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former_channel_numbers = Analog:<br>27 (UHF, 2000-2009)<br>Digital: 14 (UHF)| former_channel_numbers = '''Analog:'''<br>27 (UHF, 2000–2009)<br>'''Digital:''' 14 (UHF, –2009)|
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'''WRDQ''' is an ] ] in ]. It broadcasts a ] digital signal on ] channel 27 from a transmitter in ]. Owned by ], the station is sister to ] affiliate ]. The two share studios on East South Street in downtown Orlando. The station can be considered an alternate ABC affiliate. As such, it occasionally airs ABC programs whenever WFTV may not be able to do so as in a news-related emergency or a local sporting event. For example on January 1, 2009, WFTV aired pre-game festivities of the '']'' while WRDQ aired ABC's coverage of the '']''. WRDQ is seen on ] cable channel 10. '''WRDQ''', channel 27, is an ] ] located in ], ], ]. The station is owned by the ] division of ], and is part of a ] with ] affiliate ] (channel 9). The two share studios on East South Street in downtown Orlando, and its transmitter is located in ]. On ], WRDQ is carried on ] channel 10.


==Digital channels== ==Digital television==
===Digital channels===
WRDQ's digital signal is ]:
{| class="wikitable" {| class="wikitable"
|- |-
! ]
! Channel
! ] ! ]
! ] ! ]
! ]
! PSIP short name
! Programming<ref></ref>
⚫ ! Programming
|- |-
| 27.1 || ] || ] || WRDQ-HD || Main WRDQ programming | 27.1 || ] || ] || WRDQ-HD || Main WRDQ programming
|- |-
| 27.2 || ] || ] || WRDQ-SD || ] | 27.2 || ] || ] || WRDQ-SD || ]
|-
| 27.3 || ] || ] || WTMO-SD || Rebroadcast of ]
|} |}

On September 5, 2011, WRDQ added ] on its second digital subchannel and Bright House digital cable channel 465, replacing ].<ref> Retrieved September 1, 2011</ref> The RTV affiliation in Orlando later moved to a subchannel of CBS affiliate ]. On June 10, 2013, WRDQ started a rebroadcast of local ] affilate ]. On April 14, 2008, the station launched a new second digital subchannel to carry the ]. On September 5, 2011, WRDQ replaced RTV with ] on its second digital subchannel and Bright House digital cable channel 465.<ref> Retrieved September 1, 2011</ref> The RTV affiliation in Orlando later moved to a subchannel of CBS affiliate ].

===Analog-to-digital conversion===
WRDQ discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over ] channel 27, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States ] under federal mandate. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 14 to its former analog-era channel 27.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=2012-03-24}}</ref>


==History== ==History==
The station's original construction permit was issued as early as 1990. It took to the air on April 23, 2000 under the ownership of Reece Associates Ltd., with WFTV (which has been owned by Cox since 1985) operating the station under a ] (LMA); Reece was co-owned by Marsha Reece, a former WFTV reporter.<ref name=os-wrdqstart/> Several months before WRDQ signed on, in August 1999, the ] (FCC) began allowing duopolies of commercially-licensed television stations, allowing Cox to exercise an option to acquire the station outright on February 1, 2001.<ref name=os-saletocox>{{cite news|last=Boyd|first=Christopher|title=Cox buys WRDQ, now has 2 area stations|url=http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2001-02-02/news/0102020171_1_reece-wftv-channel-9|accessdate=April 1, 2012|newspaper=Orlando Sentinel|date=February 2, 2001}}</ref> On April 14, 2008, the station launched a new second digital subchannel to carry the Retro Television Network. On February 17, 2009, WRDQ shut off its analog signal ahead of the June 12 analog shutoff deadline. The station's original ] was issued as early as 1990. Channel 27 first signed on the air on April 23, 2000 under the ownership of Reece Associates Ltd., with WFTV (which has been owned by Cox since 1985) operating the station under a ] (LMA); Reece was co-owned by former WFTV reporter Marsha Reece.<ref name=os-wrdqstart/> Several months before WRDQ signed on, in August 1999, the ] (FCC) began allowing ] involving commercially-licensed television stations, allowing Cox to exercise an option to acquire the station outright on February 1, 2001.<ref name=os-saletocox>{{cite news|last=Boyd|first=Christopher|title=Cox buys WRDQ, now has 2 area stations|url=http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2001-02-02/news/0102020171_1_reece-wftv-channel-9|accessdate=April 1, 2012|newspaper=Orlando Sentinel|date=February 2, 2001}}</ref>


