WSCV

WSCV virtual channel 51 (UHF digital channel 30) is the flagship station of the Spanish-language Telemundo network that's licensed to Fort Lauderdale. Serving Miami, Florida, United States, the station's owned by the NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations subsidiary of NBCUniversal as part of a duopoly with NBC owned-and-operated station WTVJ (channel 6). The two stations share studio and office facilities on Southwest 27th Street (off of I-75) in Miramar; WSCV's transmitter is located near Sun Life Stadium in north Miami-Dade County. The station also serves as the de facto Telemundo affiliate for the West Palm Beach market.

History

The UHF channel 51 allocation in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale market was previously occupied by WSMS-TV, an independent station that debuted on December 6, 1968, under the ownership of Gold Coast Telecasting; the station would cease operations on August 10, 1970, due to financial issues.

The current station on channel 51 was developed after another company acquired the channel 51 license in January 1972. WSCV first signed on the air on February 14, 1972, as WKID-TV. Operating as an independent station, it maintained a bilingual format featuring a mix of English and Spanish language programming. The station would later be acquired by an investment group headed by William F. Johns and Alvin Koenig in 1976, after WKID's previous owners went bankrupt.