WFTT-TV

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WFTT-TV
City Venice, Florida
Channels
BrandingScientology Network
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
May 3, 1991(32 years ago) (1991-05-03)
Former call signs
  • WBSV-TV (1991–2000)
  • WVEA-TV (2000–2017)
Former channel number(s)
Analog: 62 (UHF, 1991–2009)
Call sign meaning
Telefutura Tampa (former name of UniMás)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 16788
ERP 750 kW
HAAT 472 m (1,549 ft)
Transmitter coordinates 27°49′10.8″N82°15′38″W / 27.819667°N 82.26056°W / 27.819667; -82.26056
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Public license information

WFTT-TV (channel 62) is a religious television station licensed to Venice, Florida, United States, serving the Tampa Bay area. Owned by Entravision Communications, the station maintains transmitter facilities in Riverview, Florida.

Contents

Despite Venice being WFTT-TV's city of license, the station maintains no physical presence there.

History

The station first signed on the air on May 3, 1991, [2] as WBSV-TV (for Bradenton, Sarasota, and Venice, the three cities it primarily served); locally owned by DeSoto Broadcasting, it originally operated as an English-language independent station serving the Sarasota area, and competed with the area's ABC affiliate WWSB (channel 40) and the other stations in the Tampa Bay and nearby Fort Myers markets. As WBSV, the station ran a variety of syndicated and local programming, along with infomercials and home shopping programs; early on, the station also produced a local newscast. However, the station was unprofitable, eventually relying more on home shopping and infomercials to keep the station afloat.

WVEA's logo prior to January 1, 2013 WVEA62.png
WVEA's logo prior to January 1, 2013

In 2000, the station was acquired by Entravision Communications, with the intent of moving its transmitter from Venice to Riverview and move Univision programming to the station from Entravision's existing low-power affiliate, WVEA-LP (channel 61). WBSV's history ended in early 2001, when the station ceased broadcasting for a few weeks to perform the move and establish WVEA's new studio facilities. In March 2001, the station returned to the air as Univision affiliate WVEA-TV.

2017 call sign and channel swap

On December 4, 2017, as part of a multi-market realignment, the programming and call signs of WVEA-TV and sister station WFTT were swapped: WVEA-TV and its Univision programming moved to the Univision-owned digital channel 47 and virtual channel 50 facility, while Entravision's digital channel 25 and virtual channel 62 facility became the new home of UniMás affiliate WFTT-TV. [3]

On October 13, 2021, Univision announced it would take over operation of WVEA, as well as Orlando Univision affiliate WVEN-TV, effective January 1, 2022, coinciding with the end of licensing agreements on December 31, 2021, effectively ending WFTT's UniMás affiliation. [4]

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WFTT-TV [5]
Channel Res. Aspect Short nameProgramming
62.1 1080i 16:9 SCNTV Scientology Network
62.2 480i LATV LATV
62.3Comet Comet
62.4TheNest The Nest
62.5TheGrio TheGrio
62.6TBD TBD
62.7ShopHQ ShopHQ

Analog-to-digital conversion

WFTT-TV (as WVEA-TV) shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 62, on June 12, 2009, as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television. [6] The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 25, using virtual channel 62.

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WFTT-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ FCC Memorandum Opinion and Order: In re: DeSoto Broadcasting, Inc., Venice, Florida, For Modification of Station WBSV-TV's ADI, April 27, 1995.
  3. ↑ "Cambios programación UniMas y Univision". Entravision Communications. November 10, 2017. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
  4. ↑ Marcial Ocasio, Jennifer A. (October 13, 2021). "Univision taking over Spanish-language TV stations in Orlando, Tampa". Orlando Sentinel . Retrieved October 13, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Digital TV Market Listing for WFTT". RabbitEars.Info. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
  6. ↑ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds" (PDF). August 29, 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013.
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