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WMDF-LD (channel 3) is a low-power television station in Miami, Florida, United States. The station is owned by Leonard Slazinski.

History

The station originally gained a permit on 2003, under the name W69EI, originally licensed to Key West, Florida. The station was originally signed on by Paradise TV in 2006 as WGAY-LP. It aired programming catering to the LGBT community (mostly from PrideNation Network of Palm Springs, California), with a selection of original programming and specials, plus movies about or appealing to LGBT culture. Shows included a cartoon known as G-Force Unite, talk show OUTspoken, and a cooking show, The Kenji and Bella Show, featuring a drag queen and a Chilean chef. Paradise TV, owned by the Sherwood family, got the idea after Burt Sherwood, a former NBC News executive and broker of low-power TV station permits, saw that a channel 69 permit for Key West was available; by the time it was on air, the station had been reallocated to channel 41.

However, due to economic troubles, Proud Television closed down sometime in 2008. PrideNation would sell the station to Three Grand TV of Altamonte Springs, which would re-call the station as WMDF-LP.

In January 2012, the station converted to a digital license, as WMDF-LD.

In April 2012, the station would be transferred to Paradise TV of Sarasota, retaining Three Grand TV as a licensee.

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

References

1. "Facility Technical Data for WMDF-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
2. Smith, Doug (April 2003). "TV News". VHF-UHF Digest. p. 8. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Yumpu.
3. Machetta, Jessica (December 9, 2006). "WGAY ready for all viewing audiences". Florida Keys Keynoter. Miami, Florida. p. L'Attitudes 11. Retrieved May 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Rothaus, Steve (December 11, 2006). "The keys to gay TV: Key West's WGAY-TV will be the first over-the-air channel in the nation". The Miami Herald. Miami, Florida. pp. Business Monday 4, 5. Retrieved May 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Straight Talk About WGAY". Sarasota Magazine. March 2007. p. 34. ProQuest 207639520.
6. "Radio-Info: "Gay LP TV Channel", September 4, 2009". Archived from the original on September 10, 2009. Retrieved December 10, 2010.
7. FCC Station Search Details: WMDF-LP
8. "Digital TV Market Listing for WMDF-LD". RabbitEars.info. Retrieved December 17, 2022.

• Independent television stations in the United States
• Low-power television stations in Florida
• Television stations in Miami