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{{Infobox television station
| callsign
| city
| logo
| logo_alt = The Telemundo network logo, a T with two circular overlapping components. To the right and under the T, the number 51. Beneath it, in a sans serif, the word Telemundo.
| branding
| digital
| virtual
| affiliations
▲| affiliations = {{ubl|'''51.1:''' [[Telemundo]]|'''51.2:''' [[TeleXitos]]|'''51.4:''' Telemundo Palm Beach}}
| location
▲| licensee = NBC Telemundo License [[Limited liability company|LLC]]
▲| location = [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida|Fort Lauderdale]]–[[Miami]]–<br>[[West Palm Beach, Florida]]
▲| country = United States
▲| airdate = {{start date|1968|12|6}}
▲| callsign_meaning = Similar sound in Spanish to "{{lang|es|ese se ve}}", "that one is seen"
▲| sister_stations = [[WTVJ]]
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:'''
▲| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WSMS-TV (1968–1970)|WKID (1972–1984)}}
| former_affiliations
▲| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:'''|51 (UHF, 1972–2009)|'''Digital:'''|52 (UHF, 2003–2009)}}
▲| former_affiliations = {{ubl|[[Independent station (North America)|Independent]] (1968–1970, 1972–1987)|[[Dark (broadcasting)|Dark]] (1970–1972)|[[ON TV (TV network)|ON TV]] (1980–1985)|[[Financial News Network|FNN]] (1981–1985)|[[RAI]] (1982-1985)}}
▲| erp = 1,000 [[kilowatt|kW]]
▲| haat = {{convert|304|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| coordinates
▲| facility_id = 64971
▲| coordinates = {{nowrap|{{coord|25|59|10.0|N|80|11|36.3|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|display=inline,title}}}}
▲| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
▲| website = {{URL|https://www.telemundo51.com/}}
}}
'''WSCV''' (channel 51) is a [[television station]] licensed to [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida]], United States, serving as the [[Telemundo]] outlet for the [[Miami]] area. It is one of two [[flagship (broadcasting)|flagship stations]] of the Spanish-language network (the other being [[WNJU]] in the [[New York City]] market). WSCV is [[
Channel 51 in Fort Lauderdale first went on the air in 1968. It operated as a primarily English-language [[independent station]] as WSMS-TV from 1968 to 1970 and as WKID from 1972 to 1980. From 1980 to 1984, the station primarily broadcast the [[ON TV (TV network)|ON TV]] subscription service until its owner, [[
==History==
===WSMS-TV===
The construction permit for channel 51 was awarded in 1965, but channel 51 did not begin broadcasting until December 6, 1968,<ref>{{cite news|via=Newspapers.com|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42954721/|date=December 6, 1968|title=Channel 51 (UHF) Goes on Air Tonight|work=Miami Herald|location=Miami, Florida|first=Jack E.|last=Anderson|access-date=January 24, 2020|page=12-F|archive-date=July 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710072742/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42954721/channel-51-uhf-goes-on-air-tonight/|url-status=live}}</ref> as WSMS-TV. The Broward Broadcasting Company, owned by attorney Paris G. Singer, was the original permit holder.<ref>{{cite news|via=Newspapers.com|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42954464/|title=New UHF Station, Channel 51, To Hit Airwaves Next Month|first=Jack E.|last=Anderson|page=20-A|work=Miami Herald|location=Miami, Florida|date=September 21, 1968|access-date=January 24, 2020|archive-date=July 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710072743/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42954464/new-uhf-station-channel-51-to-hit/|url-status=live}}</ref> The call letters had been selected to mean "Where Sun Meets Sea"; a proposed sister station for [[
Engineering difficulties forced WSMS-TV to suspend operations on February 6, 1970;<ref>{{cite news|via=Newspapers.com|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42955231/|title=Channel 51 Takes 90-Day Break|work=Miami Herald|location=Miami, Florida|date=February 8, 1970|access-date=January 24, 2020|page=2-BR|archive-date=July 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710072743/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42955231/channel-51-takes-90-day-break/|url-status=live}}</ref> while local news reports only mentioned engineering problems, in its request for silence with the [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC), WSMS-TV also cited financial difficulties.<ref name="hc">{{FCC letter|letterid=86454|callsign=WSCV|hcards=yes}}</ref> In April, the station announced it would remain off air, citing the financial condition of Gold Coast Telecasting, the licensee.<ref>{{cite news|via=Newspapers.com|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42955388/|title=TV 51 To Stay Off Air|work=Fort Lauderdale News|location=Fort Lauderdale, Florida|date=April 28, 1970|first=Bette|last=Markus|access-date=January 24, 2020|page=1B|archive-date=July 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710072744/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42955388/tv-51-to-stay-off-air/|url-status=live}}</ref>
===WKID===
{{
