FCC filing company

WDEF-TV, Inc.

27 Abercorn Street, Savannah, GA, 31401, US

Related companies

These separately maintained company records are connected by a confirmed FCC relationship or shared identity evidence. A matching name alone does not establish that two records are the same legal entity, so their filings remain separate.

Company	FRN	Relationship basis
WDEF-TV, Inc.		Shared FCC source history

Data coverage

FCC source	Matched entities	Last refreshed
ASR	1	2026-08-11 03:31:12
ICFS	1	2026-07-31 13:43:56
LMS	2	2026-08-11 05:01:05
ULS	1	2026-08-09 15:41:30

Source records and provenance

Each row is an independently retained source identity connected to this company. FCC.report does not overwrite one source with another.

FCC source	Recorded name	Source identity	Match basis	Last refreshed
ASR	WDEF-TV, Inc.	`frn:0015347529`	exact frn	2026-08-11 03:31:12
ICFS	WDEF-TV, Inc.	`frn:0015347529`	exact frn	2026-07-31 13:43:56
LMS	WDEF-TV, INC.	`frn:0015347529`	exact frn	2026-08-11 05:01:05
LMS	WDEF-TV, INC.	`name:6448f36a5f43dee4f0a58a6a`	lms source entity	2026-08-11 04:59:16
ULS	WDEF-TV, INC.	`frn:0015347529`	exact frn	2026-08-09 15:41:30

IBFS / ICFS filings

Filed	File number	Applicant	Status
2023-05-05	SES-RWL-20230505-00927	WDEF-TV, Inc.	Current
2021-11-02	SES-RWL-20211102-01774	WDEF-TV, Inc.	Closed
2018-10-12	SES-REG-20181012-05496	WDEF-TV, Inc.	Current
2018-10-12	SES-MOD-20181015-03933	WDEF-TV, Inc.	Closed

Universal Licensing System records

Grant date	Call sign	Service	Status	Frequency	Location	Expiration
2021-04-03	WNEO591	MG	C	23075 MHz	SIGNAL MOUNTAIN, HAMILTON, TN (+1)	2031-05-07
2020-04-29	WQLV537	MG	C	21870 MHz	CHATTANOOGA, HAMILTON, TN (+1)	2030-05-03
2020-04-29	WNTF293	MG	C	21925 MHz	LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, HAMILTON, TN (+1)	2030-05-31
2019-04-23	WNTF294	MG	C	23125 MHz	CHATTANOOGA, HAMILTON, TN (+1)	2029-05-17
2003-05-09	WPXN370	TI	A	7037.5 MHz	CHATTANOOGA, HAMILTON, TN (+1)	2029-08-01
2000-02-10	KES585	RP	A	450.2875 - 455.2875 MHz (2 frequencies)	CHATTANOOGA, HAMILTON, TN (+1)	2029-08-01
2000-02-10	KES283	RP	A	450.2875 MHz	CHATTANOOGA, HAMILTON, TN	2029-08-01
1999-04-21	WPOT221	TI	A	2450 - 2467 MHz (2 frequencies)	CHATSWORTH, MURRAY, GA (+1)	2029-08-01
1983-06-17	KA95313	TP	A	2025.5 - 2109.5 MHz (2 frequencies)	CHATTANOOGA, HAMILTON, TN	2029-08-01
1973-04-11	KIO21	TS	A	6887.5 MHz	35.1350000, -85.3236111	2029-08-01
1973-04-11	KC7148	TP	C	6900 - 6925 MHz (2 frequencies)	CHATTANOOGA, HAMILTON, TN	2021-08-01

Antenna Structure Registration records

Issued	Registration	Status	Location	Structure	Height	FAA study
2006-10-18	1043736	OC	220 HAMPTON RD SIGNAL MOUNTAIN, CHATTANOOGA, TN, 37377	TOWER	195 m	SO-OE-65-177
2006-10-18	1043735	OC	220 HAMPTON RD SIGNAL MOUNTAIN, CHATTANOOGA, TN, 37377	TOWER	116 m

