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{{short description|Independent TV station in Hagerstown, Maryland}}
{{For|the television station in Washington, D.C., that used this callsign from 1978 to 1986|WUSA (TV)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2024}}
{{Infobox television station
| name =
| callsign = WDVM-TV
| city = Hagerstown, Maryland
| logo = DC News Now logo 2022.jpg
| branding = DC News Now
| digital = 23 ([[UHF]])
| virtual = 25
| other_chs = [[WDCW]]-DT 25.1 (15.7 UHF) [[Washington, D.C.]]
| affiliations = {{ubl|'''25.1:''' [[Independent station|Independent]]|''for others, see {{section link||Subchannels}}''}}
| airdate = {{start date and age|1970|1|3|p=y|br=yes}}
| image_size = 250px
| location = {{ubl|[[Hagerstown, Maryland]]||[[Washington, D.C.]]}}
| country = United States
| callsign_meaning = [[West Virginia]], District of Columbia, [[Virginia]], [[Maryland]]<ref>{{cite web |title=WHAG-TV Elevates Commitment to Four-State Area Viewers with Expanded Distribution in Support of Tailored Local News Expansion |url=https://www.nexstar.tv/whag-tv-elevates-commitment-four-state-area-viewers-expanded-distribution-support-tailored-local-news-expansion/ |website=Nexstar Media Group, Inc. |language=en |date=July 25, 2017}}</ref>
| former_callsigns = WHAG-TV (1970–2017)
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 25 (UHF, 1970–2009)|'''Digital:''' 55 (UHF, 2001–2009), 26 (UHF, 2009–2019)}}
| owner = [[Nexstar Media Group]]
| licensee = Nexstar Media Inc.
| sister_stations = WDCW
| former_affiliations = {{ubl|[[NBC]] (1970–2016)|[[Heroes & Icons]] (secondary, 2016–2019)}}
| erp = {{ubl|800 [[kW]]|1,000 kW ([[construction permit|CP]])<ref name="wdvmchanges"/><ref name="wdvmfccdata"/>}}
| haat = {{ubl|{{convert|376.9|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}|{{convert|449|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} (CP)<ref name="wdvmchanges"/><ref name="wdvmfccdata"/>}}
| facility_id = 25045
| coordinates = {{ubl|{{coord|39|39|45|N|77|57|53|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}|{{coord|38|57|22.7|N|78|1|29|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}} (CP)<ref name="wdvmchanges"/><ref name="wdvmfccdata"/>}}
| licensing_authority = [[FCC]]
| website = {{URL|https://www.dcnewsnow.com/}}
}}
'''WDVM-TV''' (channel 25) is an [[independent television station]] licensed to [[Hagerstown, Maryland]], United States, serving the [[Washington, D.C.]], [[television market]]. It is owned by [[Nexstar Media Group]] alongside [[The CW|CW]] [[owned-and-operated station]] [[WDCW]] (channel 50). The two stations share studios on Wisconsin Avenue in the [[Glover Park]] section of Washington; WDVM-TV's transmitter is located on Fairview Mountain, west of [[Clear Spring, Maryland]].
