WDNI
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Indianapolis, Indiana United States |
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| Branding | Telemundo Indy (general) Noticiero Telemundo Indianápolis (newscasts) |
| Channels |
Digital: 19 (UHF) Virtual: 19 () |
| Subchannels | 19.1 Telemundo |
| Affiliations | Telemundo |
| Owner | Radio One |
| First air date | March 7, 1989 |
| Call letters' meaning | DNI = reverse of INDianapolis |
| Former callsigns | W53AV (1989–1999) W65DW (1999–2001) WDNI-LP (2001–2009) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 53 (UHF, 1989–1999) 65 (UHF, 1999–2009) 19 (UHF, 2009) |
| Former affiliations |
America One (until 2001) Independent/music videos (2001–2013) |
| Transmitter power | 15 kW |
| Height | 137 m (AGL) |
| Class | DC |
| Facility ID | 28199 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°48′01″N 86°04′39″W / 39.80028°N 86.07750°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.telemundoindy.com/ |
WDNI-CD, virtual and UHF digital channel 19, is a Telemundo-affiliated television station located in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The station is owned by Radio One. WDNI maintains studio facilities located at Radio One's Indiana headquarters on East St. Joseph Street in downtown Indianapolis, and its transmitter is located on North Hawthorne Lane and 23rd Street (south of I-70) on the city's near-northeast side. On cable, WDNI-CD is available on AT&T U-verse channels 19 and 3007, Comcast Xfinity digital channels 245 and 600 and Bright House Networks digital channels 355 and 803.
The station first signed on the air on March 7, 1989 as W53AV, broadcasting on UHF channel 53; founded by Hoosier Radio and TV, it was branded on-air as either "WAV53" or as "Hoosier TV 53". The station aired a variety of programming including public domain movies and Major League Baseball games from the Cincinnati Reds; it also carried the wrestling program ECW Hardcore TV on Sunday evenings. For a brief period in the early 1990s, the station served as an affiliate of the defunct Network One, Local personality Bill Shirk also hosted certain programs seen on the station. In 1999, the station moved its allocation to UHF channel 65 and changed its callsign to W65DW.
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