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| City | Arlington Heights, Illinois |
| Channels | |
| Branding | MCTV |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | 34.1/.3:ReligiousIndependent |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | First United, Inc. |
| History | |
First air date | 1989 (1989) |
Former call signs |
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Former channel numbers | Analog: 17 (UHF, 1989–1998), 34 (UHF, 1998–2014) |
| FamilyNet (1989–2017) | |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 66978 |
| Class | CD |
| ERP | 2.84kW |
| HAAT | 445.5 m (1,462 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°52′44.1″N87°38′10.2″W / 41.878917°N 87.636167°W /41.878917; -87.636167 (WOCK-CD) |
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Public license information | |
WEDE-CD (channel 34), brandedMCTV, is alow-power,Class Areligiousindependent television station licensed toArlington Heights, Illinois, United States, serving theChicago area. The station is owned by First United, Inc.
WEDE-CD's beginnings were as atranslator station on channel 17 since its inception in 1989. It moved to channel 34 in 1998 and the call letters were changed to W34CK. The station received Class A status with their new call letters as WEDE-CA in 2005. Channel 34 was once an affiliate ofFamilyNet while also airing some religious programming andinfomercials. Around 2008, its programming began to be simulcast on WJYS' second digital subchannel.
After the full-power digital transition in June 2009, WEDE-CA began to receive increased signal coverage from its transmitter atWillis Tower since, as a low-power station, it was not obligated at the time to convert to digital. In the summer of 2014, WEDE-CA turned off its analog signal on channel 34 and flash cut to digital as WEDE-CD. It currently reaches about 8 million people in theChicago market and continues to serve its surrounding areas as MCTV.
The station's signal ismultiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 34.1 | 480i | 4:3 | WEDE | Main WEDE-CD programming |
| 34.3 | GEM |
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