WDAM-TV LAUREL, MS

Display Channel	Physical Channel	Video	Audio	Call Sign	Network/Programming	Nickname	Notes
07-1	7.3	1080i	DD5.1	WDAM DT	NBC	"WDAM"
07-2	7.4	720p	DD5.1	ABC	ABC
07-3	7.5	480i	DD2.0	Bounce	Bounce TV
07-4	7.6	480i	DD2.0	TruCrim	True Crime Network
07-5	7.7	480i (w)	DD2.0	GCSEN	Gulf Coast SEN
07-6	7.8	480i (w)	DD2.0	Grit	Grit

Licensing

FAC-ID: 21250

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DTV-LIC:

Granted

Channel 7

LAUREL, MS

BLCDT-20100129ABY (c52a2910a6ea453b93c8cf6212b6c0ea) - App

509' 75 kW ND (H)
(7.72 kW + 9.87 dB gain = 75 kW ERP)
59.8 mile contour / 11249.1 sq. mi. area / Est. Pop. 508,135
556' AGL; 738' AMSL; (1046930)
0.5° Elec Beam Tilt; Full Service Filter Dielectric TF-12AH
NAD83: N 31° 27' 13", W 89° 17' 5" (31.453611, -89.284722)

Streams

  TSID: 1719 (0x06B7)

  TSReader Data: HTML Export (11/23/2025)
  Bitrate Allocation: Variable

Digital Channel	Display Channel	Call Sign	Src ID	PMT PID	Video	Dimensions	Aspect Ratio	Video PID	Video (Mbps)	PCR PID	Audio Type	Audio PID	Audio Bitrate
7.3	07-1	WDAM DT	1	0x0030	1080i	1920x1080	16:9	0x0031	5.45Mbps	0x0031	DD5.1	0x0034	384kbps
7.4	07-2	ABC	3	0x0040	720p	1280x720	16:9	0x0041	6.05Mbps	0x0041	DD5.1	0x0044	384kbps
7.5	07-3	Bounce	2	0x0050	480i	720x480	4:3	0x0051	1.3Mbps	0x0051	DD2.0	0x0054	192kbps
7.6	07-4	TruCrim	4	0x0060	480i	704x480	4:3	0x0061	1.25Mbps	0x0061	DD2.0	0x0064	192kbps
7.7	07-5	GCSEN	5	0x0070	480i	704x480	16:9	0x0071	1.35Mbps	0x0071	DD2.0	0x0074	192kbps
7.8	07-6	Grit	6	0x0080	480i	720x480	16:9	0x0081	1.25Mbps	0x0081	DD2.0	0x0084	192kbps

Ownership/Historical

Operator:	Gray Television
Licensee:	GRAY TELEVISION LICENSEE, LLC
Sister:	WLHA-LD
DTV Transition:
Petitioned For :	Channel 7 (509' 75 kW ND), which was approved: 09-156
Certification :	Analog channel 7. Digital channel 28.
Elected Round 1 :	Elected channel 28. (Approved)
Final Channel :	Channel 28.
Last Analog:
Channel 7 :	509' 316 kW ND

Call Sign History:
00/00/0000	WDAM
09/18/1978	WDAM-TV

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