On May 24, 2011, Cox decided to use WRDQ to carry coverage of the ] trial in full from 9 a.m.–4 p.m., with WFTV airing the last hour from 4–5 p.m., pre-empting the station's weekday programming schedule.<ref>http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_tv_tvblog/2011/05/casey-anthony-wftv-expands-trial-coverage-drops-oprah-winfrey.html</ref> High interest in the trial eventually led to coverage being increasingly shifted to WFTV (with WRDQ generally only airing "more procedural" and "more dry or technical" portions);<ref name=tos-cashiftingtowftv>{{cite news|title=Casey Anthony: WFTV keeps viewers guessing with fluid scheduling|url=http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_tv_tvblog/2011/06/casey-anthony-wftv-keeps-viewers-guessing-with-fluid-scheduling.html|accessdate=June 8, 2011|newspaper=]|date=June 1, 2011}}</ref> on June 8, coverage was moved to WFTV for good, after ABC granted Cox permission to move ] programming to WRDQ for the trial's duration.<ref name=tos-cawrdqabc>{{cite news|title=‘The View,’ ABC soaps to air on WRDQ starting today|url=http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_tv_tvblog/2011/06/the-view-abc-soaps-to-air-on-wrdq-starting-today.html|accessdate=June 8, 2011|newspaper=The Orlando Sentinel|date=June 8, 2011}}</ref> It returned to WFTV upon the trial's conclusion. On May 24, 2011, Cox decided to use WRDQ to carry coverage of the ] trial in full from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with WFTV airing the last hour from 4 to 5 p.m., pre-empting the station's weekday programming schedule.<ref>http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_tv_tvblog/2011/05/casey-anthony-wftv-expands-trial-coverage-drops-oprah-winfrey.html</ref> High interest in the trial eventually led to coverage being increasingly shifted to WFTV (with WRDQ generally only airing "more procedural" and "more dry or technical" portions);<ref name=tos-cashiftingtowftv>{{cite news|title=Casey Anthony: WFTV keeps viewers guessing with fluid scheduling|url=http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_tv_tvblog/2011/06/casey-anthony-wftv-keeps-viewers-guessing-with-fluid-scheduling.html|accessdate=June 8, 2011|newspaper=]|date=June 1, 2011}}</ref> on June 8, coverage was moved to WFTV entirely, after ABC granted Cox permission to move ] programming to WRDQ for remainder of the trial's duration.<ref name=tos-cawrdqabc>{{cite news|title=‘The View,’ ABC soaps to air on WRDQ starting today|url=http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_tv_tvblog/2011/06/the-view-abc-soaps-to-air-on-wrdq-starting-today.html|accessdate=June 8, 2011|newspaper=The Orlando Sentinel|date=June 8, 2011}}</ref> It returned to WFTV upon the trial's conclusion.

⚫ ==Programming==
] programming on the station includes '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'' and '']''. WRDQ occasionally takes on the responsibility of running ABC network programming in lieu of its regular schedule, whenever WFTV is unable to run them in the event of extended breaking news coverage, special programming or the broadcast of a local sporting event. For example on January 1, 2009, WFTV aired pre-game festivities of the '']'', while WRDQ aired ABC's coverage of the '']''.