In 1971, a buyer appeared for the silent television station. A subsidiary of Recreation Corporation of America (RCA), owner of the [[Pirates World]] amusement park in [[Dania, Florida|Dania]], filed to acquire channel 51; Singer became an officer in the new company.<ref>{{cite news|via=Newspapers.com|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42955583/|access-date=January 24, 2020|title=Defunct TV Channel 51 To Revitalize|date=May 10, 1971|page=2C|work=Fort Lauderdale News|archive-date=July 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710072744/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42955583/defunct-tv-channel-51-to-revitalize/|url-status=live}}</ref> The new owners changed the call letters to WKID and planned to target a youth audience, with the studios to be at Pirates World.<ref name="kid">{{cite news|via=Newspapers.com|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42955820/|work=Miami Herald|location=Miami, Florida|first=Jack E.|last=Anderson|access-date=January 24, 2020|page=8-C|title=New Group Seeks Channel 51, Will Aim for Young Audience|date=July 31, 1971|archive-date=July 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710072744/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42955820/new-group-seeks-channel-51-will-aim/|url-status=live}}</ref> Though one objection was made to RCA's plans, by Hank Zinkil—a state representative and former mayor of [[Hollywood, Florida|Hollywood]] attempting to exaggerate that Pirates World had been "the source of great controversy" due to rock concerts which required consistent [[crowd control]], and a [[
Pirates World closed in December 1973 after the opening of [[Walt Disney World]] sapped its customer base.<ref name="Miam731215">{{Cite news |last=Reed |first=Sandi |date=December 15, 1973 |title=Pirates World Closed Again, This Time Apparently for Good: 960-Unit Project Planned |page=2-BR |newspaper=The Miami Herald |location=Miami, Florida |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111096841/pirates-world-closed-again-this-time/ |access-date=October 11, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><!-- Sat --> The amusement park site became an eyesore with 48 abandoned buildings,<ref name="Fort750121">{{Cite news |last=Wood |first=Robert |date=January 21, 1975 |title=Walker To Decide If Buildings Safe At Pirates World |page=2C |newspaper=Fort Lauderdale News |location=Fort Lauderdale, Florida |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111097014/walker-to-decide-if-buildings-safe-at/ |access-date=October 11, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><!-- Tue --> amidst which WKID continued to operate through 1975. On the night of February 24, two bombs went off at the studios in Dania and a production office the station leased in Miami;<ref>{{cite news|via=Newspapers.com|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42956470/|access-date=January 24, 2020|date=February 25, 1975|title=Channel 51 TV Studio Bombed|page=1A|work=Fort Lauderdale News|archive-date=July 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710072745/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42956470/channel-51-tv-studio-bombed/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|via=Newspapers.com|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42956503/|work=Naples Daily News|date=February 25, 1975|access-date=January 24, 2020|title=Bomb Knocks TV Station off Air|page=1B|archive-date=July 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710072745/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42956503/bomb-knocks-tv-station-off-air/|url-status=live}}</ref> a Cuban exile group took credit, blaming WKID's policy of rapprochement with communist Cuba in its Spanish-language programming.<ref>{{cite news|via=Newspapers.com|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42956571/|access-date=January 24, 2020|date=February 28, 1975|title=Cuban Exile Group Claims Credit For Studio Bombing|work=News-Press|location=Fort Myers, Florida|agency=Associated Press|page=6B|archive-date=July 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710072745/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42956571/cuban-exile-group-claims-credit-for/|url-status=live}}</ref> Licensee Channel 51, Inc., went bankrupt in March,{{r|hc}} and Pirates World with the WKID studio was condemned in September.<ref>{{Cite news|via=Newspapers.com|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42956790/|title=Dania Issues Pirates World Condemnation|access-date=January 24, 2020|first=Pat|last=Faherty|page=1B|work=Fort Lauderdale News|location=Fort Lauderdale, Florida|date=September 4, 1975|archive-date=July 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710075432/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42956790/dania-issues-pirates-world-condemnation/|url-status=live}}</ref> Channel 51 moved the next month to temporary quarters in [[
