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WXTV-DT
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Paterson, New Jersey-New York, New York
Branding Univision 41
Slogan A Su Lado
(On Your Side)
Channels Digital: 40 (UHF)
Virtual: 41 (PSIP)
Affiliations Univision
Owner Univision Communications
(WXTV License Partnership, GP)
First air date August 4, 1968
Call letters' meaning none
Sister station(s) WFUT-DT
Former affiliations Independent (1968-1970)
SIN (1970-1987)
Transmitter power 300 kW
Height 421 m
Facility ID 74215
Transmitter coordinates 40°44′54″N 73°59′10″W / 40.74833°N 73.98611°W / 40.74833; -73.98611
Website Univision 41

WXTV-DT channel 41 is a Univisión owned-and-operated television station, licensed to Paterson, New Jersey and serving the New York metropolitan area. WXTV's studios are located in Teaneck, New Jersey, and its transmitter in on the Empire State Building in Manhattan. WXTV is one-half of a Univisión-owned duopoly in the New York City market with Telefutura station WFUT-DT (channel 68), licensed to Newark, New Jersey.

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[edit] History

WXTV first began broadcasting on August 4, 1968, from studios at 641 Main Street in Paterson, New Jersey as an English and Spanish-language television station. Studios later moved to 24 Meadowlands Parkway in Secaucus and are now at 500 Frank W. Burr Boulevard in Teaneck.

In 1970, the station became an all-Spanish-language station, affiliated with the Spanish International Network, which became Univision in 1987. Since the mid-1980s, WXTV has used the slogan A su lado, an adaptation for the Hispanic market of the campaign On Your Side created by Frank Gari, and even used the similarly named news music package for a time.

The September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center did not affect WXTV's over-the-air signal, as WXTV's transmitter has always been at the Empire State Building. WXTV and WCBS-TV, who had a full-powered backup transmitter at the Empire State Building, were the only major New York City stations whose over-the-air signals weren't lost. In fact, channel 41's news anchors gave information and updates in English as well as Spanish on the attacks for the benefit of viewers without cable that lost access to the stations with transmitters at the WTC.

[edit] Digital television

Digital channels

Channel Name Video Aspect Programming
41.1 WXTV-DT 1080i 16:9 Main WXTV/Univisión programming
41.2 WFUT-DT 480i 4:3 Duplicate feed of sister station WFUT

[edit] Analog-to-digital conversion

On June 12, 2009, WXTV discontinued regular analog programming on channel 41. [1] The station remained on its pre-transition channel 40 [2] using PSIP to display WXTV's virtual channel as 41.

[edit] News operation

WXTV is known for having newscasts whose ratings frequently rival its English-speaking counterparts. One of the station's news anchors, Rafael Pineda, has held that position since 1972. This gives him the distinction of being the longest-serving news anchor on a New York City television station, English or Spanish.

The 6 and 11 p.m. weekend newscasts tend to be pre-empted by Univision programming that runs longer than it is scheduled to air (which is rare for the primetime schedule, unless a football (soccer) match is airing). It also should be noted, that in the event that there is a technical fault occurring during WXTV's weekday newscasts, WXTV will cut to Univision's west coast feed until they are able to rejoin the east coast feed. If the fault occurred during A Las Seis newscast, WXTV will join the West Coast feed until 6:30 p.m. EDT for Noticiero Univision and if the fault occures during the Solo a Las Once newscast, WXTV will cut to the West Coast feed until 11:30 p.m. EDT for Noticiero Univision: Edicion Nocturna .

WXTV won the July 2008 sweeps period and also became the first spanish-language television station to win all three evening slots (local newscasts and 6 and 11 and the national news at 6:30pm). WXTV's 6pm newscast was also #1 among the 25-54 demo, followed by WABC-TV, WCBS-TV, WNJU, WNYW and WNBC-TV.[3]

On June 22, 2010, WXTV-DT became the first Spanish-language television station in New York to broadcast its local newscasts in high definition.

