WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN

Display Channel	Physical Channel	Video	Audio	Call Sign	Network/Programming	Nickname	Notes
12-1	8.1	1080i	DD5.1	WDEF	CBS	"WDEF News 12"
12-2	8.2	480i (w)	DD2.0	Bounce	Bounce TV
12-3	8.3	480i (w)	DD2.0	Mystery	ION Mystery
12-4	8.4	480i (w)	DD2.0	Grit-TV	Grit
12-5	8.5	480i (w)	DD2.0	CourtTV	Court TV
12-6	8.6	480i (w)	DD2.0	LaffTV	Laff

Licensing

FAC-ID: 54385

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DTV-LIC:

Granted

Channel 8

CHATTANOOGA, TN

0000184628 (25076ff37ecde2d2017ed4d62cba0201) - App
0000249536 (25076f9190c0b05a0190dba4fb181fb3) - App

1260' 35.9 kW ND (H)
(4.79 kW + 8.75 dB gain = 35.9 kW ERP)
68.5 mile contour / 14751.7 sq. mi. area / Est. Pop. 1,777,242
607' AGL; 2515' AMSL; (1043736)
1.25° Elec Beam Tilt; Full Service Filter ERI ATW10V3-HTO-8H
NAD83: N 35° 8' 6", W 85° 19' 25" (35.135, -85.323611) Signal Mountain (TN)

Streams

TSID: 2661 (0x0A65)
Bitrate Allocation: Variable

Digital Channel	Display Channel	Call Sign	Src ID	PMT PID	Video	Dimensions	Aspect Ratio	Video PID	Video (Mbps)	PCR PID	Audio Type	Audio PID	Audio Bitrate
8.1	12-1	WDEF	1	0x0030	1080i	1920x1080	16:9	0x0031	7.75Mbps	0x0031	DD5.1	0x0034	384kbps
8.2	12-2	Bounce	2	0x0040	480i	704x480	16:9	0x0041	1.75Mbps	0x0041	DD2.0	0x0044	192kbps
8.3	12-3	Mystery	3	0x0050	480i	704x480	16:9	0x0051	1.75Mbps	0x0051	DD2.0	0x0054	192kbps
8.4	12-4	Grit-TV	4	0x0060	480i	704x480	16:9	0x0061	1.9Mbps	0x0061	DD2.0	0x0064	192kbps
8.5	12-5	CourtTV	5	0x0070	480i	704x480	16:9	0x0071	1.8Mbps	0x0071	DD2.0	0x0074	192kbps
8.6	12-6	LaffTV	6	0x0080	480i	704x480	16:9	0x0081	1.55Mbps	0x0081	DD2.0	0x0084	192kbps

TSReader Data: HTML Export (03/23/2025)

Ownership/Historical

Operator:	Morris Multimedia
Licensee:	WDEF-TV, INC.
DTV Transition:
Certification :	Analog channel 12. Digital channel 47.
Elected Round 1 :	Elected channel 12. (Disapproved)
Conflict Round 1 :	Maintained by NCA. (Approved)
Final Channel :	Channel 12.
Last Analog:
Channel 12 :	1260' 316 kW ND

Call Sign History:
00/00/0000	WDEF
04/25/1979	WDEF-TV
(07/25/2024)	WDEF-TV

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