WSBS-TV
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| WSBS-TV | |
|---|---|
| Key West, Florida | |
| Branding | Mega TV |
| Channels | Analog: 22 (UHF) |
| Translators | WSBS-CA 50 Miami |
| Affiliations | Spanish independent |
| Owner | Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. (WSBS Licensing, Inc.) |
| First air date | June 1993[1] |
| Call letters’ meaning | Spanish Broadcasting System |
| Former callsigns | (many, see article) |
| Former affiliations | CBS TeleNoticias Telemundo Internacional Network One |
| Transmitter Power | 11.2 kW (analog) 1 kW (digital) |
| Height | 62 m (analog) 54 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 72053 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | |
| Website | www.mega.tv |
WSBS-TV is a Spanish-language television station in Key West, Florida, broadcasting locally on UHF channel 22 as a Spanish-language independent under the Mega TV branding. The station also operates a repeater in Miami, WSBS-CA channel 50.
WSBS is owned by Spanish Broadcasting System; Mega TV is SBS's only television station, as the company deals primarily in radio. Mega TV officially went on the air on March 1, 2006. Its original slate of programming includes productions aimed to young Hispanic viewers. Mega TV seems to be following the same pattern traced by rivals WSCV, Telemundo 51 and Univision's WLTV nearly 25 years ago: creating its own television personalities and not stealing anyone from other stations.
Prior to 2005, WSBS (then known as WDLP-TV) was, under Sonia Broadcasting, co-owned with another Key West station, WGEN-TV. In early 2007, the station had to cut 55 employees to save on production costs. A vast majority of locally produced programs were cancelled or as management called it "on hiatus" such as: Desvelados, Xpediente, El Noticero, El Vacilon, Entre Fichas, Mega Especiales. Puerta Astral, is scheduled for a summer run with changes in hosts and name: Codigo Astral.
On October 17th ,2007 MEGA TV went nationwide under a deal with DirecTV [1]
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[edit] Programming
As of August of 2007, Mega TV's original programming includes:
- Maria Elvira Live: With Maria Elvira Salazar
- LaMusica.com
- Paparazzi TV
- Bayly
- Raices y Recuerdos
- El Circulo
- Mega News
- Mega Cine
- HandyMan
- Agenda Del Inmigrante
- Mega Telenovelas
- Xpediente
- Codigo Astral
- El Vacilion
- El Cucuy De la Manana
[edit] Call sign changes
Like the network it was once affiliated with Telemundo, WSBS-TV has had numerous name changes over the years. This has caused much confusion, both among viewers and writers. In many places, the station is still referred to as WEYS TeleNoticias, and WDLP Licensing, Inc. remained the licensee for several months after the call change to WSBS-TV. Some of these names have been reused by low-power repeater stations, themselves often subject to similar call sign shuffles (for instance, the WDLP callsign is currently used by a repeater for rival WGEN-TV).
- WSBS-TV (March 1, 2006 – Present)
- WDLP-TV (September 28, 2004 – February 28, 2006)
- WSBS-TV (July 1, 2004 – September 27, 2004)
- WDLP-TV (November 24, 2003 – June 30, 2004)
- WGEN-TV (April 4, 2003 – November 23, 2003)
- WEYS (October 11, 1989 – April 3, 2003)
- WYDH (October 2, 1989 – October 10, 1989)
[edit] External links
- Official website
- SBS website
- LaMusica.com owned by SBS
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WSBS
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WSBS-TV
[edit] References
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