WXTV also has news partnerships with CNN en Espanol, Dominican Republic's Noticias SIN, Peru's America Television, and Mexico's Enlace Publica and will use the reporting staff of sister station WADO 1280AM for on-air reports.

On January 5th, 2012, It was announced that WXTV's early evening newscasts at six "Noticias 41: A Las Seis" ended the 2011 calendar year with the #1 6PM local newscast in all of the United States among adults. WXTV out-performed all early evening local newscasts in the country, regardless of language among Adults 18-49.[4]

[edit] Newscasts

Weekdays

  • Noticia 41 Al Despertar – 5-7 a.m.
  • Noticia Univision Al Despiertar En Telefutura – 7-8 a.m. (on WFUT)
  • Noticia 41 A Las Seis – 6-6:30 p.m.
  • Noticia 41 Solo A Las Once – 11-11:30 p.m.

Saturdays

  • Noticia 41 A Las Seis – 6-6:30 p.m.
  • Noticia 41 Solo A Las Once – 11-11:30 p.m.

Sundays

  • Noticia 41 A Las Seis – 6-6:30 p.m.
  • Noticia 41 A Las Once – 11-11:30 p.m.

[edit] News team

Anchors
  • Merijoel Duran - weekday mornings, Noticias 41 Al Despertar
  • Rafael Pineda - weeknights at 6 and 11 p.m.
  • Adriana Vargas - weeknights at 6 and 11 p.m.
  • Sandra O'Neill - weekends at 6 and 11 p.m.; also weeknight reporter; substitute anchor
  • Victor Javier Solano - weekends at 6 and 11 p.m,; substitute anchor
  • Enrique Teuteló - weekday mornings, Noticias 41 Al Despertar
Weather team
  • Nilda Rosario - lead meteorologist; weeknights at 6 and 11 p.m.
  • Carina Garcia - meteorologist; weekends at 6 and 11 p.m.
  • Shirley Ponce - fill-in meteorologist; also serves as morning traffic anchor
Sports team
  • Salvador Cruz Umanzor - lead sports anchor; weekday mornings; weeknights at 6 and 11 p.m.
  • Jose Roig - sports anchor; weekends at 6 and 11 p.m.
Reporters
  • Berenice Gartner - general assignment reporter
  • Ana Ledo - general assignment reporter
  • Alex Roland - general assignment reporter
  • Rolman Vergara - general assignment reporter
  • Mariela Salgado - general assignment reporter
Correspondents
Former on-air staff
  • Denisse Oller
  • Arly Alfaro
  • Miriam Ayala
  • Sol Solstre
  • Sofia La Chapel
  • Luis Velasco
  • Antonio Martinez
  • Birmania Rios
  • Jack Rico

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf
  2. ^ CDBS Print
  3. ^ Univision's WXTV N.Y. Claiming Weekday Newscast Victory
  4. ^ WXTV ends the calendar year at #1 at 6pm
English language
channels

WCBS (2.1 CBS) · WNBC (4.1 NBC, 4.2 Nonstop, 4.4 UniSp) · WNYW 5.1 / WWOR 9.2 (Fox) · WABC (7.1 ABC, 7.2 LWN HD, 7.3 LWN SD) · WWOR 9.1 / WNYW 5.2 (MNTV) · WPIX (11.1 CW, 11.3 This TV, 11.4 Antenna TV) · WPXN (31.1 ION, 31.2 Qubo, 31.3 ION Life) · WSAH (43.2 Ind/RTV) · WRNN (48.1 Ind / AMG TV / JTV / News, 48.2 Al Jazeera English, 48.3 Arirang TV) · WVVH-CA 50 (A1 / RSN, East Hampton) · WLNY (55.1 Ind)
Public television
channels

WNET (13.1 PBS, 13.2 Kids 13) · WLIW (21.1 PBS, 21.2 Create, 21.3 PBS World) · WNYE (25.1 Educ. Ind, 25.2 NYC gov) · WEDW (49.1 PBS / CPTV, 49.2 Create) · WNJN / WNJB (50.1/58.1 PBS / NJTV) · WFME 66.4 (WYBE Philadelphia Ind public TV)
Spanish language
channels