In the 1970s, WKID was the second-largest source of Spanish-language television programming in South Florida, providing the only prime time shows not being aired on WLTV.<ref name="Miam760617">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105319878/no-habla-usted-espaol-heres-where-yo/|date=June 17, 1976|page=1D, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105319867/where-to-learn-spanish/ 6D]|first=Beth|last=Dunlop|title=¿No Habla Usted Español? Here's Where You Can Learn Spanish|newspaper=The Miami Herald|location=Miami, Florida|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=July 10, 2022|archive-date=July 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710072839/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105319878/no-habla-usted-espaol-heres-where/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Thu --> In the evening hours in 1977, it leased out airtime to Latin Network, which programmed "TV Sol", complete with news and entertainment programs in Spanish.<ref name="ElMi770701">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105634738/en-el-canal-51-se-expande-la-programaci/|date=July 1, 1977|page=9|first=Norma|last=Niurka|
In 1980, CB TV Corp. sold WKID to [[Oak Industries]], a cable television equipment manufacturer and owner of [[ON TV (TV network)|ON TV]], a [[
===WSCV===
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Oak's financial difficulties and the failure of ON TV motivated the company to sell WKID. At the end of July 1984, Oak announced that it had sold the station to John Blair & Co. for $17.75 million; the new buyers intended to program it as a Spanish-language station.<ref>{{cite news|via=Newspapers.com|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61491552/oak-industries-to-sell-tv-station-in/|access-date=October 25, 2020|title=Oak Industries to Sell TV Station in Florida|work=Los Angeles Times|first=Cyndi|last=Mitchell|page=A|date=July 31, 1984|archive-date=January 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118083642/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61491552/oak-industries-to-sell-tv-station-in/|url-status=live}}</ref> Financial News Network programming ceased in October 1984.<ref name="Fort841003">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-lauderdale-news-fiancial-news-netwo/128524585/|date=October 3, 1984|page=20C|first=John G.|last=Edwards|title=Fiancial News Network show leaving Channel 51|newspaper=Fort Lauderdale News|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=July 19, 2023}}</ref><!-- Wed --> Blair, led by Cuban-American media entrepreneur [[Julio Rumbaut]], completed the acquisition in December.<ref>{{cite news|title=Blair & Co. acquires Channel 51|via=Newspapers.com|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61853551/|newspaper=[[The Miami News]]|location=Miami, Florida|page=10A|date=December 7, 1984|access-date=October 27, 2020|archive-date=March 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210313004441/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61853551/blair-co-acquires-channel-51/|url-status=live}}</ref> Channel 51 then went off the air as Blair prepared to implement the station's relaunch as WSCV, south Florida's second Spanish-language television station.<ref>{{cite news|via=Newspapers.com|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61983781/|access-date=October 27, 2020|date=December 6, 1984|page=9D|work=Miami Herald|location=Miami, Florida|title=WSCV to schedule new local programs|archive-date=March 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210313004420/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61983781/wscv-to-schedule-new-local-programs/|url-status=live}}</ref> The new call letters, when pronounced in Spanish, read "Doble-U Ese Se Ve
The launch took longer than expected due to transmitter troubles;<ref>{{cite news|via=Newspapers.com|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61826314/|accessdate=February 10, 2021|date=May 25, 1985|work=The Miami News|page=11A|first=Luisa|last=Yáñez|title=Channel 51 start-up date's a guess for audience and station|archive-date=July 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710072840/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61826314/channel-51-start-up-dates-a-guess-for/|url-status=live}}</ref> WSCV finally launched on June 2, 1985.<ref>{{cite news|title=Debuta el domingo el Canal 51 de televisión|language=es|trans-title=Television Channel 51 debuts Sunday|via=Newspapers.com|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/69906277/|first=Norma|last=Niurka|work=El Miami Herald|location=Miami, Florida|date=May 31, 1985|accessdate=February 10, 2021|page=2|archive-date=July 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710072841/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/69906277/debuta-el-domingo-el-canal-51-de/|url-status=live}}</ref> The new WSCV positioned its programming as a local, independent Miami-targeted alternative to the Mexican-dominated Spanish International Network (now [[Univision]]) and its station [[