==History==
The station signed on the air as WHAG-TV on January 3, 1970. It was originally owned by Warren Adler along with WHAG radio in [[Halfway, Maryland|Halfway]] ([[WHAG (AM)|AM 1410]] and FM 96.7, now [[WDLD]]). WHAG-TV's original analog transmitter was to be on top of the Hagerstown Motor Inn (now the Alexander House) but was rejected due to structural incompatibility. A site on Fairview Mountain would become the location of the analog signal on UHF channel 25. The station was an [[NBC]] affiliate; network anchors [[Chet Huntley]] and [[David Brinkley]] welcomed the station to the network during [[Huntley-Brinkley Report|their newscast]] that night.<ref name="your4state1">[https://web.archive.org/web/20100409063736/http://your4state.com/entertainment/about-contactus Contact Us - Your4State.com] – via [[Wayback Machine]]</ref>
Adler Communications sold WHAG-TV to Sheldon and Samuel Magazine of Washington, D.C., in 1973. The Magazine brothers then sold it to local aviation pioneer Richard Henson in 1977. Henson then sold the station to Great Trails Broadcasting in 1981. Great Trails then exited broadcasting and sold WHAG along with 2 of its stations—[[WFFT-TV]] in [[Fort Wayne, Indiana]], and [[KSVI]] in [[Billings, Montana]], to Quorum Broadcasting in 1998 for $65 million.<ref name="your4state1"/><ref name=b&c-saletoquorum>{{cite news|title=Changing Hands|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1998/BC-1998-11-16.pdf|work=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]|date=November 16, 1998|page=65}}</ref>
On September 8, 2003, [[Nexstar Broadcasting Group]] announced that it would acquire Quorum Broadcasting and its stations (including WHAG-TV) for $230 million.<ref name=nexstar>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nexstar.tv/stations-whag|title=WHAG - Nexstar Broadcasting}}</ref><ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2003/09/08/daily60.html Nexstar to acquire Quorum Broadcasting - Dallas Business Journal]</ref> The sale was completed on [[New Year's Eve|December 31]], 2003.<ref name=dbj-saletonexstar>{{cite news|title=Nexstar completes $230M buy of Quorum Broadcast|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2003/12/29/daily22.html|work=[[Dallas Business Journal]]|date=December 31, 2003}}</ref>
===Loss of NBC affiliation===
[[File:WHAG25-072015.png|thumb|Former logo as WHAG-TV]]
Prior to 1996, the [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC) used [[Arbitron]]'s Area of Dominant Influence (ADI) system to assign television stations to a [[media market]], principally to determine cable carriage rights and applicable regulations and fees. Arbitron placed WHAG-TV in its own 192nd-ranked ADI consisting solely of [[Washington County, Maryland|Washington County]]. After the passage of the [[1992 Cable Act]], which regulated cable carriage of broadcast stations, only cable systems in that county were required to carry WHAG-TV.<ref name="edocs">{{cite web |title=In the matter of WHAG-TV, Hagerstown, MD  (Facility ID No. 25045)  Request for Waiver of Section 73.1943 of the Commission's Rules |url=https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-12-1216A1.doc |website=FCC EDOCS |date=July 30, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=1994 Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook |page=915 |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1994/1994-BC-YB.pdf#page=915}}</ref> That year, Arbitron ceased publishing television ratings and the commission switched to [[Nielsen Media Research|Nielsen]]'s [[designated market area]] (DMA) system for market assignments, which combined Hagerstown with the far larger Washington, D.C., area to create a top-ten market. The terms of the Act thus required in-market cable systems whose principal [[cable television headend|headend]]s are closer to Hagerstown than Washington to add WHAG-TV; since the Act allows them to decline to carry multiple affiliates of the same network, they also had the option of dropping Washington's [[WRC-TV]]. Despite this change, WHAG-TV never saw itself as a Washington-market station; it applied for and received exemptions from FCC rules applying to large-market stations, such as expanded [[public file]] requirements.<ref name="edocs" />
However, the fact remained that WHAG-TV was now technically competing with network-owned WRC-TV. ''[[The Herald-Mail]]'' reported that NBC was declining to renew its affiliation with WHAG on February 19, 2016, and a network spokesperson confirmed this with a terse, one-sentence email to the paper. The station ceased broadcasting network programming on July 1. Beginning in 2014, NBC revoked affiliations from several affiliates, including WHAG-TV, [[WMGM-TV]] (whose broadcast area was served by network-owned [[WCAU]]), and [[KENV-DT]] (whose broadcast area was served by [[KSL-TV]]), that functioned as secondary NBC stations serving outlying areas of their larger markets.<ref>{{cite news | title =Official: NBC affiliation ending with WHAG-TV|newspaper =[[The Herald-Mail]] | date =February 19, 2016 | url =http://www.heraldmailmedia.com/news/local/official-nbc-affiliation-ending-with-whag-tv/article_77461d4a-d6a9-11e5-88eb-0fedba025d11.html | access-date = February 19, 2016}}</ref> In addition to expanding local news, WHAG-TV also added programs from [[Heroes & Icons]] at the time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=print_station&facility_id=25045|title=WDVM-TV HAGERSTOWN, MD|website=www.rabbitears.info}}</ref> The last NBC program to air on WHAG was ''[[Last Call with Carson Daly]]''.
