WDTN

WDTN
Channels
Branding2 News
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
WBDT
History
FoundedApril 4, 1947 (1947-04-04)
First air date
March 15, 1949 (1949-03-15)
Former call signs
WLWD (1949–1976)
Former channel numbers
  • Analog: 5 (VHF, 1949–1953), 2 (VHF, 1953–2009)
  • Digital: 50 (UHF, 2000–2019)
  • NBC (1949–1980)
  • DuMont (secondary, 1949–1955)
  • ABC (secondary 1949–1971, primary 1980–2004)
Call sign meaning
Dayton
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
65690
ERP1,000 kW
HAAT330 m (1,083 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
39°43′8″N 84°15′21.1″W / 39.71889°N 84.255861°W / 39.71889; -84.255861
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.wdtn.com

WDTN (channel 2) is a television station in Dayton, Ohio, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group, which provides certain services to CW station WBDT (channel 26) under a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Vaughan Media. The two stations share studios on South Dixie Drive in Moraine, Ohio.

WDTN's transmitter facility is located off Frytown Road in an exclave of Jefferson Township surrounded by the southwest Dayton neighborhoods of Germantown Meadow, Highview Hills and Stoney Ridge; through a channel sharing agreement, it shares its digital channel with WBDT, along with unrelated Richmond, Indiana–licensed Ion Television station WKOI-TV (channel 43).