In 1986, the [[Reliance Group Holdings|Reliance Group]] acquired WSCV and [[WKAQ-TV]] in [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]], from John Blair & Co., which was paid $300 million to thwart a hostile takeover.<ref>{{cite news|via=Newspapers.com|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81201537/|access-date=July 10, 2021|work=Los Angeles Times|date=June 4, 1986|title=Blair Agrees to Merge With a Steinberg Unit|page=IV:2|first=Paul|last=Richter|archive-date=July 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712044057/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81201537/blair-agrees-to-merge-with-a-steinberg/|url-status=live}}</ref> The year before, Reliance had purchased Oak's Los Angeles station, KBSC-TV, and relaunched it as Spanish-language [[KVEA]]—much like WSCV, the first competition to a long-running SIN station in a large Hispanic market. In October 1986, Reliance then bought [[WNJU]] serving the [[New York City]] area.<ref>{{cite news|via=Newspapers.com|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81215771/|access-date=July 11, 2021|date=October 30, 1986|agency=Associated Press|page=B22|work=Asbury Park Press|location=Asbury Park, New Jersey|title=Firm buys Hispanic TV station|archive-date=July 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712044051/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81215771/firm-buys-hispanic-tv-station/|url-status=live}}</ref> On January 12, 1987,<ref>{{cite news|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|title=Telemundo TV Network to Air Nationally Tonight|date=January 12, 1987|id={{ProQuest|398013667}} }}</ref> the new stations were integrated into one network: Telemundo, supplying additional programming and national news coverage.<ref name="gains">{{cite news|via=Newspapers.com|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81215900/|title=KVEA gains in Spanish-speaking market: A strong choice for Latino viewers|first=Victor|last=Valle|page=V:10|work=
While Rumbaut had done much to build WSCV in the early years of what he called "the World Series of Spanish television",<ref name="Miam870723">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105314961/underdog-tackling-the-tv-giant/|date=July 23, 1987|page=1B, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105314986/ 3B]|first=Ana|last=Veciana-Suárez|title=Julio Rumbaut took a big chance when he cast his lot with Channel 51. He's an Underdog Tackling the TV Giant|newspaper=The Miami Herald|location=Miami, Florida|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=July 10, 2022|archive-date=July 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710072841/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105314961/underdog-tackling-the-tv-giant/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Thu --> his exit would be acrimonious. In February 1988, WSCV was the only Telemundo station (of a total of nine) to air a speech by President [[Ronald Reagan]] about aid to the [[Contras]], after the news staff petitioned Rumbaut to air the address. The move was poorly received by the network; after a meeting in New York, he presented his resignation. Roberto Rodríguez Tejera then attempted to present editorials relating to Rumbaut's resignation; on orders from the Telemundo Group, engineers shut the station's signal off during the editorial, infuriating staffers.<ref name="MiamN880205">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105315056/blackouts-anger-channel-51-staff-mad/|date=February 5, 1988|page=5A|first=Catesby|last=Leigh|title=Blackouts anger Channel 51 staff: 'Mad because of censorship,' news manager says|newspaper=The Miami News|location=Miami, Florida|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=July 10, 2022|archive-date=July 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710072842/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105315056/blackouts-anger-channel-51-staff-mad/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Fri --><ref name="MiamH880205">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105316709/channel-51-newscast-goes-black-after/|date=February 5, 1988|page=1D, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105316733/ 5D]|first1=Luis|last1=Feldstein Soto|first2=Richard|last2=Hart|title=Channel 51 newscast goes black after workers' dispute|newspaper=The Miami Herald|location=Miami, Florida|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=July 10, 2022|archive-date=July 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710072841/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105316709/channel-51-newscast-goes-black-after/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Fri --> He was replaced by Alfredo Durán, formerly of WLTV.<ref name="ElNu880421">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105316833/durn-renuncia-al-23-y-se-va-al-51/|date=April 21, 1988|page=1B|first=Beatriz|last=Parga|