===As WDVM-TV===
[[File:WDVM-TV (2017).svg|thumb|Former logo as WDVM-TV]]
On July 1, 2017, the station rebranded itself and adopted the call sign WDVM-TV. The change came after the station undertook the expansion of its cable carriage throughout most of the Washington, D.C., market, with news director Mark Kraham stating that "we wanted to make it clear that we're not just a Hagerstown station".<ref name="wepm-whagtowdvm">{{cite news|url=https://panhandlenewsnetwork.com/whag-to-become-wdvm/|access-date=June 30, 2017|work=[[WEPM|1340 WEPM]]|last1=Fogle|first1=Hans|title=WHAG to become WDVM|date=June 29, 2017}}</ref> The callsign had previously been used in the market by what is now [[WUSA (TV)|WUSA]] from 1978 to 1986.
On December 3, 2018, Nexstar announced it would acquire the assets of [[Chicago]]-based [[Tribune Media]]—which has owned Washington-based [[The CW|CW]] affiliate [[WDCW]] (channel 50) since 1999—for $6.4 billion in cash and debt.<ref>{{cite web|title=Acquisition of Tribune Media Company|url=https://www.nexstar.tv/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Nexstar-Tribune-Investor-Presentation-FINAL-12-3-18.pdf|website=[[Nexstar Media Group]]|date=December 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Nexstar Buying Tribune Media For $6.4 Billion|url=https://tvnewscheck.com/article/top-news/226264/nexstar-buying-tribune-media-6-4-billion/|first=Mark K.|last=Miller|website=TVNewsCheck|publisher=NewsCheck Media|date=December 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Nexstar Confirms $4.1B Tribune Media Acquisition To Become Leading Local TV Station Owner|url=https://deadline.com/2018/12/nexstar-tribune-media-acquisition-1202512653/|first=Peter|last=White|first2=Dade |last2=Hayes|website=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=Penske Media Corporation|date=December 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Nexstar to buy WGN owner Tribune Media for $4.1 billion|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-nexstar-tribune-media-20181202-story.html|first=Gerry|last=Smith|first2=Nabila|last2=Ahmed|first3=Eric|last3=Newcomer|agency=[[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg News]]|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|publisher=[[Tribune Publishing]]|date=December 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Nexstar to buy Tribune Media for $4.1 billion|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tribune-media-m-a-nexstar-media/nexstar-to-buy-tribune-media-for-4-1-billion-idUSKBN1O217Z|first=Arjun|last=Panchadar|first2=Sonam |last2=Rai|work=[[Reuters]]|date=December 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Nexstar Announces Deal to Buy Tribune for $6.4B|url=https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/nexstar-announces-deal-to-buy-tribune-for-6-4b|first=Jon |last=Lafayette|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable|publisher=NewBay Media|date=December 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=It's Official: Nexstar Takes Tribune In Billion-Dollar Stock Deal|url=https://www.rbr.com/reuters-nexstar-gets-tribune-in-4-1b-deal/|first=Adam|last=Jacobson|website=Radio-Television Business Report|publisher=Streamline-RBR, Inc.|date=December 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Nexstar To Spin Off $1B In Stations|url=https://tvnewscheck.com/article/top-news/226264/nexstar-buying-tribune-media-6-4-billion/|first=Harry A. |last=Jessell|first2=Mark K.