==Newscasts== ==Newscasts==
Shortly after the station signed on, WFTV began producing a nightly half-hour 10 p.m. newscast for WRDQ (this resulted in the discontinuance of a primetime newscast in that same timeslot that WFTV had produced for then-UPN affiliate ] (channel 65) under a news share agreement); this program competes with an in-house newscast that runs for an hour on ] ] ] (channel 35) and a newscast produced by NBC affiliate ] that it produces for ]-affiliated sister station ] (channel 18).
⚫ WRDQ airs a nightly half-hour 10:00 newscast that is produced by WFTV. Since January 2007, that station has also been producing a weekday morning newscast from 7:00-9:00 a.m. on 27.1. Prior to the morning news premiere, the 10:00 p.m. news was branded as ''] at 10''. This title was derived from WRDQ's general station branding ("Action TV 27") at the time of the launch ("Action" had ceased to be used as an overall station branding term several years before the newscast was renamed). WRDQ also airs '']'' from 7:00-9:00 a.m. on sub-channel 27.2, preempting programming seen on that slot.

⚫ In January 2007, WFTV also began producing a two-hour weekday morning newscast from 7:00-9:00 a.m. on channel 27. Prior to the debut of the morning newscast, the 10:00 p.m. news program was branded as ''] at 10''. This title was derived from WRDQ's general station branding ("Action TV 27") at the time of the station's launch ("Action" had ceased to be used as an overall station branding term several years before the newscast was renamed). WRDQ also airs '']'' from 7:00-9:00 a.m. on ] 27.2, preempting feature films broadcast by Antenna TV that are seen on that slot nationally on that network's other affiliates.


===News team=== ===News team===
'''Current anchors''' ====Current on-air staff====
WFTV news staff serving as anchors for WRDQ's newscasts are Nancy Alvarez (weekends at 10:00 p.m.), Bianca Castro (weekday mornings from 7:00-9:00 a.m.), Jorge Estevez (weeknights at 6:30 and 10:00 p.m.), Mark Joyella (weekend mornings from 9:00-10:00 a.m.), Martie Salt (weeknights at 10:00 p.m.), George Spencer (weekday mornings from 7:00-9:00 a.m.) and Vanessa Welch (weeknights at 6:30 p.m.).<ref name="team"></ref>
*George Spencer - weekday mornings (7:00-9:00 a.m.)
*Bianca Castro - weekday mornings (7:00-9:00 a.m.)
*Vanessa Welch - weeknights at 6:30 p.m.
*Jorge Estevez - weeknights at 6:30 and 10:00 p.m.
*Martie Salt - weeknights at 10:00 p.m.
*Mark Joyella - weekend mornings (9:00-10:00 a.m.)
*Nancy Alvarez - weekends at 10:00 p.m.


The ''Severe Weather Center 9'' team includes chief meteorologist Tom Terry (] ] Seal of Approval; weeknights at 6:30 and 10:00 p.m.), and meteorologists Kassandra Crimi (AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist Seal of Approval; weekday mornings from 7:00-9:00 a.m.), Eboni Deon (member, ]; weekend mornings from 9:00-10:00 a.m.) and George Waldenberger (AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist Seal of Approval; weekends at 10:00 p.m.).<ref name="team"/>
'''''Severe Weather Center 9'''''
*Kassandra Crimi (AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist Seal of Approval) - meteorologist; weekday mornings (7:00-9:00 a.m.)
*Tom Terry (] ] Seal of Approval) - chief meteorologist; weeknights at 6:30 and 10:00 p.m.
*Eboni Deon (member, ]) - meteorologist; weekend mornings (9:00-10:00 a.m.)
*George Waldenberger (AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist Seal of Approval) - meteorologist; weekends at 10:00 p.m.


The WFTV sports team includes sports director Joe Kepner (Monday-Thursdays at 10:00 p.m.) and sports anchor Christian Bruey (Friday-Sundays at 10:00 p.m.).<ref name="team"/>
'''Sports team'''
*Joe Kepner - sports director; Mondays-Thursdays at 10:00 p.m.
*Christian Bruey - sports anchor; Friday-Sundays at 10:00 p.m.