On October 11, 2001, [[NBC]] acquired the Telemundo network, including WSCV, from [[Sony Pictures|Sony]] and [[Liberty Media]] for $1.98 billion (increasing to $2.7 billion by the sale's closure) and the assumption of $700 million in debt, in an equal cash and stock split by NBC's then-parent [[General Electric]]. The acquisition was finalized on April 12, 2002, making WSCV part of a [[Duopoly (broadcasting)|duopoly]] with NBC's [[WTVJ]].<ref name="latimes-nbcacquirestelemundo">{{cite news|title=NBC to Acquire Telemundo Network for $1.98 Billion|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2001/oct/12/business/fi-56173|first=Meg|last=James|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=October 12, 2001|access-date=February 14, 2017|archive-date=March 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307110946/http://articles.latimes.com/2001/oct/12/business/fi-56173|url-status=live}}</ref> WSCV and WTVJ were the first stations to be fully integrated among the several duopolies the deal produced; the WTVJ studio center in Miramar had been designed when NBC was considering purchasing another Spanish-language station, facilitating some of the task.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/bilingual-duopolies-redefine-big-nbc-stations-100449|first=Dan|last=Trigoboff|work=Broadcasting & Cable|title=Bilingual Duopolies Redefine Big NBC Stations|date=September 7, 2003|access-date=July 10, 2022|archive-date=March 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306024225/https://www.nexttv.com/news/bilingual-duopolies-redefine-big-nbc-stations-100449|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2020, WSCV's general manager assumed oversight of WTVJ after its general manager retired.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/wscv-miami-gm-carballo-gets-oversight-of-wtvj|date=November 8, 2019|title=WSCV Miami GM Carballo Gets Oversight of WTVJ|first=Michael|last=Malone|work=Broadcasting & Cable|access-date=July 10, 2022|archive-date=April 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415081254/https://www.nexttv.com/news/wscv-miami-gm-carballo-gets-oversight-of-wtvj|url-status=live}}</ref>
==News operation==
Local news was on WSCV's slate from the moment it relaunched in 1985. The station initially aired a 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. local newscast, anchored by Cuban-born Lucy Pereda and news director Eduardo Arango.<ref name="ElMi850302">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105313638/taillacq-salta-al-canal-51/|date=March 2, 1985|page=10|first=Norma|last=Niurka|
Upon Alfredo Durán becoming general manager in 1988, aggressive moves were made to improve the ratings. The newscast was moved back from 11 p.m., where it had been relocated earlier in the year,<ref name="Miam880304">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105315545/wsvns-bret-lewis-leaves-miami-keeps-fo/|date=March 4, 1988|page=13E|first=Stephanie|last=Loudis|title=WSVN's Bret Lewis leaves Miami, keeps Fond memories|newspaper=The Miami Herald|location=Miami, Florida|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=July 10, 2022|archive-date=July 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710072845/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105315545/wsvns-bret-lewis-leaves-miami-keeps/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Fri --> to 10.<ref name="Miam880506">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105317001/new-ch-51-boss-shifts-news-plans-to-mo/|date=May 6, 1988|page=14E|first=Stephanie|last=Loudis|title=New Ch. 51 boss shifts news, plans to move cautiously|newspaper=The Miami Herald|location=Miami, Florida|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=July 10, 2022|archive-date=July 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710072845/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105317001/new-ch-51-boss-shifts-news-plans-to/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Fri --> Durán lured well-known WLTV reporter Alina Mayo Azze to WSCV.<ref name="Miam880603">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105317060/ch-10-contemplates-lineup-others-still/|date=June 3, 1988|page=13E|title=Ch. 10 contemplates lineup; others still making changes|newspaper=The Miami Herald|location=Miami, Florida|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=July 10, 2022|archive-date=July 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710072845/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105317060/ch-10-contemplates-lineup-others/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Fri --> Her hiring was soon eclipsed by another with romantic overtones; Durán was in a relationship with Leticia Callava, the main female anchor at WLTV and described by Tom Jicha of ''[[The Miami News]]'' as "to Spanish-language news what [[Ann Bishop (journalist)|Ann Bishop]] is to English-language news".<ref name="Miam880616">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105317221/spanish-superstars-options-may-include/|date=June 16, 1988|page=6D|first=Tom|last=Jicha|title=Spanish superstar's options may include English stations|newspaper=The Miami News|location=Miami, Florida|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=July 10, 2022|archive-date=July 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710072847/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105317221/spanish-superstars-options-may-include/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Thu --> Despite claiming that Callava was not about to jump stations in May,{{r|Miam880506}} when Callava was demoted by WLTV after Durán's move,<ref name="Miam880605">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105317163/channel-23-execs-may-offer-demoted-ancho/|date=June 5, 1988|page=5B|first=Beatriz|last=Parga|title=Channel 23 execs may offer demoted anchor a talk show|newspaper=The Miami Herald|location=Miami, Florida|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=July 10, 2022|archive-date=July 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710072845/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105317163/channel-23-execs-may-offer-demoted/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Sun --> she left that station and signed with WSCV in August, teaming with Mayo Azze to become the first two-woman anchor pairing on Spanish-language television in Miami on a relaunched {{lang|es|Noticentro 51}} (Newscenter 51).