WAMI-DT

WAMI-DT, virtual channel 69 (UHF digital channel 47), is the flagship station of the Spanish-language UniMás television network serving Miami and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States that is licensed to Hollywood. The station is owned by Univision Communications, as part of a duopoly with Univision owned-and-operated station WLTV-DT (channel 23). The two stations share studio facilities known as "NewsPort", a converted studio facility that also houses Noticias Univision and English language cable channel Fusion located at 8551 NW 30th Terrace in Doral. WAMI maintains transmitter facilities located in the city's Dale Village neighborhood.

History

Prior history of channel 69 in Miami

The analog UHF channel 69 allocation in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale market was first occupied by a translator station of WCIX (channel 6, now WFOR-TV on channel 4) from its sign-on in 1968 until 1988, to provide adequate coverage of Miami proper. WCIX's main transmitter was located in Homestead, in order to prevent signal interference with WDBO-TV (later WCPX-TV, now WKMG-TV) in Orlando and WPTV-TV in West Palm Beach. In 1986 WCIX independent programing switched to a full-time Fox affiliate. Within two years Taft sold both stations: WCIX went to CBS and the translator channel 69 went to HSN soon thereafter. CBS has no plans on using channel 69 continuously as a relay translator of WCIX.