WMDF-LD
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox television station
| callsign = WMDF-LD
| logo =
| branding =
| virtual = 3
| digital = 4 (VHF)
| translators =
| affiliations = Independent
| founded = February 3, 2006
| airdate = 2006
| location = Miami, Florida
| country = United States
| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|W69EI (2003–2006)|WGAY-LP (2006–2009)|WMDF-LP (2009–2012)}}
| owner = Joseph Lassiter
| licensee = Everclear Network, LLC
| former_affiliations =
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|Analog: 41 (UHF, 2006–2012)|Digital: 4 (VHF, 2012–2014)}}
| erp = 5.7 kW
| haat = {{Convert|194.1|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| facility_id = 130544
| class = LD
| coordinates = {{Coord|25|46|20.4|N|80|11|29.2|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}
| licensing_authority = FCC
| website =
}}
WMDF-LD (channel 3) is a low-power television station in Miami, Florida, United States. The station is owned by Leonard Slazinski.
History
The station originally gained a permit on 2003, under the name W69EI, originally licensed to Key West, Florida. {{cite magazine|url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/24624984/vhf-uhf-digest-wtfdaorg|title=TV News|first=Doug|last=Smith|page=8|magazine=VHF-UHF Digest|date=April 2003|via=Yumpu|accessdate=May 5, 2024}} The station was originally signed on by Paradise TV in 2006 as WGAY-LP. It aired programming catering to the LGBT community (mostly from PrideNation Network of Palm Springs, California), with a selection of original programming and specials, plus movies about or appealing to LGBT culture. Shows included a cartoon known as G-Force Unite, talk show OUTspoken, and a cooking show, The Kenji and Bella Show, featuring a drag queen and a Chilean chef.{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald-wgay-ready-for-all-view/146461000/|date=December 9, 2006|page=L'Attitudes 11|first=Jessica|last=Machetta|title=WGAY ready for all viewing audiences|newspaper=Florida Keys Keynoter|location=Miami, Florida|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=May 2, 2024}}{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald-the-keys-to-gay-tv-key/146461085/|date=December 11, 2006|pages=Business Monday 4, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald-wgay-tv-to-debut-on-the/146461097/ 5]|first=Steve|last=Rothaus|title=The keys to gay TV: Key West's WGAY-TV will be the first over-the-air channel in the nation|newspaper=The Miami Herald|location=Miami, Florida|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=May 2, 2024}} Paradise TV, owned by the Sherwood family, got the idea after Burt Sherwood, a former NBC News executive and broker of low-power TV station permits, saw that a channel 69 permit for Key West was available; by the time it was on air, the station had been reallocated to channel 41.{{Cite news|date=March 2007|work=Sarasota Magazine|title=Straight Talk About WGAY|page=34|id={{ProQuest|207639520}} }}
However, due to economic troubles, Proud Television closed down sometime in 2008.{{Cite web |url=http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?topic=152247.0 |title=Radio-Info: "Gay LP TV Channel", September 4, 2009. |access-date=December 10, 2010 |archive-date=September 10, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090910065854/http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?topic=152247.0 |url-status=dead }} PrideNation would sell the station to Three Grand TV of Altamonte Springs, which would re-call the station as WMDF-LP.
[https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=130544 Facility details for Facility ID 130544 (WMDF-LD)] in the FCC Licensing and Management System
In January 2012, the station converted to a digital license, as WMDF-LD.
In April 2012, the station would be transferred to Paradise TV of Sarasota, retaining Three Grand TV as a licensee.
Subchannels
The station's signal is multiplexed:
| class="wikitable"
|+Subchannels of WMDF-LD{{Cite web |title=Digital TV Market Listing for WMDF-LD |url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=130544 |access-date=May 6, 2025 |website=RabbitEars.info}} ! Channel ! Res. ! Aspect ! Short name ! Programming |
| scope = "row" | 4.1
| rowspan="4"|480i || rowspan="4"|4:3 || WMDF-1 || Main WMDF-LD programming |
|---|
| scope = "row" | 4.2
| WMDF-2 || Infomercials |
| scope = "row" | 4.3
| rowspan="2|WMDF-LD || [Blank] |
| scope = "row" | 4.4
| [Blank] |