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call_letters = WDRL-TV|

station_logo = [[Image:Wdrl24new.gif|250px]]|

station_slogan = ''UPN24''|

station_branding = UPN24WDRL-TV|

analog = 24 ([[Ultra high frequency|UHF]])|

digital = 41 (UHF)|

affiliations = [[UPN]] (Will become [[Independent station|Independent]] September, 2006)|

founded = Early 1990s|

___location = [[Danville, Virginia]]|

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owner = Melvin Eleazer|

former_callsigns = WDRG|

former_affiliations = [[WB Television Network|WB]], [[UPN]]|

homepage = [http://www.wdrl-tv.com/ www.wdrl-tv.com]|

}}

'''WDRL-TV''' is aan [[UPN]]Independent [[affiliatestation|independent]] [[television station]] licensed to [[Danville, Virginia]] but located in [[Pelham, North Carolina]], [[United States|USA]], which serves the [[Roanoke, Virginia|Roanoke]]/[[Lynchburg, Virginia|Lynchburg]] [[Media market|market]] in [[Virginia]].

The station [[broadcasting|broadcasts]] from a short [[Radio masts and towers|tower]] in Pelham, NC, and its [[Signal (information theory)|signal]] is directional toward [[Greensboro, North Carolina]]. It broadcasts on channel 24 [[analog television|analog]] and on channel 41 [[digital television|digital]]. The digital channel will operate from [[Smith Mountain]], giving it coverage of Lynchburg and northern Roanoke. WDRL is owned by Melvin Eleazer, who is also the General Manager.

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On March 31, 2005, the FCC ordered W54BT off the air to make way for [[cellular phone]]s and the transmitter was retuned to broadcast on channel 24 with less power, and allowing for WDRL to become "UPN24" instead of "WDRL 24/54."

On [[May 1]], [[2006]], it was announced that WDRL willwould become independent when UPN & The WB will merge to become [[CW Network|The CW]], on [[September 418]], [[2006]]. [[WJPR]] will carry [[CW Network|The CW]] on its digital channel while [[WDBJ]] will carry [[My Network TV]] on their digital channel.

will carry [[My Network TV]] on their digital channel.

==Former Logo==