<ref name="Miam880826">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105317283/callava-will-join-wscv-51-popular-ancho/|date=August 26, 1988|page=1B, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105317309/ 2B]|first=Juan Carlos|last=Coto|title=Callava will join WSCV-51: Popular anchor makes switch from Channel 23|newspaper=The Miami Herald|location=Miami, Florida|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=July 10, 2022|archive-date=July 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710072851/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105317283/callava-will-join-wscv-51-popular/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Fri --> Durán also toned down the Cuban emphasis of channel 51, stripping the Cuban flag colors from the logo and asking weather presenter Ángel Martín to stop referring to Cuba as "that beautiful land where we were born".<ref name="Miam880904">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105317545/spanish-tv-rivalry-heats-up/|date=September 4, 1988|page=1K, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105317500/look-for-more-personalities-less/ 6K]|first=Juan Carlos|last=Coto|title=Spanish TV rivalry heats up|newspaper=The Miami Herald|location=Miami, Florida|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=July 10, 2022|archive-date=July 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710072845/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105317545/spanish-tv-rivalry-heats-up/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Sun -->
The move, which helped to lift WSCV's ratings slightly, escalated Miami's Spanish-language news war: Hernández defected to a rebuilding WLTV.<ref name="Miam881028">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105317856/changes-sweep-spanish-stations-into-rati/|date=October 28, 1988|page=8C|first=Stephanie|last=Loudis|title=Changes sweep Spanish stations into ratings war|newspaper=The Miami Herald|location=Miami, Florida|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=July 10, 2022|archive-date=July 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710072846/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105317856/changes-sweep-spanish-stations-into/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Fri --> When Mayo Azze left in 1990, she was replaced on the anchor desk by [[Argentina|Argentine]] news anchor Nicolas Kasanzew, who became famous covering the [[Falklands War]] ({{lang-es|Guerra de las Malvinas/Guerra del Atlántico Sur}}) for the state-run network [[Televisión Pública|ATC]].<ref name="Miam901117">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105318722/argentine-newsman-teams-with-callava/|date=November 17, 1990|page=4E|first=Stephanie|last=Loudis|title=Argentine newsman teams with Callava|newspaper=The Miami Herald|location=Miami, Florida|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=July 10, 2022|archive-date=July 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710072846/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105318722/argentine-newsman-teams-with-callava/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Sat --> Kasanzew was demoted to a reporter two years later as part of a major shakeup in which three newscasters were fired and news production was suspended for a week as the station readied a "clean slate",<ref name="Miam920714">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105318835/channel-51-newscast-returns-but-new-lo/|date=July 14, 1992|page=3B|first=Lydia|last=Martin|title=Channel 51 newscast returns: But 'new look' resembles the old|newspaper=The Miami Herald|location=Miami, Florida|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=July 10, 2022|archive-date=July 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710072846/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105318835/channel-51-newscast-returns-but-new/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Tue --> with Callava the only remaining anchor.<ref name="Miam920720">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105318870/newsroom-purge-leaves-callava-as-sole-ch/|date=July 20, 1992|page=1C, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105318914/ 3C]|first=Lydia|last=Martin|title=Newsroom purge leaves Callava as sole Ch. 51 anchor: Comeback hopes rest on her|newspaper=The Miami Herald|location=Miami, Florida|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=July 10, 2022|archive-date=July 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710072846/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105318870/newsroom-purge-leaves-callava-as-sole/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Mon --> At the time, WLTV was still beating WSCV two-to-one in the evening news ratings race.{{r|Miam920720}} This continued until Hernández returned to WSCV in early 1993.<ref name="ElNu930209">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105319008/secreto-a-voces-ambrosio-hernndez-al-n/|date=February 9, 1993|page=1B|first=Beatriz|last=Parga|