|last2=Miller|website=TVNewsCheck|publisher=NewsCheck Media|date=December 3, 2018}}</ref><ref name="nxsttrco1">{{cite web|url=https://www.nexstar.tv/nexstar_agrees_to_acquire_tribune/|title=Nexstar Media Group Enters into Definitive Agreement to Acquire Tribune Media Company for $6.4 Billion in Accretive Transaction Creating the Nation's Largest Local Television Broadcaster and Local Media Company|publisher=[[Nexstar Media Group]]|date=December 3, 2018|access-date=December 3, 2018}}</ref><ref name="nxsttrco2">{{cite web|url=http://www.tribunemedia.com/nexstar-media-group-enters-into-definitive-agreement-to-acquire-tribune-media-company/|title=Nexstar Media Group Enters Into Definitive Agreement To Acquire Tribune Media Company|publisher=[[Tribune Media]]|date=December 3, 2018|access-date=December 3, 2018}}</ref> The sale was approved by the [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC) on September 16 and was completed on September 19, 2019, forming a nominal duopoly with WDCW.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nexstar.tv/stations/|title=Nexstar Media Group, Inc. &#124; Stations}}</ref>
On July 1, 2019, all Heroes & Icons programming was dropped in favor of additional syndicated programming.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.handitv.com/wheretowatch/|title=H&I &#124; Where to Watch H&I|website=H&I}}</ref> Nexstar began repositioning WDVM-TV as a news-intensive independent station focused on the Washington market, first combining the operations of their two stations by bringing WDCW and WDVM-TV under the same management in February 2020.<ref>{{cite web |date=February 3, 2020|url=https://www.nexstar.tv/andrew-wyatt-vp-gm-washington-dc-2020/|title=Nexstar Media Group Promotes Andrew Wyatt to Manage All of its Broadcasting and Digital Operations in the Washington, D.C. Area|publisher=[[Nexstar Media Group]]}}</ref> Later in the year, WDVM-TV added rebroadcasts of syndicated programming seen on WDCW, while that station added a standard-definition simulcast to allow over-the-air coverage of WDVM-TV to the entire market along with expanded cable and satellite carriage. In December 2023, Nexstar applied to the FCC to move WDVM-TV's transmitter site to a tower at Blue Mountain near [[Front Royal, Virginia]], along with a power increase to 1,000&nbsp;kW; the move was to substantially increase over-the-air coverage of Washington and suburban northern Virginia while still covering the Hagerstown area.<ref name="wdvmchanges">{{cite web|url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/draftCopy.html?displayType=html&appKey=25076f918c46c9b3018c7100c8ea2a42&id=25076f918c46c9b3018c7100c8ea2a42&goBack=N|title=Modification of a Licensed Facility for DTV Application|work=Licensing and Management System|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|date=February 12, 2024|access-date=February 19, 2024}}</ref><ref name="wdvmfccdata">{{cite web |title=WDVM-TV Facility Data |url=https://fccdata.org/?lang=en&appid=25076f918c46c9b3018c7100c8ea2a42&facid=25045 |website=FCCData|publisher=REC Networks|access-date=December 1, 2020}}</ref>
After the FCC requested several rounds of reports and technical changes to minimize the population in rural Maryland and Pennsylvania that would lose what the commission considers adequate local broadcast television coverage (within the [[Longley-Rice model|Longley-Rice]] noise-limited contour of five full-power or [[Class A television service|Class A]] stations), the relocation was approved on February 12, 2024. The relocation has yet to occur, as the presence of [[Daystar (TV network)|Daystar]]'s [[WDDN-LD]] and WDWA-LD on channel 23 in Washington and [[Burke, Virginia]], respectively, present another technical obstacle.
