WTDP-TV

**WTDP-TV** is an NBC-affiliated television station licensed to Metropolis, Delaware, United States. It is owned by Tribune Broadcasting. Since its inception in 1948, WTDP-TV's studios and offices have been located in the Daily Planet Building.

## History

The station first signed on the air on September 15, 1948. WTDP-TV's call letters come from the newspaper that founded the station, the Tribune-owned *Daily Planet*. WTDP-TV has been affiliated with NBC since its inception.

Until becoming owned by Tribune outright in 1991, WTDP operated separately from the company's other television and radio outlets through the *Daily Planet*-owned license holder, WTDP-TV, Incorporated – which in 1963, purchased Metropolis radio station (101.9 FM), and soon changed that station's call letters to WTDP-FM. The radio station was sold to Emmis Communications in 1997.

Coinciding with NBC's drop to last place in the late 1970s, WTDP-TV fell to last place in the ratings among Metropolis' VHF stations.

On October 14, 2009, WTDP-TV unveiled a new logo and a redesigned news set, bringing back the classic stylized number "5" that was previously used by the station from 1985 to 1997.

*The Daily Planet* and WTDP-TV were separated on August 4, 2014, when Tribune spun off its publishing division into a separate company; WTDP-TV and Tribune's other broadcasting properties (as well as its Media Services and real estate units) remained with the original company, which was renamed as the Tribune Media Company.

### National Slogans

* All the Best on Channel 5 (1976-1978; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
* WTDP See Us (1978-1979; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
* Channel 5, Proud As A Peacock! (1979-1981; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
* Channel 5, Our Pride is Showing (1981-1982; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
* We're Channel 5, Just Watch Us Now (1982-1983; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
* Channel 5 There, Be There (1983-1984; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
* Channel 5, Let's All Be There (1984-1986; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
* Come Home to Channel 5 (1986-1987; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
* Come on Home to Channel 5 (1987-1988; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
* Come Home to the Best, Only on Channel 5 (1988-1990; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
* WTDP. The Place To Be (1990-1992; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
* It's Here on Channel 5 (1992-1993; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
* Got Everybody Watching WTDP (1993-1994; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
* It's Channel 5! (1994-1995; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
* The Year to Be on Channel 5 (1995-1996; localized version of NBC ad campaign)

## Gallery

WTDP's logo from 1976 to 1979WTDP's logo from 1979 to 1985WTDP's logo from 1985 to 1997WTDP ID from 1989, with the 1989-1990 NBC "Come Home to the Best" promo.WTDP ID from 1992-1993WTDP's logo from 1997 to December 31, 2004WTDP's logo from October 14, 2009 to August 2016
## Digital television

### Digital channels

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

 5.2
 5.3

#### Subchannels

On January 1, 2011, Tribune launched its new digital broadcast network, Antenna TV, which affiliated with WTDP-TV through a new fourth digital subchannel. In May 2012, WTDP-TV moved Antenna TV to digital subchannel 5.2, while digital channel 5.4 was removed (Estrella TV, was carried on 5.4 at the time).

### Analog-to-digital transition

WTDP-TV discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over VHF channel 5, at 12:30 p.m. on June 12, 2009, as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 19.

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