Montoya returned to WSCV in 1999 when the station began to expand its local news with the first Spanish-language midday newscast in the country.<ref name="ElNu990218">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105319056/montoya-presentar-un-noticiero-del-51/|date=February 18, 1999|page=2A|first=Erwin|last=Pérez|
Despite changes in its anchor lineup—Montoya would depart WSCV in 2013,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mediamoves.com/2013/10/montoya-gone-from-telemundo-51.html|title=Montoya Gone from Telemundo 51|date=October 23, 2013|work=Media Moves|first=Verónica|last=Villafañe|access-date=July 10, 2022|archive-date=April 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419210640/https://www.mediamoves.com/2013/10/montoya-gone-from-telemundo-51.html|url-status=live}}</ref> while Hernández departed in 2015 to rejoin Univision<ref>{{cite news|date=March 22, 2015|title=Ambrosio Hernández quits Telemundo to join Univision|url=https://www.mediamoves.com/2015/03/ambrosio-hernandez-quits-telemundo-to-join-univision.html|work=Media Moves|first=Verónica|last=Villafañe|access-date=July 10, 2022|archive-date=April 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422025508/https://www.mediamoves.com/2015/03/ambrosio-hernandez-quits-telemundo-to-join-univision.html|url-status=live}}</ref>—WSCV added several new newscasts in the 2010s as part of national local news expansions across the Telemundo station group. A 5:30 p.m. show debuted at WSCV and 13 other Telemundo stations in 2014, followed by a 5 p.m. newscast in 2016.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Villafañe |first=Veronica |date=September 18, 2014 |title=Telemundo adds new 30 min newscast at 14 local stations |language=en-US |work=Media Moves |url=https://www.mediamoves.com/2014/09/telemundo-to-hire-30-to-launch-local-newscasts-at-14-stations.html |access-date=July 11, 2021 |archive-date=November 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130140053/https://www.mediamoves.com/2014/09/telemundo-to-hire-30-to-launch-local-newscasts-at-14-stations.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://tvnewscheck.com/uncategorized/article/telemundo-stations-to-launch-5-pm-news/|date=June 21, 2016|work=TVNewsCheck|title=Telemundo Stations To Launch 5 PM News|access-date=July 10, 2022|archive-date=July 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710072848/https://tvnewscheck.com/uncategorized/article/telemundo-stations-to-launch-5-pm-news/|url-status=live}}</ref> Steady improvement led to ratings leadership. By 2022, WSCV was the leading station in total households and the 25–54 news demo in the morning, early evening, and late news, regardless of language.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/local-news-close-up-south-florida-holds-the-keys-to-successful-local-news|first=Michael|last=Malone|title=Local News Close-Up: South Florida Holds the Keys to Successful Local News|date=June 22, 2022|work=Broadcasting & Cable|access-date=July 10, 2022|archive-date=July 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703062220/https://www.nexttv.com/news/local-news-close-up-south-florida-holds-the-keys-to-successful-local-news|url-status=live}}</ref>
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==Technical information==
===Subchannels===
The station's
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Subchannels of WSCV<ref name="rei">{{cite web|url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WSCV#station|title=RabbitEars TV query for WSCV|access-date=July 9, 2022|website=rabbitears.info|archive-date=March 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314081350/http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WSCV#station|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope = "col" | Programming
|-
! scope = "row" | 51.1
| [[1080i]] || [[16:9]] || WSCV || Main WSCV programming / [[Telemundo]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 51.2
| rowspan=2|[[480i]] || [[4:3]] || Exitos || [[TeleXitos]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 51.4
| 16:9 || WSCV-PB || Version of main feed with commercials for the West Palm Beach area
|- style="background-color:#DFEBF6; border-top: 2px solid #003399;"
! scope = "row" | [[WTVJ|6.1]]
| 1080i || rowspan=3|16:9 || WTVJ || [[NBC]] ([[WTVJ]])
|- style="background-color:#DFEBF6;"
! scope = "row" | [[WTVJ|6.2]]
| rowspan=2|480i || COZI TV || [[Cozi TV]] ([[WTVJ|WTVJ-DT2]])
|- style="background-color:#DFEBF6;"
! scope = "row" | [[WTVJ|6.3]]
| LocalX || [[LX (TV network)|Lx]] ([[WTVJ|WTVJ-DT3]])
|}
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===Analog-to-digital conversion===
WSCV ended programming on its analog signal, on [[
==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|https://www.telemundo51.com/}}
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