WDYR-CD
| Dyersburg, Tennessee | |
|---|---|
| City of license | Dyersburg, Tennessee |
| Channels | Digital: 18 (UHF) Virtual: 33 (PSIP) [1] |
| Affiliations | Silent |
| Owner | Tri-State Christian Television [2][3] |
| Founded | c. 1995 |
| First air date | c. 1998/99 |
| Last air date | c. 2011 |
| Call letters' meaning | DYeRsburg |
| Former callsigns | W33BO (1995-1999) WDYR-LP (1999-2003) WDYR-CA (2003-2011) |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 33 (1995-2011) |
| Former affiliations | Primary: Independent (1999-2000) Tri-State Christian Television (2000-2011) Cornerstone Television (secondary) [4] Secondary: All News Channel (1999-2000?) |
| Transmitter power | 15 kW [5] |
| Facility ID | 17791 |
| Transmitter coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
WDYR-CD was a Class A low-powered television station that was licensed to and serving Dyersburg, Tennessee. The station was owned by Tri-State Christian Television. Broadcast facilities and studios were originally located at 2340 Upper Finley Road in Dyersburg.[6]
History
WDYR's application history began in 1995 under the callsign W33BO. The late Ray Ashley, Jr (senior law partner of Ashley, Ashley & Arnold in Dyersburg & former TN State Attorney General 1974-76) filed for the original application. Former Memphis TV news reporter and friend of Ashley's, Tommy Stafford, co-founded the station. By 1999, the station was on air and had launched a local news operation, titled Tri 33 News. The news aired at 6:30am, 6pm and 10pm C.T. each night, including anchors that had left nearby television stations in Jackson, Memphis, and Paducah to start the newscast.[7] The original news anchors of the Tri 33 6PM newscast were Larry McIntosh who formerly anchored in the Paducah market, Tiffany Carey, a former Jackson anchor and producer and weather anchor Carey Byars who had previously reported nationally for the syndicated series AgDay. The newscast intro music used was the Shelly Palmer News music package. After a contentious meeting, original founders Ashley & Stafford found themselves at odds with shareholders in the company. Shareholders and the founders disagreed strongly on the direction the station should be headed. Ashley & Stafford didn't feel their original vision was being followed. They left the board and eventually the company in early 2000. The news was gone by the summer of 2000, when the Tri-State Christian Television network acquired the station and began airing its programming, which is a mixture of Christian programming.
TCT handed their license over in February 2013.[8] The station is now defunct and is now on the market once again.
Before the station left the air, programming included all TCT network programming, along with some syndicated programming such as Bridging the Gap,[9] Jack Van Impe Presents,[10] A Bible Answer (originating from a local church in Paducah),[11] Manna Fest,[12] and a few others.
Coverage area
In addition to its Dyer County coverage, WDYR was also available to antenna users in surrounding areas like parts of Crockett, Lake and Obion Counties of Tennessee, as well as into the Caruthersville, Missouri area. In Pemiscot County, Missouri, including the Steele area, the station was available on cable television via NewWave Communications.[13]
References
- ↑ Have you logged all VIRTUAL digital channels? WTFDA.org.
- ↑ http://www.godscourtroom.org/docs/TCTStations.pdf
- ↑ Daystar Television Network Station List
- ↑ PROGRAM GUIDE | John Hagee Ministries
- ↑ http://tvstations.procontentanddesign.com/browse/city/3554_Dyersburg_TN.htm
- ↑ Wdyr TV33 - Dyersburg TN 38024 | 731-286-4433 | Merchant Circle
- ↑ First Edition of Tri 33 News (1999)
- ↑ Also Admitted in KY FILED/ACCEPTED. February 8, 2013.
- ↑ http://cfcky.com/ezine/kyv-may-june-08.pdf
- ↑ Welcome to Jack Van Impe Ministries International
- ↑ News From Northside Church of Christ (January 10, 2007)
- ↑ Mamma Fest Broadcasting Schedule
- ↑ NewWave Cable Channel lineup for Steele, Missouri
External links
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WDYR
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WDYR-TV
- Tri-State Christian Television
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