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| Miami/Fort Lauderdale, Florida | |
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| Branding | Univision 23 |
| Channels | Digital: 23 (UHF) Virtual: 23 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 23.1 Univision |
| Affiliations | Univision |
| Owner | Univision Communications, Inc. (WLTV License Partnership, GP) |
| First air date | November 14, 1967 |
| Call letters' meaning | Latin American TeleVision |
| Sister station(s) | WAMI-DT |
| Former callsigns | WAJA-TV (1967-1971) |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 23 (1967-2009) Digital: 24 (2002-2009) |
| Former affiliations | Independent (1967-1971) |
| Transmitter power | 535 kW |
| Height | 297 m |
| Facility ID | 73230 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 25°58′8.3″N 80°13′19.2″W / 25.968972°N 80.222°W |
| Website | Univision 23 |
WLTV-DT is a Univision owned and operated station serving Spanish-speaking viewers in South Florida. The station is located in Doral, where Univision's production facilities are also located. The transmitter is located at 1255 NW 210th Street in Miami Gardens. WLTV-DT offers a Spanish programming format featuring news, talk shows, dramas, movies and other first rate Spanish programming.
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History [link]
Channel 23 signed on initially on December 24, 1954 as WFTL-TV and licensed to Fort Lauderdale,[1] originally affiliated with the NBC and DuMont networks. It was owned by Storer Broadcasting, who bought the WFTL studio facility and the construction permit for WMIE-TV (channel 23) in Miami (which never signed on under that call sign) shortly before WFTL's first sign-on. A few days after WFTL's launch, Storer renamed it WGBS-TV (which stood for George B. Storer). In 1956, WGBS became an independent station after DuMont ceased operations and after it lost the NBC affiliation to the new WCKT-TV channel 7 (now WSVN). Its new programming initiative was unsuccessful; it went dark April 13, 1957. (The WGBS-TV calls were later used on Philadelphia's channel 57, now CBS-owned The CW Television Network affiliate WPSG; the two stations are unrelated.)
The channel 23 license remained active for many years after the first incarnation of that channel went off the air largely because the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) was reluctant at the time to delete the licenses of silent stations. During this period, channel 23 was used intermittently for FCC-sponsored tests.
The present-day incarnation of Channel 23 signed on November 14, 1967 as WAJA, an independent station. By that time, Storer sold the station to Al Lapin, Jr. Making the first great contribution to Latin-American Television in Miami, including Bozo the Clown, an afternoon show that was broadcast live on weekdays in English and pre-recorded in Spanish on Saturday mornings, featuring Bozo, and his Latin helper "Petunia" (played by Ileana Garcia). It also included very popular Spanish shows back in the day, such as Solo Para Bailadores, a Spanish equivalent to Soul Train hosted by Omar Marchant with live bands featuring live local bands, and many locals who came to dance an be seen on television. The WAJA studios at that time were located on NW 2nd Avenue (US 441) and NW 199th Street in Miami Gardens. In January 1971, Lapin sold the station to Spanish International Communications Corporation (forerunner of today's Univision Communications). The station's call letters were changed to WLTV as the station concentrated more on Spanish-language programming, especially from the Spanish International Network (SIN, later to be renamed Univision in 1987-1988).
The WLTV calls were previously used by Atlanta's WXIA-TV from 1951 to 1953, then by Bowling Green, Kentucky's WBKO-TV from 1962-1971.
All Univision-owned full-service television stations, including WLTV, officially added the -DT suffix to their call signs on June 23, 2009, 11 days after the analog television shutdown and digital conversion was completed.
In December 2009, WLTV along with most other Univision-owned stations upgraded their signals to 1080i high definition in preparation for the arrival of new HD programming from Univision and sister network TeleFutura, which occurred in January 2010.
News operation [link]
- In the news department's early history, the late newscast was broadcast at 10pm, later moved to 11pm after Univision began programming at that hour.
- They began morning newscasts in 2001-2002, after rival WSCV started doing so after a network mandate down from Telemundo.