==News operation==
Right from the start (January 3, 1970), WHAG began offering local newscasts with ''The Valley News'' which aired weeknights at 6, 7, and 11 p.m. The original anchors were Bob Witt with news, Glenn Presgraves with sports, and Bill Wolfinger forecasting the weather. Wolfinger also did a Saturday night horror movie show where he would be in costume similar to Lon Chaney. The news department expanded in 1972 to include weekend evening broadcasts at 11 that totaled six hours of local news per week. By the year 2000, news content increased to over 22 hours of broadcasts per week. In 1997, WHAG added a microwave truck allowing the transmitting of live breaking news from the viewing area.<ref name="your4state1"/> On February 12, 2010, the station switched its on-air and news brandings from "NBC 25" and ''NBC 25 News'' to "WHAG" and ''WHAG News'', respectively.
Outside of a few senior staffers, the station's news department mainly acted as a "[[farm team]]" operation that features new journalists and behind the scenes staff who have graduated from their schools looking for experience at a small-market television station and serve as "[[Video journalism|one man band]]" personnel that shoot, write, and edit their own stories, and eventually move on to further opportunities in larger markets. The station operates a bureau on East Patrick Street ([[MD 144]]) in [[Frederick, Maryland|Frederick]].
On August 30, 2010, WHAG added a half hour to its weekday noon and 5 p.m. newscasts. Until this point unlike most NBC affiliates in the [[Eastern Time Zone]], the station had not aired a broadcast weeknights at 5:30. It still does not offer a full two-hour weekday morning newscast. There is now a half hour broadcast on Monday-Saturday nights at 7. On weekends, an hour-long morning show at 6 a.m. as well as a half hour Sunday morning broadcast at 9 p.m. were added. In addition, a [[Northern Virginia]] Bureau covering [[Chantilly, Virginia|Chantilly]], [[Leesburg, Virginia|Leesburg]], [[Berryville, Virginia|Berryville]], and [[Winchester, Virginia|Winchester]] was opened. Although not a full news department, this is now the second local news operation established in those areas after [[TV3 Winchester]] launched on March 5, 2007. All of the preceding changes required the expansion of WHAG's personnel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://your4state.com/fulltext/?nxd_id=130745&shr=addthis |title=WHAG to Expand Coverage and Newscasts on Monday |publisher=Your4state.com |access-date=October 14, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://your4state.com/images/Multi_Media/your4state/nxd_media/dox/pdf/2010_08/New%20Fall%20Schedule%202010.pdf|title=WHAG Schedule 2010|publisher=Your4state.com|access-date=October 14, 2012}}</ref> On October 21, 2013, WHAG began broadcasting its local newscasts in [[high-definition television|high definition]].
Nexstar undertook a major expansion of WDVM-TV's news operation that launched on July 1, 2016, the same day the station lost its NBC affiliation. While it broadcasts standard newscasts at 5:30&nbsp;a.m., 6 a.m., noon, 5 p.m., 6 p.m., and 10 p.m., the 7 a.m., 7 p.m., and 11 p.m. hours are also set aside for Maryland- (''[[Interstate 270 (Maryland)|I-270]] News'') and Northern Virginia-specific (''Nova News'') coverage. WDVM-TV also simulcasts Nexstar-owned [[WOWK-TV]]'s ''Tonight Live'' at 5:30&nbsp;p.m.<ref name=tvnc-wvmhnexstar>{{cite news|title=Nexstar Buys 4 W.Va. TVs For $130M|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/90089/nexstar-buys-4-wva-tvs-for-130m|work=TVNewsCheck|access-date=February 19, 2016}}</ref><ref name=cgm-saletonexstar>{{cite news|last1=Brown|first1=Andrew|title=WV Media Holdings selling 4 TV stations to Texas company|url=http://www.wvgazettemail.com/article/20151117/GZ03/151119558/1102|access-date=November 24, 2015|work=[[Charleston Gazette-Mail]]|date=November 17, 2015}}</ref><ref name="tvnc-whagexpand">{{cite news|title=WHAG Announces $1M Local News Expansion|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/92473/whag-announces-1m-local-news-expansion|access-date=February 19, 2016|work=TVNewsCheck}}</ref>
On July 11, 2022, Nexstar moved WDVM-TV's primary studios from Hagerstown to Washington and rebranded newscasts as ''DC News Now'', along with changing many of the on-air personality and anchor lineups. The former studios in Hagerstown are now used as a bureau, alongside the existing Frederick and Chantilly bureaus. On July 25, another newscast expansion occurred, with the morning newscast expanding to four hours, the 5 p.m. newscast expanding to an hour (which also resulted in the move of the WOWK-produced ''Tonight Live'' to 11:30 p.m.), and the addition of a new 9 p.m. newscast. WDVM-TV's 10 p.m. newscast moved to WDCW and the 11 p.m. newscast was replaced by a half-hour sports program.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.localdvm.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2022/06/DC-News-Now-Talent-release.pdf|title=DC News Now Names Anchor Line-up for Expanded Local News Operation Serving Washington, D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia|website=LocalDVM.com|date=June 8, 2022|accessdate=June 16, 2022}}</ref>
==Subchannels==
The station's signal is [[multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|+Subchannels of WDVM-TV<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WDVM|title=RabbitEars.Info|website=www.rabbitears.info}}</ref>
! scope = "col" | [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! scope = "col" | [[Display resolution|Res.]]
