WDSF-LD,

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19 ( UHF digital channel 36), is a low-powered Quest- affiliated

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, United States. The station is owned by

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, a television station group based in Sunrise, Florida.

History

The station's construction permit was granted on May 17, 2011 under the callsign W19DS-D. The current WDSF-LD call letters were adopted on December 13, 2013. On December 20, 2013, DTV America announced that WDSF, along with two other stations (

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and

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), would become affiliates of MyNetworkTV, with programming from another service filling slots outside prime-time. While WCZU and KPJO chosen

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, WDSF opted for Doctor TV.“DTV America Launches Four My Net Stations”
DTV America press release. Retrieved February 19, 2015. (

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is currently the Antenna TV affiliate for Central Alabama.) Doctor TV is also seen full-time on subchannel 19.2. This would also be a return of MyNetworkTV to Central Alabama, since WRJM's disaffiliation from the network in 2009. Since then, most Central Alabama cable viewers watched MyNetworkTV via

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affiliate

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. In 2015, the

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became available on a third digital subchannel. It was replaced by

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movie network in December 2015. During that month,

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's full-time schedule on the second subchannel was replaced by

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network. In 2017, the main channel's secondary affiliation was changed to

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(and by 2018, Quest).

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is

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References

External links

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