WGDV-LD (channel 32) is a
low-power television station
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in
Salisbury, Maryland
Salisbury ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Wicomico County, Maryland, United States. Salisbury is the largest city in Eastern Shore of Maryland, the state's Eastern Shore region, with a population of 33,050 at the 2020 United States census ...
, United States, affiliated with
WeatherNation TV
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. It is owned by the locally-based
Marquee Broadcasting
Marquee Broadcasting, Inc. is an American broadcasting company that owns several television stations in the United States.
History
Marquee began in 2013 when its owners, Brian and Patricia Lane, announced its intent to acquire WMDT and its re ...
alongside
ABC
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* American Broadcasting Company, a commercial American ...
affiliate and company
flagship
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WMDT
WMDT (channel 47) is a television station in Salisbury, Maryland, United States, affiliated with ABC and The CW Plus. It is the flagship television property of locally based Marquee Broadcasting, and has common ownership with low-power Weath ...
(channel 47). The two stations share studios on West Main Street (
mailing
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address is Downtown Plaza) in Salisbury; WGDV-LD's transmitter is located in rural
Wicomico County
Wicomico County ( ) is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Maryland, on the Delmarva Peninsula. As of the 2020 census, the population was 103,588. The county seat is Salisbury. The county was named for the Wicomico ...
northeast of
Mardela Springs.
WGDV was affiliated with the Spanish-language
Azteca América
Azteca América (, sometimes shortened to Azteca) was an American Spanish-language free-to-air television network owned by INNOVATE Corp., which acquired the network from the Azteca International Corporation subsidiary of TV Azteca.
Headquar ...
network until its closure on December 31, 2022.
MeTV
MeTV, an acronym for Memorable Entertainment Television, is an American broadcast television network owned by Weigel Broadcasting. Marketed as "The Definitive Destination for Classic TV", the network airs a variety of classic television progra ...
programing replaced Azteca América programming until WGDV became a WeatherNation TV affiliate in 2024.
Subchannels
The station's signal is
multiplexed
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:
References
2016 establishments in Maryland
Bounce TV affiliates
Court TV affiliates
Grit (TV network) affiliates
Heroes & Icons affiliates
Ion Mystery affiliates
Laff (TV network) affiliates
GDV
Marquee Broadcasting
Television channels and stations established in 2016
GDV-LD
WeatherNation TV affiliates
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