WDPM-DT (channel 18) is a religious television station licensed to Mobile, Alabama, United States, serving southwest Alabama and northwest Florida. The station is owned by the Daystar Television Network. WDPM-DT's transmitter is located near Robertsdale, Alabama.
History The station signed on after the analog signal of PBS member station WSRE (channel 23) signed off for the last time on February 17, 2009.
Since the "channel 23.1" series of virtual channel designations already identifies the existing PBS station's digital subchannels, this numbering sequence would not be available to the new station. According to the ATSC standard, WDPM-DT's channel numbers would therefore need to be displayed using numbering based on WSRE's digital channel number, 31.ATSC standard A/65C , Annex 'B', Advanced Television Systems Committee, May 2006. From sign-on until February 2010, the station displayed as channel 4.1, which is considered a violation of these standards.
Subchannels The station's signal is multiplexed: +Subchannels of WDPM-DTRabbitEars TV Query for WDPM Channel Res. Short name Programming 18.1 1080i WDPM-DT Daystar 18.2 720p WDPM-ES Daystar Español 18.3 480i WDPM-SD Daystar Reflections
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