! scope = "col" | [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! scope = "col" | Short name
! scope = "col" | Programming
|-
! scope = "row" | 25.1
| [[1080i]] || rowspan=4| [[16:9]] || WDVM-DT || Main WDVM-TV programming
|-
! scope = "row" | 25.2
| rowspan=3| [[480i]] || ION Mys || [[Ion Mystery]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 25.3
| Rewind || [[Rewind TV]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 25.4
| HSN || [[HSN]]
|}
WHAG's broadcasts became digital-only, effective June 12, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1300771&Form_id=910&Facility=25045 |title=Analog Service Termination Notiification |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |date=March 17, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1316907&Service=TV&Form_id=387&Facility_id=25045 |title=DTV Transition Status Report |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |date=June 12, 2009 }}</ref>
As part of the spectrum repacking process following the FCC's [[incentive auction]], WDVM changed from channel 26 to 23 on August 2, 2019. However, its virtual channel number remains 25.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.localdvm.com/wdvm-rescan-day/|title=WDVM Rescan Day|date=July 17, 2019|website=WDVM 25|publisher=[[Nexstar Media Group]]|language=en-US|access-date=July 24, 2019}}</ref>
The effective reach of WDVM-TV's signal is the valley stretching from Hagerstown to [[Martinsburg, West Virginia]], and Winchester, Virginia, far from the core of the Washington market. Its main channel only is simulcast in 480i widescreen standard definition (virtual channel 25.1) on the Washington-based signal of WDCW in order to cover the rest of the market.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WDCW|title=RabbitEars.Info|website=www.rabbitears.info}}</ref>
==Cable and satellite carriage==
Recently,{{when?|date=January 2024}}<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.localdvm.com/how-to-watch-wdvm/ |title= How to Watch WDVM 25 |date= January 9, 2020 |publisher=WDVM-TV 25}}</ref> it has been added to the [[Dish Network]] lineup of local offerings and is available to subscribers that currently receive the Washington, D.C. market locals. WDVM-TV had also been seen on Dish as the default NBC affiliate for the [[Salisbury, Maryland|Salisbury]] television market, as that market did not have an NBC affiliate of its own until June 2014, when [[WRDE-LD]] in nearby [[Rehoboth Beach, Delaware]], switched its affiliation to NBC. It is also viewed in [[widescreen]] standard definition on [[Verizon FiOS]] in Montgomery County, Maryland.
On February 26, 2020, WDVM-TV was added to [[DirecTV]]'s lineup of local offerings and, like with rival Dish, is also available to subscribers that currently receive the Washington, D.C. market locals. It is seen on channel 25 and only in high definition.<ref>[https://www.localdvm.com/where-to-find-wdvm/ How to Find WDVM in Your Viewing Area]</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*{{official website|https://www.dcnewsnow.com/}}
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