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WDBD: History & Measurement

WDBD (channel 40) is a television station in Jackson, Mississippi, United States, affiliated with the Fox network. It is owned by American Spirit Media and operated by Gray Media under a shared services agreement (SSA), making it sister to WLBT (channel 3), an NBC affiliate, and WLOO (channel 35), an independent station with MyNetworkTV. Although…

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WDBD topic overview

The analysis highlights History and Measurement as prominent areas in the source structure around WDBD.

Related topics
72
Source areas
4
Connected nodes
76
Extracted relationships
117
Concept neighborhoods
24
Bridge connections
76

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 34 topics
Overview · 16 topics
News operation · 14 topics
Technical information · 8 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Owner
American Spirit Media · (WDBD License Subsidiary, LLC)
Affiliations
40.1: Fox · for others, see § Subchannels
Branding
Fox 40
Call sign meaning
Station's calls are in tribute to founder Hal Bernard Dixon's father, Dudley Burgwyn Dixon
Channels
Digital: 14 (UHF) · Virtual: 40
ERP
675 kW

Suggested research paths

A focused starting point derived from the topic graph, ranked independently of the source article order.

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Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

News operation

Technical information

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How WDBD connects Entity context

The extracted context around WDBD shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, WDBD → Act III Broadcasting, Alabama, As, Bernard Dixon, Bethesda, Brenda Harrison, Chapter, Chattanooga, Cleveland, Delta State University, Dixon, Donatelli, February, For, Fox, Foxnet, Gulfport-based WXXV-TV, Harrison, Huntsville, In Another extracted example is WDBD → After, April, Due, Fox, Gulfport, In August, Jackson, Jackson's, Known, Likewise, Love Communications, Mississippi, Mississippi News Tonight, News, On August, On January, With, WLOV, WLOX, WXXV-TV. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

WDBD

Top relations

related to history · 53
WDBD → Act III Broadcasting, Alabama, As, Bernard Dixon, Bethesda, Brenda Harrison, Chapter, Chattanooga, Cleveland, Delta State University, Dixon, Donatelli, February, For, Fox, Foxnet, Gulfport-based WXXV-TV, Harrison, Huntsville, In
related to News operation · 20
WDBD → After, April, Due, Fox, Gulfport, In August, Jackson, Jackson's, Known, Likewise, Love Communications, Mississippi, Mississippi News Tonight, News, On August, On January, With, WLOV, WLOX, WXXV-TV
related to 2017–18 American Spirit Media/DirecTV and AT&T U-verse dispute · 10
WDBD → After, American Spirit Media, August, DirecTV/AT, EDT, January, September, This, U-verse, WDBD's
related to Analog-to-digital conversion · 10
WDBD → Cleveland, Greenville, Greenwood, Jackson, Louisiana, May, Monroe, The, UHF, VHF
Former affiliations · 3
WDBD → Fox (1987–2001), Independent (1984–1987), The WB (2001–2006)
Affiliations · 2
WDBD → 40.1: Fox, for others, see § Subchannels
Channels · 2
WDBD → Digital: 14 (UHF), Virtual: 40
Former channel numbers · 2
WDBD → Analog: 40 (UHF, 1984–2009), Digital: 6 (VHF, until 2009), 40 (UHF, 2009–2018)
Owner · 2
WDBD → (WDBD License Subsidiary, LLC), American Spirit Media
Public license information · 2
WDBD → LMS, Public file

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

fox station news media american spirit jackson 40 stations mississippi wlbt first channel affiliate agreement sister station's wloo show time

WDBD relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 117 structured relationships around WDBD. Examples in this analysis include WDBD → Affiliations → 40.1: Fox and WDBD → Affiliations → for others, see § Subchannels. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
WDBDAffiliations40.1: Fox1.00infobox
WDBDAffiliationsfor others, see § Subchannels1.00infobox
WDBDBrandingFox 401.00infobox
WDBDCall sign meaningStation's calls are in tribute to founder Hal Bernard Dixon's father, Dudley Burgwyn Dixon1.00infobox
WDBDChannelsDigital: 14 (UHF)1.00infobox
WDBDChannelsVirtual: 401.00infobox
WDBDERP675 kW1.00infobox
WDBDFacility ID713261.00infobox
WDBDFirst air dateNovember 30, 1984 (1984-11-30)1.00infobox
WDBDFormer affiliationsIndependent (1984–1987)1.00infobox
WDBDFormer affiliationsFox (1987–2001)1.00infobox
WDBDFormer affiliationsThe WB (2001–2006)1.00infobox
WDBDFormer channel numbersAnalog: 40 (UHF, 1984–2009)1.00infobox
WDBDFormer channel numbersDigital: 6 (VHF, until 2009), 40 (UHF, 2009–2018)1.00infobox
WDBDHAAT598 m (1,962 ft)1.00infobox
WDBDLicensing authorityFCC1.00infobox
WDBDOperatorGray Media (outright sale pending)1.00infobox
WDBDOwnerAmerican Spirit Media1.00infobox
WDBDOwner(WDBD License Subsidiary, LLC)1.00infobox
WDBDPublic license informationPublic file1.00infobox
WDBDPublic license informationLMS1.00infobox
WDBDSister stationsWLBT, WLOO1.00infobox
WDBDTransmitter coordinates.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
WDBDWebsitefox40jackson.com1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around WDBD bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Wlbt, Two and Show. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • television station
    • Sister
    • Media
    • Jackson
    • Agreement
    • Began
    • Wloo
    • Also
    • Network
    • Broadcasting
    • Station
    • Television
    • First
  • jackson, mississippi
    • First
    • Television
    • Mississippi
    • Stations
    • Wdbd
    • Network
    • Station
    • News
    • Digital
    • Wlbt
    • Began
    • Fox
  • fox
    • Seen
    • News
    • Wdbd
    • Affiliate
    • Show
    • Stations
    • Three
    • Station
    • Sister
    • First
    • Time
    • Mississippi
  • american spirit media
    • Spirit
    • Media
    • Wlbt
    • Gray
    • Agreement
    • Station
    • Broadcasting
    • Wloo
    • Sister
    • Station's
    • Independent
    • Wdbd
  • gray media
    • Spirit
    • Wloo
    • Independent
    • Owned
    • Station
    • Agreement
    • Broadcasting
    • Wlbt
    • Gray
    • Media
    • Sister
    • Station's
  • independent station
    • Wloo
    • Sister
    • Media
    • Wlbt
    • Agreement
    • Also
    • Digital
    • Mynetworktv
    • Owned
    • Spirit
    • Uhf
    • Broadcasting
  • joint sales agreement
    • Owned
    • American
    • Spirit
    • Media
    • Wlbt
    • Station
    • Gray
    • Wloo
    • Also
    • Sister
    • Affiliate
    • Station's
  • raymond, mississippi
    • First
    • Wdbd
    • Network
    • Station
    • Television
    • News
    • Wlbt
    • Fox
    • Stations
    • American
    • Spirit
    • Independent

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For WDBD, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects WDBD with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
WDBDHistory · splits 42 ⟂ 35
WDBDOverview · splits 60 ⟂ 17
WDBDNews operation · splits 62 ⟂ 15
WDBDTechnical information · splits 68 ⟂ 9

Map overview Semantic statistics

WDBD

Nodes77
Edges76
Triples117
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.025974
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around WDBD to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History & Measurement, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — WDBD · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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