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{{Short description|Television station in Dyersburg, Tennessee (1999–2011)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox television station
| callsign               = WDYR-CD
| city                   =
| logo                   = 
| branding               = 
| digital                = 18 ([[UHF]])
| virtual                = 33<ref>[http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?7104-Have-you-logged-all-VIRTUAL-digital-channels Have you logged all VIRTUAL digital channels?] WTFDA.org.</ref>
| subchannels            = 
| translators            = 
| affiliations           = {{ubl|[[Independent station|Independent]] (1999–2000)|[[All News Channel]] (secondary, 1999–2000?)|TCT (2000–2011)|[[Cornerstone Television]] (secondary)<ref>[http://feeds.jhm.org/ME2/Sites/dirmod.asp?nm=Program+Guide&type=ESpotlight&mod=Directories%3A%3ASpotlight&mid=0C0A17CACB074D638E44FBEB1F6A3CD2&SiteID=8112722C039B4E508F0AB8552B898895&tier=2&Keywords=&Tier1=&Tier2=TENNESSEE PROGRAM GUIDE - John Hagee Ministries]</ref>}}
| location               = [[Dyersburg, Tennessee]]
| country                = United States
| owner                  = [[Tri-State Christian Television]]<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.godscourtroom.org/docs/TCTStations.pdf | title=The TCT Network| access-date=2024-06-29}}</ref><ref name=tct>[http://www.voe.org/files/mannafeststations.pdf Daystar Television Network Station List]</ref>
| licensee               = 
| founded                = {{start date and age|1995}}
| airdate                = {{start date and age|1999}}
| last_airdate           = {{end date and age|2011}}
| callsign_meaning       = Dyersburg
| sister_stations        = 
| former_callsigns       = {{ubl|W33BO (1995–1999)|WDYR-LP (1999–2003)|WDYR-CA (2003–2011)}}
| former_affiliations    = 
| former_channel_numbers = '''Analog:''' 33 (UHF, 1995–2011)
| erp                    = 15 [[kW]]<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://tvstations.procontentanddesign.com/browse/city/3554_Dyersburg_TN.htm | title=Television station listings in Dyersburg, TN | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304185632/http://tvstations.procontentanddesign.com/browse/city/3554_Dyersburg_TN.htm | archive-date=2016-03-04}}</ref>
| haat                   = 
| facility_id            = 17791
| coordinates            = {{coord|36|3|28|N|89|26|19|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}
| licensing_authority    = [[FCC]]
| website                =  
}}

'''WDYR-CD''' (channel 33) was a [[low-power broadcasting#Television|low-power]], [[Class A television station]] in [[Dyersburg, Tennessee]], United States, [[owned and operated]] by [[Tri-State Christian Television]]. The station's studios were located on Upper Finley Road in Dyersburg.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wdyr Tv33 |url=https://www.merchantcircle.com/wdyr-tv331-dyersburg-tn |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=MerchantCircle |language=en}}</ref>

==History== 
WDYR's application history began in 1995 under the callsign W33BO. The late Ray Ashley, Jr., senior law partner of [[law firm]] Ashley, Ashley & Arnold in Dyersburg and former [[Tennessee Attorney General|Tennessee State Attorney General]] (1974&ndash;76) filed for the original application. Former [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] TV news reporter Tommy Stafford, a friend of Ashley's, co-founded the station. By 1999, the station was on air and had launched a local news operation, titled ''Tri 33 News''. The news aired at 6:30&nbsp;a.m., 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. [[Central Time Zone|CT]], including anchors that had left nearby television stations in [[Jackson, Tennessee|Jackson]], Memphis, and [[Paducah]] to start the newscast.<ref name="wdyr-news">{{Citation |title=WDYR-TV DYERSBURG TN - Tri33 News at 6, first edition |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsp76ngd4pQ |access-date=2024-01-27 |language=en}}</ref> The original anchors of the 6 p.m. newscast were Larry McIntosh (who formerly anchored in the Paducah market), Tiffany Carey, a former Jackson anchor, and the producer and weather anchor Carey Byars, who had previously reported nationally for the syndicated series ''[[AgDay]]''. After a contentious meeting, original founders Ashley and Stafford found themselves at odds with shareholders in the company.

Outside shareholders had been brought in to give the station sufficient capitalization. However, some of these outside shareholders and the founders disagreed strongly on the direction the station should be headed. Ashley and Stafford did not feel their original vision was being followed. They left the board and eventually the company in early 2000. The news was gone by the summer of 2000, when the [[Tri-State Christian Television]] network acquired the station and began airing its network's programming, which was a mixture of [[Christianity|Christian]] programming.

TCT surrendered WDYR's broadcast license in February 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CDBS Forms |url=https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=38864 |access-date=January 27, 2024 |website=licensing.fcc.gov}}</ref> The station is now defunct.

Before the station left the air, WDYR-CD carried all TCT network programming, along with some syndicated shows such as ''Bridging the Gap'',<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cfcky.com/ezine/kyv-may-june-08.pdf |title=The Kentucky Voice |access-date=June 23, 2015 |archive-date=April 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415185427/http://www.cfcky.com/ezine/kyv-may-june-08.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''[[Jack Van Impe]] Presents'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=State of Tennessee |url=http://www.jvim.com/tv/ustv.php?STATE=TENNESSEE |access-date=January 27, 2024 |website=jvim.com}}</ref> ''A Bible Answer'' (originating from an area church in Paducah),<ref>{{Cite web |title=News from Northside Church of Christ |url=http://www.cocns.com/bulletin/bulletin01142007.pdf |access-date=January 27, 2024 |website=cocns.com}}</ref> ''Manna Fest'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mama Fest Broadcasting Schedule |url=http://www.voe.org/files/TV_SCHEDULE.pdf |access-date=January 27, 2024 |website=voe.org |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305005334/http://www.voe.org/files/TV_SCHEDULE.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> and a few others.

==Coverage area== 
In addition to its [[Dyer County]] coverage, WDYR was also available to antenna users in parts of [[Crockett County, Tennessee|Crockett]], [[Lake County, Tennessee|Lake]] and [[Obion County, Tennessee|Obion]] counties in Tennessee, as well as in [[Caruthersville, Missouri]]. In [[Pemiscot County, Missouri]], including the [[Steele, Missouri|Steele]] area and [[Mississippi County, Arkansas]], including the [[Osceola, Arkansas|Osceola]] area, the station was available on [[cable television]] via NewWave Communications.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Channel |url=http://newwavecom.com/pdf/missouri/Steele_2013_web.pdf |access-date=January 27, 2024 |website=newwavecom.com}}</ref>

==References== 
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[[Category:1995 establishments in Tennessee]]
[[Category:2011 disestablishments in Tennessee]]
[[Category:Defunct television stations in Tennessee|DYR-CD]]
[[Category:Dyer County, Tennessee]]
[[Category:Low-power television stations in Tennessee|DYR-CD]]
[[Category:Television channels and stations disestablished in 2011]]
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1995]]