WFTT-DT is the Telefutura affiliate for Tampa Bay, owned by Univision and operated by Entravision, owners of WVEA-TV. The station, which broadcasts on UHF channel 50 (digital 47), is based at WVEA's studios on Hillsborough Avenue in Tampa, and transmits from Riverview.
WFTT can be seen on cable throughout the Bay Area on Bright House channel 5, and on Comcast in Sarasota County on channel 23.
[edit] Digital
WFTT's digital signal transmits on channel 47.
| Channel |
Programming |
| 50.1 |
WFTT-HD TeleFutura HD (1080i) |
[edit] History
WFTT signed on in 1988 as WBHS, the flagship station of the Home Shopping Network, running its programming 24 hours a day. HSN programming was supplemented with locally produced public affairs and human interest briefs for four and a half minutes each hour, which exceeded the number of hours independent stations provided local programming (over 12 broadcast hours a week, counting repeats). Sundays were devoted to required children's programming, including 1970s shows like "New Zoo Revue", to expose them to a younger audience.
WBHS's original owner was HSN's broadcasting arm Silver King Broadcasting. In 1993, Barry Diller and Universal acquired HSN, renaming it USA Broadcasting. USA originally had plans for a new chain of independents on these stations, but the idea didn't expand farther than Miami, Atlanta, Dallas and Boston. WBHS remained an HSN station until January 14, 2002.
In 2002, Univision bolstered its audience and launched a new second Spanish network, Telefutura, through the acquisition of USA's stations. With Univsion already on WVEA, channel 50 became a Telefutura affiliate, with new calls WFTT.
In May 2010, the station began broadcasting in 1080i and passing the TeleFutura network in HD.
[edit] References
- ^ The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says February 1, while the Television and Cable Factbook says March 1.
[edit] External links
|
|
|
| English stations |
WEDU (3.1 PBS, 3.2 V-me, 3.3 FL Chan, 3.4 World) · WFLA (8.1 NBC, 8.2 Me-TV) · WTSP (10.1 CBS, 10.2 Weather) · WTVT (13.1 Fox) · WPDS-LD (14.1-4 Edu.) · W15CM 15 (unknown) · WUSF (16.1 PBS, 16.2 Kids, 16.3 Create, 16.4 Knowledge) · WSVT 18 (Daystar) · WARP-CD (20.1-20.4 infomercials) · WCLF (22.1 CTN, 22.2 CTNi) · WFTS (28.1 ABC, 28.2 Live Well) · WTAM-LD (30.1 My Family TV) · W31CZ-D (31.1 TBN) · WMOR (32.1 Ind, 32.2 This, 32.3 Estrella) · W33CC 33 (HSN) · WSPF 35 (city of St. Pete) · WTTA (38.1 MNTV) · W43CE-D (43.1 unknown) · WTOG (44.1 CW) · WVEA-LP 46 (HSN) · WZRA 48 (Ethnic/A1/NTV/CTV/DW) · WXPX (66.1 ION, 66.2 Qubo, 66.3 Life)
|
|
| Spanish stations |
|
|
| Outlying areas |
|
|
| Cable channels |
|
|
| Distant stations |
|
|
| Defunct |
|
|
Spanish-language television stations in the State of Florida |
|
Miami - Fort Lauderdale: WPBT 2.3 (V-me, Miami) - WEYS-LP 6 (ALMA, Miami) - WSVN 7.2 (Estrella TV, Miami) - WGEN 8 (Spanish Independent, Key West) - WPLG 10.2 (LATV, Miami) - WSBS 22 (Spanish Independent, Key West) - WLTV 23 (Univision, Miami) - WPMF 38 (Azteca America, Miami) - WJAN-CA 41 (Spanish Independent / CNN Español, Miami) - WFUN-LP 48 (Caribevision, Miami) - WSCV 51 (Telemundo, Fort Lauderdale) - WAMI 69 (TeleFutura, Hollywood)
Tampa - St. Petersburg: WEDU 3.2 (V-me, Tampa) - WXAX-LP 26 (Azteca América, Tampa) - WTAM-LP 30 (Multimedios/La Familia Network, Tampa) - WMOR 32.3 (Estrella TV, Lakeland) - WRMD-CD 49 (Telemundo, Tampa) - WFTT 50 (TeleFutura, Tampa) - WVEA 62 (Univision/LATV, Venice)
Orlando - Daytona Beach - Melbourne: WKMG 6.2 (LATV, Orlando) - WKCF 18.3 (Estrella TV, Clermont) - W21AU 21 (Azteca América, Orlando) - WMFE 24.1-3 (V-me, Orlando) - WVEN 26 (Univision, Daytona Beach) - WTMO-CD 31 (Telemundo, Orlando) - WZXZ-CA 36 (Caribevision, Orlando) - WOTF 43 (TeleFutura, Melbourne)
West Palm Beach - Fort Pierce: WWHB-CA 48 (Azteca América, Stuart) - WBWP-LP 57 (Mega TV, West Palm Beach)
Fort Myers - Naples: WUVF-LP 2/WLZE-LP 51 (Univision, Naples / Ft. Myers) - WTPH-LP 14 (Azteca América, Ft. Myers) - WWDT-CD 43 (Telemundo, Naples)
Pensacola: WSRE 23.4 (V-me, Pensacola)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Radio stations |
|
|
| Television stations |
|
|
| Other holdings |
|
|
1 = owned by Univision, managed by Entravision
2 = owned by a Mexican company, managed by Entravision
3 = XHAS license and transmitter owned by a Mexican company; Entravision wholly owns its San Diego repeater, KTCD-LP
4 = National spot radio advertising representative specializing in Spanish-language stations; co-owned with Lotus Communications Corporation
5 = owned by Entravision, but managed by Schurz Communications under a JSA
6 = owned by Calipatria Broadcasting Company, LLC, but managed by Entravision under a JSA
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ABC (8): |
|
|
| CBS (14): |
|
|
| The CW8 (8): |
|
|
| Fox1 (17): |
|
|
| MyNetworkTV1 (10): |
|
|
| NBC3 (10): |
|
|
| Telefutura5 (22): |
|
|
| Telemundo3 (16): |
|
|
| Univision5 (22): |
|
|
- Both Fox and MyNetworkTV are owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation.
- WOGX is a semi-satellite of WOFL.
- Both NBC and Telemundo are owned by NBC Universal, a joint venture between Comcast (51%) and General Electric (49%).
- Both stations are jointly owned in a joint venture between NBC Universal (76%) and LIN Television (24%).
- Both Univision and Telefutura are privately owned by Broadcasting Media Partners, Inc., a venture which includes Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC, Providence Equity Partners, Inc., TPG Capital, L.P., Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P., and Saban Capital Group, Inc.
- Univision owns the licenses to these stations but the stations themselves are operated by Entravision Communications under Local Marketing Agreements.
- NBC Universal owns the license but the station is operated by ZGS Communications.
- The CW network is jointly owned by CBS (50%) and Warner Bros. (50%). All CW stations listed here are owned by CBS.
|
|
$2.9 billion 
