would begin carrying programming from the Weather Nation television network effective the weekend of October 29.[1] The network maintains a fully high definition schedule of CMXtv outside of paid programming.
The station also plans to carry KinTV. WHDT added the Auto Channel on Digital channel 9.9.
