# WYDC

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**WYDC** (channel 48) is a [television station](/source/Television_station) licensed to [Corning, New York](/source/Corning,_New_York), United States, serving as the [Fox](/source/Fox_Broadcasting_Company) affiliate for the [Elmira](/source/Elmira,_New_York) area. It is owned by [Coastal Television Broadcasting Company](/source/Coastal_Television_Broadcasting_Company) [LLC](/source/LLC) alongside [WJKP-LD](/source/WJKP-LD) (channel 39), an [independent station](/source/Independent_station) with [MyNetworkTV](/source/MyNetworkTV). The two stations share studios on East Market Street in Downtown Corning; WYDC's transmitter is located on Higman Hill.

## History

On June 9, 1988, the [Federal Communications Commission](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission) (FCC) granted a construction permit to Rural New York Broadcasting, owned by Robert Walker of [Albany](/source/Albany,_New_York), to build a new television station in Corning. In 1992, Walker moved to Florida and donated the permit to [Cornerstone Television](/source/Cornerstone_Television), a Christian broadcaster from [Pittsburgh](/source/Pittsburgh).[1] Cornerstone never built the station, and instead it was Molly and David Grant, with investors known as Standfast Broadcasting, who put WYDC on the air in 1994 as [independent](/source/Independent_station) "Big TV".[2]

Big TV rapidly grew. It built translators in Elmira and [Bath](/source/Bath,_New_York), became an affiliate of [UPN](/source/UPN) and [The WB](/source/The_WB) in 1995,[3] and added Fox in October 1996.[4]

Vision Communications, headed by William Christian, leased the station with an option to buy in 1997 and moved to shift the station's focus to Fox, eliminating UPN and WB programs.[5] The new ownership upgraded the facilities with a $2 million investment.[6] The Grants went on to start another station known as Big TV, UPN affiliate [WBGT-LP](/source/WBGT-CD) in [Rochester](/source/Rochester,_New_York), which Vision acquired in 2002.[7]

Vision Communications filed to sell its broadcast properties to [Standard Media](/source/Standard_Media) in 2019.[8] The sale was never consummated.[9]

In July 2021, Waypoint Media and its related entity, Vision Communications, announced that they would sell nine of their television stations, including WYDC, WJKP-LD, and WECY-LD, to [Cumming, Georgia](/source/Cumming,_Georgia)–based Coastal Television for $36.9 million. The sale was completed on January 4, 2022.[10]

The station airs a 10 p.m. weeknight newscast branded as *Big Fox News at 10*, using Coastal's partly-centralized [News Hub](/source/News_Hub) from [Little Rock, Arkansas](/source/Little_Rock,_Arkansas).[11]

## Technical information

### Subchannels

WYDC's transmitter is located on Higman Hill.[12] The station's signal is [multiplexed](/source/Multiplex_(TV)):

Subchannels of WYDC[13] Channel Res. Short name Programming 48.1 720p WYDC Fox 48.2 WJKP MyNetworkTV (WJKP-LD) 48.3 480i MeTV MeTV (4:3) 48.4 Grit Grit 48.5 Bounce Bounce TV 48.7 Ion Plus Ion Plus

### Analog-to-digital conversion

WYDC shut down its analog signal, over [UHF](/source/UHF) channel 48, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States [transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts](/source/Digital_television_transition_in_the_United_States) under federal mandate. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 50 to channel 48.[14]

### Translators

In addition to its main signal, WYDC can also be seen on five low-power digital [repeaters](/source/Broadcast_relay_station#broadcast_translators). WYDC was also formerly repeated on WMYH-LP in Elmira/[Watkins Glen](/source/Watkins_Glen,_New_York), which is no longer licensed.

- '***[Bath](/source/Bath,_New_York)***
- '***[Corning](/source/Corning,_New_York)***
- '***19 [Elmira](/source/Elmira,_New_York)***
- '***Elmira***
- '***[Hornell](/source/Hornell)–[Alfred](/source/Alfred,_New_York)***

## See also

- [Channel 30 digital TV stations in the United States](/source/Channel_30_digital_TV_stations_in_the_United_States)
- [Channel 48 virtual TV stations in the United States](/source/Channel_48_virtual_TV_stations_in_the_United_States)

## References

1. Lowman, Jim (September 26, 1992). ["Corning may tune in religious network"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80809849/). *Star-Gazette*. pp. 1A, [2A](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80810499/). Retrieved July 4, 2021.

1. Wilson, Larry (September 17, 1994). ["The Big TV picture comes to Corning: WYDC-TV starts broadcasting 24 hours a day next week"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80810632/). *Star-Gazette*. pp. 1A, [2A](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80810754/). Retrieved July 4, 2021.

1. Wilson, Larry (September 12, 1995). ["Big TV gets even bigger, expands into Bath, Elmira"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80810973/). *Star-Gazette*. pp. 1A, [5A](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80811033/). Retrieved July 4, 2021.

1. Wilson, Larry (October 25, 1996). ["Corning station will become a Fox affiliate"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80811107/corning-station-will-become-a-fox-affili/). *Star-Gazette*. p. 1B. Retrieved July 4, 2021.

1. Finger, Ray (August 5, 1997). ["Corning's Fox affiliate WYDC-TV gets new manager"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80811208/). *Star-Gazette*. p. 3B. Retrieved July 4, 2021.

1. Fernandez, Lydia (September 17, 1998). ["Corning's a Fox when it comes to station growth"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80811354/). *Star-Gazette*. p. 1C. Retrieved July 4, 2021.

1. Aaron, G. Jeffrey (November 12, 2002). ["WYDC-TV owner buys Rochester UPN station"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80811447/). *Star-Gazette*. p. 8A. Retrieved July 4, 2021.

1. ["Standard Media to acquire nine stations"](https://www.standardmedia.com/2019/11/25/standard-media-to-acquire-waypoint-and-visions-television-and-radio-stations/). *Standard Media Group*. [Standard Media](/source/Standard_Media). November 25, 2019. Retrieved November 26, 2019.

1. ["Notification of Non-consummation"](https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101824158&formid=905&fac_num=62219). *fcc.gov*. January 3, 2021.

1. Jacobson, Adam (January 4, 2022). ["Coastal Completes Its Waypoint Radio/TV Purchase | Radio & Television Business Report"](https://rbr.com/kalil-coastal-waypoint-bill-christian/). Retrieved July 18, 2023.

1. Ortega, Roly (August 9, 2022). ["Meridian, Marquette, and Elmira are our first stops."](https://changingnewscasts.wordpress.com/2022/08/09/meridian-marquette-and-elmira-are-our-first-stops/). Retrieved October 19, 2024.

1. FCC-LMS-62219

1. ["TV Query for WYDC"](http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WYDC#station). *RabbitEars*

1. ["DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds"](http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf). Retrieved March 24, 2012.

## External links

- [Official website](https://wydc-tv.com/)

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