WFTV/WRDQ's reporting staff includes Racquel Asa (weekday morning traffic reporter), Steve Barrett (weeknight 10:00 p.m. reporter), Mark Boyle (weeknight 10:00 p.m. reporter), Kenneth Craig (weeknight 10:00 p.m. reporter), Jeff Deal (weeknight 10:00 p.m. reporter, Ryan Hughes (weekday morning reporter), Daralene Jones (weekday morning reporter), Q. McCray (weekend 10:00 p.m. reporter), Kevin Smith (weekday morning reporter) and Blaine Tolison (Monday and Tuesday 10:00 p.m. reporter).<ref name="team"/>
'''Reporters'''
*Racquel Asa - weekday morning traffic reporter (7:00-9:00 a.m.)
*Kevin Smith - weekday morning reporter (7:00-9:00 a.m.)
*Ryan Hughes - weekday morning reporter (7:00-9:00 a.m.)
*Daralene Jones - weekday morning reporter (7:00-9:00 a.m.)
*Steve Barrett - weeknight 10:00 p.m. reporter
*Mark Boyle - weeknight 10:00 p.m. reporter
*Kenneth Craig - weeknight 10:00 p.m. reporter
*Jeff Deal - weeknight 10:00 p.m. reporter
*Blaine Tolison - Mondays and Tuesdays at 10:00 p.m. reporter
*Q. McCray - weekend 10:00 p.m. reporter

''WRDQ features additional news personnel from WFTV. See ] for a complete listing.''


==References== ==References==
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==External links== ==External links==
* - Official WRDQ-TV Website * - Official WRDQ website
* - Official WFTV Website * - Official WFTV website
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WRDQ, channel 27, is an independent television station located in Orlando, Florida, United States. The station is owned by the Cox Media Group division of Cox Enterprises, and is part of a duopoly with ABC affiliate WFTV (channel 9). The two share studios on East South Street in downtown Orlando, and its transmitter is located in Christmas. On cable, WRDQ is carried on Bright House Networks channel 10.

Digital television

Digital channels

WRDQ's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming
27.1 720p 16:9 WRDQ-HD Main WRDQ programming
27.2 480i 4:3 WRDQ-SD Antenna TV

On April 14, 2008, the station launched a new second digital subchannel to carry the Retro Television Network. On September 5, 2011, WRDQ replaced RTV with Antenna TV on its second digital subchannel and Bright House digital cable channel 465. The RTV affiliation in Orlando later moved to a subchannel of CBS affiliate WKMG-TV.

Analog-to-digital conversion

WRDQ discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 27, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 14 to its former analog-era channel 27.

History

The station's original construction permit was issued as early as 1990. Channel 27 first signed on the air on April 23, 2000 under the ownership of Reece Associates Ltd., with WFTV (which has been owned by Cox since 1985) operating the station under a local marketing agreement (LMA); Reece was co-owned by former WFTV reporter Marsha Reece. Several months before WRDQ signed on, in August 1999, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) began allowing duopolies involving commercially-licensed television stations, allowing Cox to exercise an option to acquire the station outright on February 1, 2001.

On May 24, 2011, Cox decided to use WRDQ to carry coverage of the Casey Anthony trial in full from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with WFTV airing the last hour from 4 to 5 p.m., pre-empting the station's weekday programming schedule. High interest in the trial eventually led to coverage being increasingly shifted to WFTV (with WRDQ generally only airing "more procedural" and "more dry or technical" portions); on June 8, coverage was moved to WFTV entirely, after ABC granted Cox permission to move ABC Daytime programming to WRDQ for remainder of the trial's duration. It returned to WFTV upon the trial's conclusion.

Programming

Syndicated programming on the station includes That '70s Show, America's Funniest Home Videos, Family Feud, America's Court With Judge Ross, Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns, Frasier and The King of Queens. WRDQ occasionally takes on the responsibility of running ABC network programming in lieu of its regular schedule, whenever WFTV is unable to run them in the event of extended breaking news coverage, special programming or the broadcast of a local sporting event. For example on January 1, 2009, WFTV aired pre-game festivities of the 2009 Capital One Bowl, while WRDQ aired ABC's coverage of the Rose Bowl Parade.

