MPOD

(channel 26) is a multicultural independent television station in Toad Harbor, Mushroom Kingdom, serving the Toad Harbor Bay Area. It is owned by the Central Networks Corporation alongside Central outlet MIXT (channel 9).
==History==
In December 1987, Philippe Poivre d'Armour received a licence to operate a Francophone television station. His company, French Television (Toad Harbor) Ltd., had been producing Francophone television programs since 1982. The call letters MPOD were derived from a translation of Toad Harbor in French, "Port de Toad;" as it originally aired French programming. The station aired programming in both French (60 percent) and English (40 percent).
MPOD was converted into a multilingual independent station by the end of 1997. English-language programming was limited to one-third of the station's broadcast hours (which includes rebroadcasts of newscasts from local stations), with French-language programming accounting for 7% and programming in about two dozen other languages providing the remaining 60%.
Toad Harbor's first duopoly happened on 2003 when the Central Networks Corporation acquired MPOD from Poivre d'Armour, making it a sister to Central outlet MIXT, channel 9.
Since its sign-on, MPOD had been branded as "Channel 26", with the name being changed depending on the language. The present logo, set in Geometric 415, was introduced in 2008.
==News operation==
WPOD presently broadcasts 12½ hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with 2½ hours each weekday); the station does not produce newscasts on weekends. The station airs daily newscasts in Cantonese, Mandarin, Punjabi, Korean and Tagalog. MPOD previously aired French-language newscasts; that program was eventually discontinued by 2018 as the station eventually launched digital subchannels of (which is a direct simulcast of and co-owned Télévision réseau de central (which launched on 2010).
WPOD also rebroadcasts WNIE's 11pm newscasts the next day, with close-captioning available for use.
Category:Channel 26
Category:Toad Harbor
Category:Mushroom Kingdom
Category:Central Television Network
Category:Central owned and operated stations
Category:Independent television stations
Category:TRC network affiliates
Category:The Pierre Péladeau Company
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1987