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{{short description|Mega TV station in Key West, Florida}}
{{short description|Mega TV station in Key West, Florida}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{Infobox broadcast
{{Infobox television station
| call_letters = WSBS-TV
| callsign = WSBS-TV
| city =
| city =
| station_logo = MegaTV.png
| logo = MegaTV.png
| logo_size = 225px
| logo_size = 225px
| station_branding = Mega TV
| branding = Mega TV; ''Mega News''
| station_slogan = ''La Mega Se Pega''
| digital = 3 ([[very high frequency|VHF]])
| digital = 3 ([[very high frequency|VHF]])
| virtual = 22
| virtual = 22 ([[Program and System Information Protocol|PSIP]])
| translators = ''WSBS-CD 19 ([[Ultra high frequency|UHF]]) [[Miami]]''
| affiliations = {{ubl|'''22.1:''' [[Mega TV (American TV network)|Mega TV]]|'''22.2:''' Visión Latina}}
| other_chs = <small>WSBS-CD 50 ([[Ultra high frequency|UHF]]) [[Miami]]</small>
| affiliations = [[Mega TV (United States)|Mega TV]] {{small|'''([[owned-and-operated station|O&O]])'''}}
| owner = [[Spanish Broadcasting System]]
| owner = [[Spanish Broadcasting System]]
| licensee = WSBS Licensing, Inc.
| licensee = WSBS Licensing, Inc.
| location = [[Key West, Florida]]
| location = [[Key West, Florida]]
| country = United States
| country = [[United States]]
| founded = {{start date and age|1989|10|2|p=y}}
| airdate = {{start date and age|1989|10|2|p=y}}
| airdate = {{start date and age|1993|6|p=y}}
| enddate =
| last_airdate =
| callsign_meaning = '''S'''panish '''B'''roadcasting '''S'''ystem
| callsign_meaning = Spanish Broadcasting System
| sister_stations = [[WRMA]], [[WCMQ-FM]], [[WXDJ]], [[WMFM]], [[WRAZ-FM]]
| sister_stations = [[WRMA]], [[WCMQ-FM]], [[WXDJ]], [[WMFM]], [[WRAZ-FM]]
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WYDH (1989)|WEYS (1989–2003)|WGEN-TV (April–November 2003)|WDLP-TV (2003–2004, 2004–2006)|WSBS-TV (July–September 2004)}}
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WYDH (October 2–11, 1989)|WEYS (October 11, 1989–April 2003)|WGEN-TV (April–September 2003)|WDLP-TV (November 2003–July 2004, September 2004–2006)|WSBS-TV (July–September 2004)}}
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:'''|22 ([[Ultra high frequency|UHF]], 1993–2009)}}
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 22 ([[Ultra high frequency|UHF]], 1993–2009)}}
| former_affiliations = {{ubl|[[Independent station (North America)|Independent]] (1989–1994)|[[Telemundo Internacional]] (1994–1996)|[[CBS TeleNoticias]] (1996–2000)|[[Network One]] (2000–2006)}}
| former_affiliations = {{ubl|[[Independent station|Independent]] (1989–1994)|[[Telemundo Internacional]] (1994–1996)|[[CBS Telenoticias]] (1996–2000)|[[Network One]] (2000–2006)}}
| effective_radiated_power = 1 [[kilowatt|kW]]
| erp = 1 [[kilowatt|kW]]
| HAAT = {{convert|54|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| haat = {{convert|54|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| facility_id = 72053
| facility_id = 72053
| coordinates = {{nowrap|{{Coord|24|33|19.8|N|81|48|4.5|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|display=inline, title}}}}
| coordinates = {{nowrap|{{Coord|24|33|19.8|N|81|48|4.5|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|display=inline, title}}}}
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| homepage = [http://www.mega.tv/ www.mega.tv]
| website = {{URL|https://mega.tv/}}
}}
}}


'''WSBS-TV''', [[virtual channel]] 22 ([[Very high frequency|VHF]] [[digital terrestrial television|digital]] channel 3), is a [[Mega TV (United States)|Mega TV]] [[owned-and-operated station|owned-and-operated]] [[television station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Key West, Florida|Key West]], [[Florida]], [[United States]]. It serves as the [[flagship (broadcasting)|flagship station]] of owner [[Spanish Broadcasting System]]. WSBS-TV's studios are located on Northwest 77th Avenue in Miami, and its transmitter is located on Bahama and Simonton Streets in Key West. The station's signal is relayed on [[low-power broadcasting#Television|low-powered]], [[Class A television service|Class A]] [[Broadcast relay station#Translator stations|translator station]], '''WSBS-CD''' ([[Ultra high frequency|UHF]] channel 50, virtual channel 22.1) in [[Miami]].
'''WSBS-TV''' (channel 22) is a [[television station]] licensed to [[Key West, Florida]], United States, serving as the [[flagship (broadcasting)|flagship station]] of the Spanish-language network [[Mega TV (American TV network)|Mega TV]]. [[owned-and-operated station|Owned and operated]] by [[Spanish Broadcasting System]], the station maintains studios on Northwest 77th Avenue in [[Miami]], and its transmitter is located on Bahama and Simonton Streets in Key West.


