WDVB-CD (channel 23) is a low-power, Class A TBN Inspire owned-and-operated television station licensedtoEdison, New Jersey, United States, and serving the New York City television market. Owned by the Tustin, California–based Trinity Broadcasting Network, it is sistertoJersey City, New Jersey–licensed TBN owned-and-operated station WTBY-TV (channel 54). The two stations share studios on East 15th Street in the Union Square neighborhood in Manhattan and transmitter facilities at the Empire State Building.
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| City | Edison, New Jersey |
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First air date | March 1991 (33 years ago) (1991-03) |
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Call sign meaning | Deepak Viswanath Broadcasting (referring to previous owner) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 168834 |
| Class | CD |
| ERP | 15 kW |
| HAAT | 300.3 m (985.2 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°44′54″N 73°59′9″W / 40.74833°N 73.98583°W / 40.74833; -73.98583 |
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This station signed on over UHF channel 36 with the alphanumeric call sign W36AS in March 1991. The station aired Asian independent programming. In 2004, it became an affiliateofImaginAsian and dropped the independent format. On January 4, 2005, the station vacated channel 36 to avoid causing interference to full-power WNJU Linden, which was assigned channel 36 for its DTV operations. The station moved to channel 39, and was assigned alphanumeric call sign W39CQ. The station requested and was granted Class A status. On February 16, 2005, the call sign was changed to WDVB-CA. In early 2010, ImaginAsian was dropped. With no programming immediately available to replace it, WDVB-CA was only airing a color bars test pattern.
In March 2013, WDVB's class A status was transferred from an analog station to a digital station (which became WDVB-CD), and the analog license was turned in;[2] the analog signal had left the air for technical reasons on February 9.[3] Shortly afterward, Edison Broadcasting filed to sell the station to LocusPoint Networks.[4] The sale closed on August 19, 2013.[5] In 2017, TBN O&O WTBY-TV began channel sharing with WDVB-CD. In 2018, LocusPoint Networks sold WDVB-CD to TBN, creating a duopoly with WTBY-TV.
The station's signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Video | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 23.1 | 720p | 16:9 | Hilsong | TBN Inspire |
| 23.2 | 480i | 4:3 | COMBO | Smile[citation needed] |