- As of October 22, 2010 at 6:00 PM, WLTV began broadcasting news in High Definition. Becoming the last one of the major network affiliates in the Miami market to do so, but is the 5th one to do so in the market. (Leaving WJAN-CD as the ONLY station to not produce news in HD.)
Newscasts [link]
Weekdays
- Noticias 23 Al Amanecer – 5:00-7:00 a.m.
- Al Amanecer en Telefutura Miami – 7:00-8:00 a.m. (on WAMI-DT)
- Noticias 23 a las Seis – 6:00-6:30 p.m.
- Noticias 23 a las Once – 11:00-11:35 p.m.
Saturdays
- Ahora en Nuestra Comunidad – 6:00-6:30 a.m. (on WAMI-DT); 11:00-11:30 a.m. (on WLTV)
- Noticias 23 Fin de Semana – 6:00-6:30 p.m.
- Noticias 23 Fin de Semana – 11:00-11:30 p.m.
Sundays
- Noticias 23 Fin de Semana – 6:00-6:30 p.m.
- Noticias 23 Fin de Semana – 11:00-11:15 p.m.
- Action Deportiva Extra - 11:15-11:30 p.m.
News team [link]
Anchors
- Guillermo Benites - weeknights at 6p.m.
- Mario Andres Moreno - weeknights at 11p.m.
- Alina Mayo-Azze - weeknights at 6 and 11 p.m.
- Eileen Cardet - weekday mornings Noticias 23 Al Amanecer
- Jorge Hernandez - weekday mornings Noticias 23 Al Amanecer
- Gloria Ordaz - weekends at 6 and 11 p.m.
Weather team
- Eduardo Rodriguez - chief meteorologist; weeknights at 6 and 11 p.m. Also on Primer Impacto, Noticiero Univision, and Via satellite for WUVP.
- Paola Elorza - meteorologist; weekday mornings Noticias 23 Al Amanecer. Also on Primer Impacto, Noticiero Univision, and Via satellite for WUVP. Environmental reporter.
- Stephanie Ceverino - meteorologist; weekends at 6 and 11 p.m.
Sports team
- Jose Luis Napoles - lead sports anchor; weeknights at 6 and 11 p.m.
- Stefano Fusaro - sports anchor; weekends at 6 and 11 p.m.
Reporters
- Sandra Peebles - Political affairs reporter
- Jose Alfonso Almora - Religious/Political affairs reporter
- Arlena Amaro - General assignment reporter
- Roger Borges - Entertainment reporter
- Carolina Rosario - General assignment reporter
- Dr. Maritza Fuentes - Health reporter
- Maria Fernanda Lopez - General assignment reporter
- Myriam Masihy - Investigative Reporter
- Jenny Padura - General assignment reporter
- Sonia Parissos - General assignment reporter
- Mario Vallejo - Cuban affairs reporter
Alumni
- Esteban Lamela (Host, Reporter. Retired)
- Ambrosio Hernandez (Anchor/Reporter, Now at WSCV)
- Myrka Dellanos (Anchor/Reporter)
- Maria Montoya (Reporter, Now at WSCV)
- Ronald De Souza (Broward Bureau, Deceased)
- John Morales (Chief Meteorologist, Now at WTVJ)
- Omar Claro (Sports Reporter)
- Raul Stryker (Sports, Retired/Inactive)
- Juan Manuel Cao (Now at WJAN)
- Felix Guillermo (Now at WJAN)
- Bernadette Pardo (Now at WQBA)
- Mercedes Soler (Now at CNN en Español)
- Roly Martin (Sports, Now at WJAN)
- Mauricio Zeilic (Retired)
- Javier Romero (Weather, Now Co-host of Sabado Gigante, DJ on WAMR-FM)
- Barbara Bermudo (Now on Primer Impacto)
- Pamela Silva Conde (Now on Primer Impacto)
News department [link]
- Emilio Marrero - news director
- Teri Arvesu - executive producer
References [link]
External links [link]
- Univision
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WLTV
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WLTV-TV
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