'''WSBS-CD''' (channel 19) in Miami operates as a [[low-power broadcasting#Television|low-power]], [[Class A television service|Class A]] [[Broadcast relay station#Translator stations|translator]] of WSBS-TV.
The station's Mega TV programming has been available nationally on [[DirecTV]] since October 17, 2007, with its [[high-definition television|high definition]] feed available on the satellite provider since September 29, 2010.


==History==
==History==
The station was originally licensed as '''WYDH''' on October 2, 1989; the calls were changed to '''WEYS''' on October 11, 1989, and the station itself first signed on the air in June 1993. WSBS-TV has had numerous callsign changes over the years. This has caused much confusion, both among viewers and writers. In many places, the station is still referred to as '''WEYS TeleNoticias''', and ''WDLP Licensing, Inc.'' remained the licensee for several months after the call change to WSBS-TV. Some of these calls have been reused by low-power repeater stations, themselves often subject to similar callsign shuffles (for instance, the WDLP callsign is currently used by a repeater for rival [[WGEN-TV]]). On April 4, 2003, the station changed its call letters to '''WGEN-TV'''; it was then changed to '''WDLP-TV''' on November 24 of that year. The current '''WSBS-TV''' call letters were first adopted on July 1, 2004, before reverting to the WDLP-TV callsign on September 28, 2004. Prior to 2005, the station was co-owned with another Key West station, [[WGEN-TV]], under the ownership of Sonia Broadcasting.
The station was originally licensed as WYDH on October 2, 1989; the calls were changed to WEYS on October 11, 1989, and the station itself first signed on the air in June 1993. WSBS-TV has had numerous callsign changes over the years. This has caused much confusion, both among viewers and writers. In many places, the station is still referred to as WEYS TeleNoticias, and ''WDLP Licensing, Inc.'' remained the licensee for several months after the call change to WSBS-TV. Some of these calls have been reused by low-power repeater stations, themselves often subject to similar callsign shuffles (for instance, the WDLP callsign is currently used by a repeater for rival [[WGEN-TV]]). On April 4, 2003, the station changed its call letters to WGEN-TV; it was then changed to WDLP-TV on September 24 of that year. The current WSBS-TV call letters were first adopted on July 1, 2004, before reverting to the WDLP-TV callsign on September 28, 2004. Prior to 2005, the station was co-owned with another Key West station, WGEN-TV, under the ownership of Sonia Broadcasting.


On March 1, 2006, the station became a charter station of Mega TV when the network was launched, and changed its callsign back to the previous WSBS-TV letters. Its original slate of programming includes productions aimed at young [[Hispanic]] viewers. Mega TV's format follows a very similar pattern traced by rival [[Telemundo]] station [[WSCV]] (channel 51) and [[Univision]] station [[WLTV-DT|WLTV]] (channel 23) decades earlier: by creating its own television personalities.
On March 1, 2006, the station became a charter station of Mega TV when the network was launched, and changed its callsign back to the previous WSBS-TV letters. Its original slate of programming includes productions aimed at young [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]] viewers. Mega TV's format follows a very similar pattern traced by rival [[Telemundo]] station [[WSCV]] (channel 51) and [[Univision]] station [[WLTV-DT|WLTV]] (channel 23) decades earlier: by creating its own television personalities.


==Technical information==
==Digital television==


===Digital channels===
===Subchannels===
The station's digital signal is [[multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
The station's signal is [[multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
⚫
|+Subchannels of WSBS-TV<ref>[https://rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=72053#station RabbitEars TV Query for WSBS]</ref>
⚫
! scope = "col" | [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
⚫
! scope = "col" | [[Display resolution|Res.]]
⚫
! scope = "col" | [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! scope = "col" | Short name
! scope = "col" | Programming
|-
|-
! scope = "row" | 22.1
⚫
! [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
⚫
| [[1080i]] || rowspan=2|[[16:9]] || WSBS || Main WSBS-TV programming / [[Mega TV (American TV network)|Mega TV]]
⚫
! [[Display resolution|Video]]
⚫
! [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! [[Program and System Information Protocol#What PSIP does|PSIP Short Name]]
⚫
! Programming<ref>[http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WSBS#station RabbitEars TV Query for WSBS]</ref>
|-
|-
! scope = "row" | 22.2
⚫
| 22.1 || [[1080i]] || [[16:9]] || WSBS DT || Main WSBS-TV programming / [[Mega TV (United States)|Mega TV]]
⚫
| [[720p]] || VISLATN || Visión Latina ([[Spanish language in the United States|Spanish]] [[religious broadcasting|religious]])
⚫
|-
⚫
| 22.2 || [[480i]] || [[4:3]] || C-LA FE || Canal de la Fe / [[Spanish language in the United States|Spanish]] [[religious broadcasting|religious programming]]
|}
|}


