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WDTN: History & Measurement

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.

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WDTN topic overview

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

Related topics
160
Source areas
4
Connected nodes
164
Extracted relationships
213
Concept neighborhoods
48
Bridge connections
164

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 · 102 topics
Programming · 26 topics
Overview · 24 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.

Founded
April 4, 1947 (1947-04-04)
Owner
Nexstar Media Group · (Nexstar Media Inc.)
Affiliations
2.1: NBC · 2.2: Ion Mystery
Branding
2 News
Call sign meaning
Dayton
Channels
Digital: 31 (UHF), shared with WBDT and WKOI-TV · Virtual: 2

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

Programming

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 WDTN connects Entity context

The extracted context around WDTN shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, WDTN → ABC, ABC's, Almost, Argyle, Argyle II, Argyle Television Holdings II, Avco's, Buffalo, By, California, CBS, Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton, Five, For, Gannett Broadcasting, Grand Rapids, Grinnell College, Hartford Another extracted example is WDTN → ABC, All, April, Atlanta, Bob Braun, CBS, Cincinnati, Club, Columbus, Crosley, Crosley Broadcasting Corporation, Crosley's, Dayton, Dixie Drive, DuMont Television Network, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, From, However, Indianapolis. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

WDTN

Top relations

related to Switch to ABC · 61
WDTN → ABC, ABC's, Almost, Argyle, Argyle II, Argyle Television Holdings II, Avco's, Buffalo, By, California, CBS, Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton, Five, For, Gannett Broadcasting, Grand Rapids, Grinnell College, Hartford
related to Early years · 51
WDTN → ABC, All, April, Atlanta, Bob Braun, CBS, Cincinnati, Club, Columbus, Crosley, Crosley Broadcasting Corporation, Crosley's, Dayton, Dixie Drive, DuMont Television Network, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, From, However, Indianapolis
related to Return to NBC · 31
WDTN → ABC, ABC's, EndPlay, Fox, Fox Interactive Media, Illinois, In, Ironically, June, LIN TV, LIN TV-owned, Local Media Network, NBC, October, On August, On May, Prior, Sinclair Broadcasting Group, Springfield/Decatur, The
related to News operation · 22
WDTN → After June, Dayton, Dayton's, Dayton's CW, Edward, Eyewitness News, For, HD, In, July, Murrow Award, News, On April, On August, Overall Excellence, Saturday, That, The, This, WBDT
related to Subchannels · 10
WDTN → Escape, Ion Mystery, Ion Television, Justice Network, On February, On January, On June, WBDT's DT3, WDTN's, WKOI-TV
related to Analog-to-digital conversion · 7
WDTN → FCC's, June, November, The, UHF, United States, VHF
Former affiliations · 3
WDTN → ABC (secondary 1949–1971, primary 1980–2004), DuMont (secondary, 1949–1955), NBC (1949–1980)
Affiliations · 2
WDTN → 2.1: NBC, 2.2: Ion Mystery
Channels · 2
WDTN → Digital: 31 (UHF), shared with WBDT and WKOI-TV, Virtual: 2
Former channel numbers · 2
WDTN → Analog: 5 (VHF, 1949–1953), 2 (VHF, 1953–2009), Digital: 50 (UHF, 2000–2019)

Important terminology

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

Important terminology

station channel stations television news abc dayton wbdt network cincinnati wlwd lin show time tv nbc also digital first would

WDTN relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 213 structured relationships around WDTN. Examples in this analysis include WDTN → Affiliations → 2.1: NBC and WDTN → Affiliations → 2.2: Ion Mystery. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
WDTNAffiliations2.1: NBC1.00infobox
WDTNAffiliations2.2: Ion Mystery1.00infobox
WDTNBranding2 News1.00infobox
WDTNCall sign meaningDayton1.00infobox
WDTNChannelsDigital: 31 (UHF), shared with WBDT and WKOI-TV1.00infobox
WDTNChannelsVirtual: 21.00infobox
WDTNERP1,000 kW1.00infobox
WDTNFacility ID656901.00infobox
WDTNFirst air dateMarch 15, 1949 (1949-03-15)1.00infobox
WDTNFormer affiliationsNBC (1949–1980)1.00infobox
WDTNFormer affiliationsDuMont (secondary, 1949–1955)1.00infobox
WDTNFormer affiliationsABC (secondary 1949–1971, primary 1980–2004)1.00infobox
WDTNFormer call signsWLWD (1949–1976)1.00infobox
WDTNFormer channel numbersAnalog: 5 (VHF, 1949–1953), 2 (VHF, 1953–2009)1.00infobox
WDTNFormer channel numbersDigital: 50 (UHF, 2000–2019)1.00infobox
WDTNFoundedApril 4, 1947 (1947-04-04)1.00infobox
WDTNHAAT330 m (1,083 ft)1.00infobox
WDTNLicensing authorityFCC1.00infobox
WDTNOwnerNexstar Media Group1.00infobox
WDTNOwner(Nexstar Media Inc.)1.00infobox
WDTNPublic license informationPublic file1.00infobox
WDTNPublic license informationLMS1.00infobox
WDTNSister stationsWBDT1.00infobox
WDTNTransmitter 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
WDTNWebsitewww.wdtn.com1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around WDTN bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Time, Network and Signal. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • television station
    • Stations
    • Dayton
    • Wlw
    • Group
    • News
    • Digital
    • Wbdt
    • Newscast
    • Wdtn's
    • Network
    • Ohio
    • Wlwd
  • dayton, ohio
    • Cincinnati
    • Station
    • First
    • Stations
    • Television
    • Ohio
    • Nbc
    • Digital
    • Programming
    • Abc
    • Wbdt
    • Wlw
  • nbc
    • Abc
    • Programming
    • Network
    • Ohio
    • Wkef
    • Group
    • Broadcasting
    • Stations
    • Also
    • Wdtn
    • Wlwd
    • Television
  • nexstar media group
    • Broadcasting
    • Wbdt
    • Lin
    • Media
    • Would
    • Television
    • Stations
    • Tv
    • Local
    • Announced
    • Later
    • Nbc
  • vaughan media
    • Wbdt
    • Lin
    • Tv
    • Local
    • Announced
    • Broadcasting
    • Now
    • Would
    • Also
    • Wdtn
    • Ohio
    • Later
  • channel sharing agreement
    • Digital
    • Signal
    • Ohio
    • Station
    • Television
    • Wbdt
    • Dayton
    • Along
    • Began
    • June
    • Wdtn's
    • Programming
  • ion television
    • Stations
    • Wlw
    • Dayton
    • Group
    • Digital
    • Ohio
    • Wlwd
    • June
    • Network
    • First
    • Station
    • Cincinnati
  • crosley broadcasting corporation
    • Group
    • Wkef
    • Announced
    • January
    • Media
    • Nbc
    • Programming
    • Now
    • Would
    • Cincinnati
    • Wlwd
    • Dayton

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For WDTN, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects WDTN 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
WDTNHistory · splits 62 ⟂ 103
WDTNProgramming · splits 138 ⟂ 27
WDTNOverview · splits 140 ⟂ 25
WDTNTechnical information · splits 156 ⟂ 9

Map overview Semantic statistics

WDTN

Nodes165
Edges164
Triples213
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.012121
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around WDTN 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 — WDTN · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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