Licensing and Management System filings

Filed	File number	Station / facility	FRN	Expiration
2026-06-18	0000299415	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 8 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529	2029-08-01
2026-01-28	0000288283	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 8 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529	2029-08-01
2025-01-21	0000263298	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 8 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529	2029-08-01
2024-07-23	0000249536	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 8 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529	2029-08-01
2024-01-25	0000236694	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 8 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529	2021-08-01
2023-01-20	0000207313	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 8 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529	2021-08-01
2022-02-08	0000184628	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 8 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529	2025-03-08
2022-01-27	0000181686	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 8 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529	2021-08-01
2021-03-31	0000142318	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 8 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529	2029-08-01
2021-03-31	0000142204	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 12 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529	2021-08-01
2021-03-12	0000139132	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 8 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529	2021-08-01
2021-03-12	0000139131	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 12 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529	2021-08-01
2021-01-20	0000131783	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 12 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529	2021-08-01
2020-12-18	0000129898	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 8 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529	2021-03-30
2020-12-18	25076ff37668dbe6017677882f0f144a	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 8 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529
2020-07-06	0000117016	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 12 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529	2021-08-01
2020-06-08	0000115886	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 8 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529
2020-06-08	0000115887	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 8 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529	2020-12-30
2020-04-29	0000112907	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 12 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529	2021-08-01
2020-04-07	0000111675	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 12 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529	2021-08-01
2020-03-17	0000108143	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 12 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529	2021-08-01
2020-01-06	0000095355	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 12 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529	2021-08-01
2019-10-10	0000086188	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 12 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529	2021-08-01
2019-10-09	0000085206	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 12 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529
2019-07-09	0000076829	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 12 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529	2021-08-01
2019-07-09	0000076862	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 12 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529
2019-04-09	0000070489	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 12 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529	2021-08-01
2019-04-09	0000070642	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 12 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529
2019-01-03	0000064657	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 12 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529
2019-01-02	0000064534	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 12 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529	2021-08-01
2018-10-09	0000060902	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 12 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529	2021-08-01
2018-10-09	0000061472	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 12 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529
2018-07-10	0000057710	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 12 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529
2018-07-09	0000056944	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 12 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529	2021-08-01
2018-04-09	0000051128	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 12 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529
2018-04-09	0000050826	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 12 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529	2021-08-01
2018-01-10	0000039786	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 12 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529	2021-08-01
2018-01-09	0000038489	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 12 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529
2017-10-10	0000032774	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 12 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529	2021-08-01
2017-10-05	0000031285	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 12 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529
2017-07-07	0000026651	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 8 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529	2021-03-30
2017-07-06	0000026074	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 12 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529
2017-04-06	0000023300	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 12 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529
2017-01-10	0000020939	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 12 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529
2016-11-23	0000018056	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 12 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529	2021-08-01
2016-11-10	0000017111	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 12 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529	2021-08-01
2016-10-07	0000015232	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 12 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529
2016-07-01	0000011639	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 12 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529
2016-04-08	0000010084	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 12 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529
2015-11-30	0000006713	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 12 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529	2021-08-01
2015-11-16	0000006013	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 12 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529	2021-08-01
2015-06-22	0000001996	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 12 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529
2014-11-26	BAFCDT-20141126ALE	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 8 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529	2021-08-01
2013-11-26	BAFCDT-20131126BRE	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 8 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529	2021-08-01
2013-03-29	BRCDT-20130329AET	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 8 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529
2012-11-29	BAFCDT-20121129BMC	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 8 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529	2021-08-01
2011-11-29	BAFCDT-20111129BUN	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 8 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529	2021-08-01
2010-11-23	BAFCDT-20101123AMS	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 8 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529	2021-08-01
2009-11-12	BAFCDT-20091112ACX	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 8 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529	2021-08-01
2009-02-25	BLCDT-20090225ABO	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 12 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529	2021-08-01
2009-02-09	BDSTA-20090209ABJ	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 12 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529
2009-02-02	SUS-1292824	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 8 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529
2008-11-26	BAFCDT-20081126AKY	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 8 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529	2021-08-01
2008-06-17	BMPCDT-20080617ADC	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 12 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529	2021-08-01
2008-06-17	BMPCDT-20080617ADC	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 12 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529	2021-08-01
2008-02-28	BPCDT-20080228ABR	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 12 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529	2021-08-01
2008-02-28	BPCDT-20080228ABR	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 12 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529	2021-08-01
2007-11-29	BAFCDT-20071129AJZ	WDEF-TV CHATTANOOGA, TN DTV - Full Service Television \| Channel 8 \| LICEN - LICENSED	0015347529	2021-08-01

Experimental filings

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FCC ID filings

No matched FCC ID filings are available.

Public Inspection File facilities

No matched Public Inspection File facilities are available.

Historical CDBS broadcast filings

No matched historical CDBS filings are available.

FCC auction participation

No matched FCC auction bidder records are available.

Robocall Mitigation Database filings

No matched Robocall Mitigation Database filings are available.

Broadband Data Collection providers

No matched BDC provider identifiers are available.

Intermediate Provider Registry

No matched Intermediate Provider Registry entries are available.

Sources and provenance

Source	Source record	Retrieved	Match
ASR	frn:0015347529	2026-07-31 14:42:09	Confirmed Company Identity
ICFS	frn:0015347529	2026-08-07 20:23:38	Confirmed Company Identity
ULS	frn:0015347529	2026-07-31 15:17:16	Confirmed Company Identity

Selected field provenance

Field	Displayed value	Source	Observed
Company Name	WDEF-TV, Inc.	ICFS frn:0015347529	2026-08-07 20:23:39

Recorded identity details

Values are retained with their source and observation dates; differences are not silently overwritten.

Field	Recorded value	Source	Observed
Address	27 Abercorn Street, Savannah, GA, 31401, US	COMPANY	2026-07-29 - 2026-07-30
Email Domain	morrisnetwork.com	ULS
Email Domain	morrisnetwork.com	ULS
Email Domain	morrisnetwork.com	ULS
Email Domain	morrisnetwork.com	ULS
Email Domain	wdef.com	ULS
Email Domain	wdef.com	ULS
Email Domain	wdef.com	ULS
Email Domain	wdef.com	ULS
Email Domain	wdef.com	ULS
Frn	0015347529	ASR	2026-07-29 - 2026-07-31
Frn	0015347529	ICFS	2026-07-29 - 2026-07-30
Frn	0015347529	LMS	2026-07-30 - 2026-07-31
Frn	0015347529	ULS	2026-07-29 - 2026-07-29
Name	WDEF-TV, Inc.	ASR	2026-07-29 - 2026-07-31
Name	WDEF-TV, Inc.	COMPANY	2026-07-29 - 2026-07-30
Name	WDEF-TV, Inc.	ICFS	2026-07-29 - 2026-07-30
Name	WDEF-TV, INC.	LMS	2026-07-30 - 2026-07-31
Name	WDEF-TV, INC.	LMS	2026-07-30 - 2026-07-31
Name	WDEF-TV, INC.	ULS	2026-07-29 - 2026-07-29
Phone	4237851203	ULS
Phone	4237851203	ULS
Phone	4237851203	ULS
Phone	4237851203	ULS
Phone	4237851203	ULS
Phone	4237851203	ULS
Phone	4787454141	ULS
Phone	4787454141	ULS
Phone	4787454141	ULS
Phone	4787454141	ULS
Phone	8046496000	ULS