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WHDT, virtual channel 9 (UHF digital channel 42), is an independent television station located in Stuart, Florida, United States. The station is owned by Günter Marksteiner. WHDT maintains studio facilities located on Southeast Waaler Street in Stuart, and its transmitter is located in Wellington. The station's programming is simulcast on translator station WHDT-LD, virtual channel 3 (UHF digital channel 38), in Boston, Massachusetts (with transmitter facilities located in the Government Center district in downtown Boston), and on WHDN-CD, virtual channel 9 (UHF digital channel 26), in Naples. On cable, WHDT is available on: AT&T U-verse channel 44 in standard definition and channel 1044 in high definition; DIRECTV channel 59 in standard definition and high definition; DISH Network channel 9 (transponder 8877) in standard definition and digital channel 9-00 (transponder 5186) in high definition; Comcast channel 16, 17 in standard definition and channel 438 in high definition in West Palm Beach; Home Town Cable channel 7 in standard definition and channel 307 in high definition West Palm Beach. ==History== The station was founded on May 25, 2000; 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 signal.〔(FCC GRANTS “MUST CARRY” STATUS TO DIGITAL-ONLY TV STATION ), ''Federal Communications Commission'', January 19, 2001.〕 On June 1, 2001, the station conducted the first over-the-air broadcast using a progressive high definition format operating at 720p/60 fps, with custom-designed 35 mm frame-transfer cameras. WHDT established the legal precedent requiring local cable 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 feeds carried on cable providers under the FCC's digital "must-carry" rules. The station originally operated as the first broadcast partner of the Deutsche Welle World Television Service. WHDT is one of three stations operated by WHDT World Television (DE), a business unit of Marksteiner AG. The station's two translators, WHDT-CD in Miami (now WLPH-CD) and WHDT-LD in Boston are notable as those stations were the first and second digital translators to be authorized by the FCC. WHDT-CD has a longer history than its full-power cousin. The station was first licensed as W25AL on September 21, 1987. In 1989, it was moved to Coral Springs as W55BO, which functioned as a translator of Miami CBS owned-and-operated station WCIX (channel 6, now WFOR-TV on channel 4). 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 and began digital translator operations for WHDT in December 2001. In January 2014, the call sign was changed to WLPH-CD, and in March, the station was sold to LocusPoint Networks.〔(), ''TVNewsCheck'', July 9, 2014.〕 In August 2010, WHDT became the first high definition affiliate of the Retro Television Network. The network's classic television programming was aired up-converted to 16:9 HD format as opposed to being remastered from the original film masters. On October 27, 2011, WHDT announced that it would disaffiliate from RTV and begin carrying programming from WeatherNation TV; it switched to WeatherNation on the weekend of October 29.〔(WHDT Drops RTV For WeatherNation ), ''TVNewsCheck'', October 27, 2011.〕 On June 15, 2012, WHDT launched The Auto Channel (TACH-TV), a full high definition broadcast service dedicated to automobile enthusiasts,.〔(), ''The Auto Channel Launches TACH-TV Broadcast Television Network'', June 15, 2012.〕 TACH-TV airs on WHDT on Monday to Friday from 8 pm to 11 pm ET. WHDT is the first broadcast affiliate of The Auto Channel network. On July 13, 2015, WHDT launched SonLife Broadcasting Network (SBN), the Christian television network of Jimmy Swaggart Ministries. SBN airs on WHDT from midnight until 4 pm ET. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「WHDT」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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