===Analog-to-digital conversion===
===Analog-to-digital conversion===
WSBS-TV ended programming on its analog signal, on [[Ultra high frequency|UHF]] channel 22, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States [[Digital television transition in the United States|transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts]] under federal mandate. The station's digital signal continued to broadcasts on its pre-transition [[VHF]] channel 3.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |dead-url=yes |archive-date=August 29, 2013 |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=March 24, 2012}}</ref> Through the use of [[Program and System Information Protocol|PSIP]], digital television receivers display the station's [[virtual channel]] as its former UHF analog channel 22. WSBS is one of the only television stations in the United States to operate its digital signal on the VHF [[band I|low band]], which is especially rare on channels 2 to 4 (54-72&nbsp;MHz), due to interference that the band is subjected to. It chose to keep this channel in the first round of the [[digital channel election]]s.
WSBS-TV ended programming on its analog signal, on [[Ultra high frequency|UHF]] channel 22, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States [[Digital television transition in the United States|transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts]] under federal mandate. The station's digital signal continued to broadcast on its pre-transition [[VHF]] channel 3,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 29, 2013 |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds |format=PDF |access-date=March 24, 2012}}</ref> using [[virtual channel]] 22. WSBS is one of the only television stations in the United States to operate its digital signal on the VHF [[band I|low band]], which is especially rare on channels 2 to 4 (54–72&nbsp;MHz), due to interference that the band is subjected to. It chose to keep this channel in the first round of the [[digital channel election]]s.


==Translator==
==Translator==
{| class="wikitable"
⚫
'''WSBS-CA''' (analog UHF channel 50), which lists "Miami, [[etcetera|etc.]]" as its [[city of license]], [[flash cut]] its signal to digital in early 2010, and accordingly changed its callsign to '''WSBS-CD'''. This station has a [[Class A television service|Class A]] [[broadcast license]], meaning that although it is [[Low-power broadcasting#Television|low-power]], it has protection from [[RF interference]] as full-power stations do. Like the main station, it uses virtual channel 22.1, as it is likely just an RF passthrough with no [[demodulation]]. Its transmitter is located in the [[Andover, Florida|Andover]] section of [[Miami Gardens, Florida|Miami Gardens]], immediately south of the tower facility that is used by several other Miami area television stations, and has a [[directional antenna]] that aims mostly southeast and southwest, covering far northeastern [[Miami-Dade County, Florida|Miami-Dade County]], the city of Miami and far southeastern [[Broward County, Florida|Broward County]], up to just south of [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida|Fort Lauderdale]].
⚫
|-
! City of license
! Callsign
! Channel
! [[effective radiated power|ERP]]
! [[height above average terrain|HAAT]]
! [[Facility ID]]
! Transmitter coordinates
|-
|| [[Miami]] ||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|29547|3=WSBS-CD}}'''|| 19 || 15&nbsp;kW || {{convert|285.6|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} || 29547 || {{coord|25|59|10|N|80|11|36.3|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=WSBS-CD}}
|}
⚫
WSBS-CA (analog UHF channel 50), which lists "Miami, [[etcetera|etc.]]" as its [[city of license]], [[flash cut]] its signal to digital in early 2010, and accordingly changed its callsign to WSBS-CD. This station has a [[Class A television service|Class A]] [[broadcast license]], meaning that although it is [[Low-power broadcasting#Television|low-power]], it has protection from [[RF interference]] as full-power stations do. Like the main station, it uses virtual channel 22.1, as it is likely just an RF passthrough with no [[demodulation]]. Its transmitter is located in the [[Andover, Florida|Andover]] section of [[Miami Gardens, Florida|Miami Gardens]], immediately south of the tower facility that is used by several other Miami area television stations, and has a [[directional antenna]] that aims mostly southeast and southwest, covering far northeastern [[Miami-Dade County, Florida|Miami-Dade County]], the city of Miami and far southeastern [[Broward County, Florida|Broward County]], up to just south of [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida|Fort Lauderdale]].