Newscasts

Shortly after the station signed on, WFTV began producing a nightly half-hour 10 p.m. newscast for WRDQ (this resulted in the discontinuance of a primetime newscast in that same timeslot that WFTV had produced for then-UPN affiliate WRBW (channel 65) under a news share agreement); this program competes with an in-house newscast that runs for an hour on Fox owned-and-operated station WOFL (channel 35) and a newscast produced by NBC affiliate WESH that it produces for CW-affiliated sister station WKCF (channel 18).

In January 2007, WFTV also began producing a two-hour weekday morning newscast from 7:00-9:00 a.m. on channel 27. Prior to the debut of the morning newscast, the 10:00 p.m. news program was branded as Action News at 10. This title was derived from WRDQ's general station branding ("Action TV 27") at the time of the station's launch ("Action" had ceased to be used as an overall station branding term several years before the newscast was renamed). WRDQ also airs The Daily Buzz from 7:00-9:00 a.m. on digital subchannel 27.2, preempting feature films broadcast by Antenna TV that are seen on that slot nationally on that network's other affiliates.

News team

Current on-air staff

WFTV news staff serving as anchors for WRDQ's newscasts are Nancy Alvarez (weekends at 10:00 p.m.), Bianca Castro (weekday mornings from 7:00-9:00 a.m.), Jorge Estevez (weeknights at 6:30 and 10:00 p.m.), Mark Joyella (weekend mornings from 9:00-10:00 a.m.), Martie Salt (weeknights at 10:00 p.m.), George Spencer (weekday mornings from 7:00-9:00 a.m.) and Vanessa Welch (weeknights at 6:30 p.m.).

The Severe Weather Center 9 team includes chief meteorologist Tom Terry (AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist Seal of Approval; weeknights at 6:30 and 10:00 p.m.), and meteorologists Kassandra Crimi (AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist Seal of Approval; weekday mornings from 7:00-9:00 a.m.), Eboni Deon (member, AMS; weekend mornings from 9:00-10:00 a.m.) and George Waldenberger (AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist Seal of Approval; weekends at 10:00 p.m.).

The WFTV sports team includes sports director Joe Kepner (Monday-Thursdays at 10:00 p.m.) and sports anchor Christian Bruey (Friday-Sundays at 10:00 p.m.).

WFTV/WRDQ's reporting staff includes Racquel Asa (weekday morning traffic reporter), Steve Barrett (weeknight 10:00 p.m. reporter), Mark Boyle (weeknight 10:00 p.m. reporter), Kenneth Craig (weeknight 10:00 p.m. reporter), Jeff Deal (weeknight 10:00 p.m. reporter, Ryan Hughes (weekday morning reporter), Daralene Jones (weekday morning reporter), Q. McCray (weekend 10:00 p.m. reporter), Kevin Smith (weekday morning reporter) and Blaine Tolison (Monday and Tuesday 10:00 p.m. reporter).

References

  1. RabbitEars TV Query for WRDQ
  2. ‘Three’s Company,’ ‘Good Times’ part of Antenna TV from WRDQ Retrieved September 1, 2011
  3. "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-24.
  4. Cite error: The named reference os-wrdqstart was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. Boyd, Christopher (February 2, 2001). "Cox buys WRDQ, now has 2 area stations". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved April 1, 2012.
  6. http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_tv_tvblog/2011/05/casey-anthony-wftv-expands-trial-coverage-drops-oprah-winfrey.html
  7. "Casey Anthony: WFTV keeps viewers guessing with fluid scheduling". The Orlando Sentinel. June 1, 2011. Retrieved June 8, 2011.
  8. "'The View,' ABC soaps to air on WRDQ starting today". The Orlando Sentinel. June 8, 2011. Retrieved June 8, 2011.
  9. ^ Eyewitness News Staff

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