WHDT (channel 9) is an independent television station licensed to Stuart, Florida, United States, serving the West Palm Beach area.
It was founded by Günter Marksteiner and was early to convert to high-definition program origination and broadcasting, including being the first digital-only television station authorized for must-carry.
Half of its broadcast day was devoted to European news programs, such as from Deutsche Welle, and the rest to classic reruns, though it was also the local affiliate of the Florida Marlins and Miami Heat television networks.
[5] By 1999, MIG Group, Marksteiner's broadcasting company, owned low-power stations in West Palm Beach, Miami, Naples, and Stuart, Florida, as well as in Boston and in New Hampshire.
[7] In the meantime, despite building out high-definition production studios, the station continued to broadcast an analog signal in the West Palm Beach area.
[8] In January 2001, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ruled that the station could provide primary over-the-air service using only a digital signal.