==References==
==References==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.mega.tv/ Mega TV official website]
* [https://mega.tv/ Mega TV official website]
* [http://www.spanishbroadcasting.com/ SBS corporate website]
* [http://www.spanishbroadcasting.com/ SBS corporate website]
* [http://www.lamusica.com/ LaMusica.com owned by SBS]
* [http://www.lamusica.com/ LaMusica.com owned by SBS]
*{{TVQ|WSBS}}
*{{BIA|WSBS|TV|TV}}


{{Spanish Broadcasting System}}
{{Spanish Broadcasting System}}

Latest revision as of 22:01, 27 April 2024

WSBS-TV
Channels
BrandingMega TV; Mega News
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
WRMA, WCMQ-FM, WXDJ, WMFM, WRAZ-FM
History
FoundedOctober 2, 1989 (34 years ago) (1989-10-02)
First air date
June 1993 (31 years ago) (1993-06)
Former call signs
  • WYDH (October 2–11, 1989)
  • WEYS (October 11, 1989–April 2003)
  • WGEN-TV (April–September 2003)
  • WDLP-TV (November 2003–July 2004, September 2004–2006)
  • WSBS-TV (July–September 2004)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 22 (UHF, 1993–2009)
Call sign meaning
Spanish Broadcasting System
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID72053
ERP1 kW
HAAT54 m (177 ft)
Transmitter coordinates24°33′19.8″N 81°48′4.5″W / 24.555500°N 81.801250°W / 24.555500; -81.801250
Translator(s)WSBS-CD 19 (UHF) Miami
Links
Public license information
Websitemega.tv

WSBS-TV (channel 22) is a television station licensed to Key West, Florida, United States, serving as the flagship station of the Spanish-language network Mega TV. Owned and operated by Spanish Broadcasting System, the station maintains studios on Northwest 77th Avenue in Miami, and its transmitter is located on Bahama and Simonton Streets in Key West.

WSBS-CD (channel 19) in Miami operates as a low-power, Class A translator of WSBS-TV.

History

[edit]

The station was originally licensed as WYDH on October 2, 1989; the calls were changed to WEYS on October 11, 1989, and the station itself first signed on the air in June 1993. WSBS-TV has had numerous callsign changes over the years. This has caused much confusion, both among viewers and writers. In many places, the station is still referred to as WEYS TeleNoticias, and WDLP Licensing, Inc. remained the licensee for several months after the call change to WSBS-TV. Some of these calls have been reused by low-power repeater stations, themselves often subject to similar callsign shuffles (for instance, the WDLP callsign is currently used by a repeater for rival WGEN-TV). On April 4, 2003, the station changed its call letters to WGEN-TV; it was then changed to WDLP-TV on September 24 of that year. The current WSBS-TV call letters were first adopted on July 1, 2004, before reverting to the WDLP-TV callsign on September 28, 2004. Prior to 2005, the station was co-owned with another Key West station, WGEN-TV, under the ownership of Sonia Broadcasting.

On March 1, 2006, the station became a charter station of Mega TV when the network was launched, and changed its callsign back to the previous WSBS-TV letters. Its original slate of programming includes productions aimed at young Hispanic viewers. Mega TV's format follows a very similar pattern traced by rival Telemundo station WSCV (channel 51) and Univision station WLTV (channel 23) decades earlier: by creating its own television personalities.

Technical information

[edit]

Subchannels

[edit]

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WSBS-TV[2]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
22.1 1080i 16:9 WSBS Main WSBS-TV programming / Mega TV
22.2 720p VISLATN Visión Latina (Spanish religious)

Analog-to-digital conversion

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WSBS-TV ended programming on its analog signal, on UHF channel 22, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal continued to broadcast on its pre-transition VHF channel 3,[3] using virtual channel 22. WSBS is one of the only television stations in the United States to operate its digital signal on the VHF low band, which is especially rare on channels 2 to 4 (54–72 MHz), due to interference that the band is subjected to. It chose to keep this channel in the first round of the digital channel elections.

Translator

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City of license Callsign Channel ERP HAAT Facility ID Transmitter coordinates
Miami WSBS-CD 19 15 kW 285.6 m (937.0 ft) 29547 25°59′10″N 80°11′36.3″W / 25.98611°N 80.193417°W / 25.98611; -80.193417 (WSBS-CD)

WSBS-CA (analog UHF channel 50), which lists "Miami, etc." as its city of license, flash cut its signal to digital in early 2010, and accordingly changed its callsign to WSBS-CD. This station has a Class A broadcast license, meaning that although it is low-power, it has protection from RF interference as full-power stations do. Like the main station, it uses virtual channel 22.1, as it is likely just an RF passthrough with no demodulation. Its transmitter is located in the Andover section of Miami Gardens, immediately south of the tower facility that is used by several other Miami area television stations, and has a directional antenna that aims mostly southeast and southwest, covering far northeastern Miami-Dade County, the city of Miami and far southeastern Broward County, up to just south of Fort Lauderdale.

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WSBS-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ RabbitEars TV Query for WSBS
  3. ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
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