WFXZ-CD
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| Boston, Massachusetts | |
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| City of license | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Channels | Digital: 25 (UHF) |
| Subchannels | 24.1 Azteca America |
| Affiliations | Azteca América |
| Owner | Boston Broadcasting Corp. (sale to Prime Time Partners LLC pending) |
| Founded | November 30, 1989 |
| First air date | 2000 |
| Former callsigns | W29BA (1989-1999) W24CM (1999-2000) WVXN-LP (2000-2001) WVXN-CA (2001-2003) WFXZ-CA (2003-2010) |
| Former affiliations | Home shopping (2000-2001) MTV2 (2001-2006) |
| Transmitter power | 5 kW |
| Class | Class A |
| Facility ID | 64833 |
WFXZ-CD is the Azteca América affiliate for Boston, Massachusetts. The station is owned by Boston Broadcasting Corporation, a company owned by Randolph Weigner,[1] and broadcasts on digital channel 25. WFXZ-CD operates at a low-power, but is licensed as a class A station. Comcast carries the station in Boston on both channel 298 on the basic service and channel 721 on the Hispanic tier.
[edit] History
WFXZ's construction permit was originally granted on November 30, 1989 as W29BA channel 29, which would be licensed to nearby Lawrence.[2] However, by the time finally it took to the air with a home shopping service early in 2000, it had moved to channel 24 in Boston and adopted the W24CM call sign.[3] A few months later, channel 24 changed its call letters to WVXN-LP. In 2001, the station became a class A operation and dropped home shopping in favor of MTV2 programming.[4] The WFXZ-CA call sign was introduced in 2003.
In July 2006, the station became the Boston affiliate for the Azteca América network.[5]
WFXZ converted to digital operations in 2010.
Randolph Weigner agreed to sell WFXZ to Prime Time Partners in December 2011.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Boston Class A TV sold". Television Business Report. December 15, 2011. http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv_deals/boston-class-a-tv-sold.html. Retrieved December 15, 2011.
- ^ "Application Details (WFXZ-CA)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=125688. Retrieved 2006-11-06.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (2000-04-07). ""Quick," What's On 93.5/93.9?". North East RadioWatch (The Archives @ BostonRadio.org). http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-000407.html. Retrieved 2006-11-06.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (2001-10-08). "Ackerley Signs Off". North East RadioWatch (The Archives @ BostonRadio.org). http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-011008.html. Retrieved 2006-11-06.
- ^ "Azteca America opens Boston station". Boston Business Journal. 2006-08-02. http://boston.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2006/07/31/daily25.html. Retrieved 2006-11-06.
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