WUVP-DT

WUVP-DT, virtual channel 65 (UHF digital channel 29), is a Univision owned-and-operated television station serving Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States that is licensed to Vineland, New Jersey. The station is owned by Univision Communications, and is a sister station to UniMás owned-and-operated station WFPA-CD (channel 28). The two stations share studios located on Delsea Drive in Newfield, and its transmitter is located in the Roxborough section of Philadelphia.

History

The station first signed on the air on June 22, 1981 as WRBV. The station was owned by a local group called Renaissance Broadcasting of Vineland (not to be confused with the Renaissance Broadcasting Company that was sold to the Tribune Company, the current owners of WPHL-TV channel 17, in 1996). Renaissance had hoped to operate the station as an ABC affiliate; however, the network decided not to add the station to its lineup, and when WRBV began operation it was running syndicated shows during the day, a half-hour local newscast at 7 p.m., and subscription television programming from Wometco Home Theater during the evening and overnight hours.