WNDU-TV in South Bend, IN . . .

[KlunkLetter]

has been sold by the University of Notre Dame to Gray Television, pending FCC approval.

[Jeremy Andrews]

> has been sold by the University of Notre Dame to Gray
> Television, pending FCC approval.
>

Channel 16?

I DX that one on a regular basis.

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[John Lentz]

> > has been sold by the University of Notre Dame to Gray
> > Television, pending FCC approval.
> >
>
> Channel 16?
>
> I DX that one on a regular basis.
>

Yes thats channel 16.  I wonder once the FCC approves the ownership changes, would it mean that they will change call letters?

I get both ch. 16 analog and its DTV when conditions are right.  They have weather 24/7 on 16-2.

-John L.

[TXengineer]

Didn't Gray buy out the old Benedek ground?
If so, how are they as owners, as cheap as Benedek or better off?

[Stitch]

> Didn't Gray buy out the old Benedek ground?
> If so, how are they as owners, as cheap as Benedek or better
> off?
>
They aren't as cheap as Benedek was, though they don't exactly have the deepest pockets either.

According to an article in the South Bend Tribune, the station will retain the WNDU call letters, as well as it's current location adjacent to the Notre Dame campus with a lease that goes to 2021.

[Adam C.]

> has been sold by the University of Notre Dame to Gray
> Television, pending FCC approval.
>

Wonder what this means for AgDay and all the other FJEM stuff co-produced by WNDU.

-A

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[DrBear]

From the WNDU Web site:
UP AT THE TOP

It's June 1955. WNDU's building is still under construction. But, the transmission tower south of town is done. Well almost. There's one last thing to do.

Most television stations have a blinking red light at the top of their transmission tower. This ostensibly to ward off wandering aviators who may not be aware of the tower's physical presence.   Indeed, WNDU-TV has installed such a beacon. But, it's not exactly at the top. Ours is eighteen inches below the apex.

At the apex of the WNDU-TV tower is something that beckons Father Edmund P. Joyce, Executive Vice President of the University of Notre Dame to climb 570 feet to the top. This he does without hesitation, and with due ceremony proceeds to bless what he finds there. It is a gilded statue of Mary, mother of God.

Today, this same statue, scarred by decades of lightning strikes, still sits at the apex of WNDU-TV's modern 1,000 foot television broadcast tower.

The simplicity of the sculpture is overwhelming. Her influence guides the destinies and career of the University named in her honor.

WNDU-TV, in placing this figure atop our transmission tower, is ever mindful of her presence.

[TXengineer]

Is WNDU #1 or is WSBT?

[Mark]

I know WNDU is a strong NBC affilate, but I don't know the history of Gray.

Having no ABC affiliate in South Bend, except on a low power station, I wonder if any change may be forth coming?

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[rugrats1]

> I know WNDU is a strong NBC affilate, but I don't know the
> history of Gray.
>
> Having no ABC affiliate in South Bend, except on a low power
> station, I wonder if any change may be forth coming?
>
I don't know, since most of Gray's stations are either NBC or CBS. Case in point -- WILX ch.10 in Lansing, the nearest Gray station to WNDU, is NBC.