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{{Short description|Television station in Mobile, Alabama}}
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{{Infobox television station
| callsign               = WDPM-DT
| city                   = Mobile, Alabama
| logo                   =
| branding               = 
| analog                 = 
| digital                = 23 ([[UHF]])
| virtual                = 18
| affiliations           = {{ubl|'''18.1:''' [[Daystar Television Network|Daystar]]|'''18.2:''' Daystar Español|'''18.3:''' Daystar Reflections}}
| translators            = 
| network                = 
| founded                = 
| airdate                = {{start date and age|2009|02|p=y}}
| last_airdate           = 
| location               = {{ubl|[[Mobile, Alabama]]|[[Pensacola, Florida]]}}
| country                = United States
| callsign_meaning       = Daystar Pensacola Mobile
| former_callsigns       = 
| former_channel_numbers = '''Virtual:''' 4 (2009–2010)
| owner                  = [[Daystar Television Network]]
| licensee               = Word of God Fellowship, Inc.
| sister_stations        = 
| former_affiliations    = 
| erp                    = 390 [[kW]]
| haat                   = {{convert|533.6|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| class                  = 
| facility_id            = 83740
| coordinates            = {{coord|30|36|41|N|87|36|26.4|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}
| licensing_authority    = [[FCC]]
| website                = {{URL|http://www.daystar.com/}} 
}}

'''WDPM-DT''' (channel 18) is a [[religious television station]] licensed to [[Mobile, Alabama]], United States, serving southwest Alabama and northwest Florida as an [[owned-and-operated station]] of the [[Daystar Television Network]]. The station's transmitter is located near [[Robertsdale, Alabama]].

==History==
The station signed on after the analog signal of [[PBS]] member station [[WSRE]] (channel 23) signed off for the last time on February 17, 2009.

Since the "channel 23.1" series of [[virtual channel]] designations already identifies the existing PBS station's [[digital subchannel]]s, this numbering sequence would not be available to the new station. According to the [[ATSC]] standard, WDPM-DT's channel numbers would therefore need to be displayed using numbering based on WSRE's digital channel number, 31.<ref>[http://www.atsc.org/standards/a65.php ATSC standard A/65C] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081215092535/http://www.atsc.org/standards/a65.php |date=December 15, 2008 }}, Annex 'B', Advanced Television Systems Committee, May 2006.</ref> From sign-on until February 2010, the station displayed as channel 4.1, which is considered a violation of these standards.

==Subchannels==
The station's signal is [[multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|+Subchannels of WDPM-DT<ref>[http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WDPM#station RabbitEars TV Query for WDPM]</ref>
! scope = "col" | [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! scope = "col" | [[Display resolution|Res.]]
! scope = "col" | [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! scope = "col" | Short name
! scope = "col" | Programming
|-
! scope = "row" | 18.1 
| [[1080i]] || rowspan=3|[[16:9]] || WDPM-DT || [[Daystar Television Network|Daystar]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 18.2 
| [[720p]] || WDPM-ES || Daystar Español
|-
! scope = "row" | 18.3 
| [[480i]] || WDPM-SD || Daystar Reflections
|}

==References==
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{{PensacolaMobileTV}}
{{Alabama TV}}
{{Florida Religious Stations}}
{{Mississippi TV}}
{{Daystar stations}}

[[Category:2009 establishments in Alabama]]
[[Category:Daystar Television Network stations]]
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 2009]]
[[Category:Television stations in the Mobile–Pensacola market|DPM-DT]]


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