WLTV

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WLTV
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Miami/Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Branding Univision 23
Channels Analog: 23 (UHF)

Digital: 24 (UHF)
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-TV
Former callsigns WAJA-TV (1967-1971)
Former affiliations independent (1967-1971)
SIN (1971-1987)
Transmitter Power 4470 kW (analog)
500 kW (digital)
Height 297 m (analog)
257 m (digital)
Facility ID 73230
Transmitter Coordinates 25°58′8.3″N, 80°13′19.2″W
Website Univision 23

WLTV 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 in Miami Gardens.

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[edit] History

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. In 1956, WFTL became an independent station after DuMont ceased operations and after it lost the NBC affiliation to the new WCKT-TV channel 7 (now WSVN). At some point between 1954 and 1956, Storer Broadcasting bought the station and renamed it WGBS-TV (which stood for George B. Storer). Its new programming initiative was unsuccessful; it went dark April 13, 1957. Apparently, Storer held on to channel 23's construction permit, which was used to launch the present-day channel 23 after Storer was granted a new license. (The WGBS-TV calls were later used on Philadelphia's channel 57, now CBS-owned CW affiliate WPSG; the two stations are unrelated.)

Today's WLTV signed on November 14, 1967 as WAJA; a part-English, part-Spanish independent station. Shortly afterward, Storer sold the station to Al Lapin, Jr., who, in January 1971 sold the station to Spanish International Communications Corporation. The station would be re-called WLTV as the station concentrated more on Spanish-language programming, especially those 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.

[edit] Newscasts

  • Noticias Univision 23 Al Amanecer (Mondays through Fridays 5:00 AM to 7:00 AM)
  • Noticias Univision 23 a las 6 PM (Mondays through Fridays 6:00 PM-6:30 PM)
  • Noticias Univision 23 Edicion de las Once (Mondays through Fridays 11:00 PM-11:30 PM)
  • Noticias Univision 23 Fin de Semana (Saturdays and Sundays 6:00 PM-6:30 PM & 11:00 PM-11:30 PM)
  • Ahora en Nuestra Comunidad (Saturdays 6:00 AM on WAMI-TV and 11:00 AM on WLTV)

[edit] News Team

Anchors

  • Guillermo Benitez
  • Alina Mayo-Azze
  • Enrique Teutelo
  • Eileen Cardet
  • Mario Andres Moreno
  • Gloria Ordaz
  • Ivan Donoso
  • Sandra Peebles
  • Jose Luis Napoles
  • Veronica Paysse

Weather

  • Eduardo Rodriguez
  • Paola Elorza
  • Jackie Guerrido

Reporters

  • Bernadette Pardo
  • Jose Alfonso Almora
  • Sonia Parissos
  • Mario Vallejo
  • Maria Fernanda Lopez
  • Roger Borges
  • Pamela Silva
  • Jenny Padura

Production Staff

  • Vice President: Helga Silva
  • News Director: Emilio Marrero

[edit] External links

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Broadcast television in the South Florida (Miami / Fort Lauderdale / Key West) market (Nielsen DMA #16)
Local stations

WPBT 2 (PBS) - WFOR 4 (CBS) - WTVJ 6 (NBC, WX+ on DT2) - WSVN 7 (Fox) - WPLG 10 (ABC, LATV on DT2) - WLRN 17 (PBS) - WLTV 23 (UNI) - WIMP-CA 25 (HSN) - WBFS 33 (MNTV) - WPXM 35 (ION) - WPMF-LP 38 (Ind) - WSFL 39 (The CW) - WJAN-CA 41 (Ind) - WHFT 45 (TBN) - WFUN-LP 48 (CV) - WSBS-CA 50 (Ind) - WSCV 51 (TEL) - WLMF-LP 53 (SCOLA) - WGEN-LP 55 (Ind) - WEYS-LP 56 (ALMA) - WBEC 63 (Ind/Edu.) - WAMI 69 (TFU)
Digital-only
channels
Local stations
in Key West

Most of these stations either serve Miami proper, or are repeaters of Miami stations.
WGEN 8 (Ind) - WSBS 22 (Ind) - WCAY-LP 34 (tourist) - W38AA 38 / W39AC 39 (CBS) - WGAY-LP 41 (Ind) - W44AC 44 / W58BU 58 (NBC) - W47AC 47 (ABC) - WKIZ-LP 49 (FOX)
Local cable
channels
See also: Broadcast television stations in West Palm Beach and Bahamas
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Spanish-Language Television Stations in the state of Florida

Miami - Fort Lauderdale: WPBT-DT 2.3 (V-me, Miami) - WGEN 8 (Spanish Independent, Key West) - WPLG-DT 10.2 (LATV, Miami) - WSBS 22 (Spanish Independent, Key West) - WLTV 23 (Univision, Miami) - WJAN-CA 41 (Spanish Independent / CNN Español, Miami) - WSCV 51 (Telemundo, Fort Lauderdale) - WEYS-LP 56 (ALMA, Miami) - WAMI 69 (TeleFutura, Hollywood)
Tampa - St. Petersburg: WEDU-DT 3.2 (V-me, Tampa) - WXAX-LP 26 (Azteca América, Tampa) - WTAM-LP 30 (Multimedios, Tampa) - WRMD-CA 49 (Telemundo, Tampa) - WFTT 50 (TeleFutura, Tampa) - WVEA 62 (Univision/LATV, Venice)
Orlando - Daytona Beach - Melbourne: WKMG-DT 6.2 (LATV, Orlando) - W21AU 21 (Azteca América, Orlando) - WMFE-DT 24.2 (V-me, Orlando) - WVEN 26 (Univision, Daytona Beach) - WTMO-CA 31 (Telemundo, Orlando) - WOTF 43 (TeleFutura, Melbourne)
West Palm Beach - Fort Pierce: WWHB-CA 48 (Azteca América, Stuart)
Fort Myers - Naples: WUVF-CA 2/WLZE-LP 51 (Univision, Naples/Ft. Myers) - WEVU-CA 4/WBSP-CA 7 (Univision, Ft. Myers/Naples) - WTPH-LP 14 (Azteca América, Ft. Myers) - WTLE-LP 18 (TeleFutura, Ft. Myers) - WWDT-CA 43 (Telemundo, Naples)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, NBC, PBS, Religious, and Other stations in Florida
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Univision Communications, Inc. (a subsidiary of Broadcasting Media Partners Inc.)
Corporate Directors:
Joe Uva, Ray Rodriguez, Andrew W. Hobson, C. Douglas Kranwinkle
Television Networks:
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Univision Owned and/or
Operated Stations:
KABE · KAKW · KDTV · KFTV · KMEX · KTVW · KUTH2 · KUVE · KUVN · KUVS · KWEX · KXLN · WGBO · WLII · WLTV · WQHS · WSUR · WUVC · WUVG · WUVP · WXTV
TeleFutura Owned and/or
Operated Stations:
KFPH · KFSF · KTFB · KTFD1 · KTFF · KFTH · KTFK · KTFQ1 · KFTR · KFTU · KNIC · KSTR · WAMI · WFPA · WFTT1 · WFTY · WFUT · WOTF1 · WTNC · WUTF1 · WXFT
Other Television Stations:
KUVI (MNTV affiliate) · WSTE (Independent)
1Univision owns these station licenses, however they are operated by Entravision Communications under local marketing agreements.

2Univision owns the station license, however it is operated by Equity Broadcasting under a local marketing agreement.
Annual Revenue: ▲ $2.9 billion USD (2006) · Employees: 4,233 · Stock Symbols: None, privately held. · Website: www.univision.net