WPIX 11.2 (Estrella TV) · WNET 13.3 (V-me) · WPXO 34.1 (CV) · WNYN 39.1-5 (Ind) · WXTV 41.1 / WFTY 67.2 / WFUT 68.2 (UNI) · WXTV 41.2 / WFTY 67.1 / WFUT 68.1 (TFT) · WNJU (47.1 TMD) · WTBY 54.4 (Enlace) · WMBC 63.6 (AZA)
Religious stations

WBQM-LD 3.1 / WWPS 9 / WMBQ-CA 46 / WMBQ-LD 10 (COR) · WEBR-LD 17.1 (GCN) · WKOB-LD 42.1/42.2 (DS) · WTBY (54.1 TBN, 54.2 Church, 54.3 JCTV, 54.5 Smile) · WFME (66.1 Ind Rel., 66.2 WFME-FM, 66.3 KEAR-AM) WMBC 63.3 (CGNTV)
Shopping stations

WASA-LD (25.1 Infomercials/RTV) · WKOB-LD (42.5 Infomercials) · WSAH (43.1 Infomercials) · W41DO-D (60.1 HSN)
Other stations

WNYZ-LP 6 (Ind/Radio) · WEBR-CD (17.2-4 MBC, KRB) · WXNY-LD (32.1 Ind) · WNYX-LD (35.1Ind) · WDVB-LD 39 (ImaginAsian) · WKOB-LD (42.3 RTV) · WKOB-LD (42.4 HOT TV) · WNXY 43.1 (Ind) · WMBC (63.1 Ind, 63.4 SinoVision, 63.5 NTDTV, 63.7 WDNJ-FM, 63.8 KCBN) · WFME (66.2 WFME-FM audio, 66.3 Family Radio/KEAR audio, 66.5 foreign Family Radio audio, 66.6 RTI audio, 66.7 KWO35 audio)
Local cable channels
Defunct
ATSC-M/H Mobile DTV
encrypted channels
are italicized

WNBC 4.2 (Nonstop) · WNYW 5.1 (Fox)2 · WWOR 9.1 (MNTV) · WNET 13.1 (PBS)1 · WPXN 31.2 (Qubo) · WXNY 32.1 (Ind)1 · WNYX 35.1 (Ind)1 · WNXY 43.1 (Ind)1 · WNJU 47.1 (Telemundo) · WRNN 48.1 (Ind)1 · WLNY 55.1 (IND) · WLNY 55.2 (Blank) · WMBC 63.1 (IND) ·
1Coming in 2011, 2via WWOR-TV 9.2
Broadcast Television Stations by Affiliation in the state of New Jersey
MyNetworkTV affiliates
NBC affiliates

WMGM 40 / WMGM-LP 7 (Wildwood/Atlantic City serving Southeast New Jersey)
PBS member stations

NJTV:
North Jersey: WNJN 50 (Montclair) - WNJB 58 (New Brunswick)
South Jersey: WNJS 23 (Camden) - WNJT 52 (Trenton)
Other: WNET 13 (Newark)
Spanish-language stations
Other stations
Corporate directors:
Joe Uva, Cesar Conde, Andrew W. Hobson, C. Douglas Kranwinkle, Peter H. Lori
Broadcast television networks
Cable television networks
Univision Radio:
KAMA · KAMA-FM · KBBT · KBNA-FM · KBRG · KBTQ · KCOR · KDXX · KESS-FM · KFLC · KFZO · KGBT · KGBT-FM · KGSX · KHOT-FM · KHOV-FM · KIOT · KISF · KJFA · KKMR · KKRG · KKSS · KLAT · KLJA · KLLE · KLNO · KLNV · KLQB · KLQV · KLSQ · KLTN · KLVE · KOMR · KOND · KOVE-FM · KPTY · KQBU · KQBU-FM · KQMR · KRCD² · KRCV² · KRDA · KRGT · KROM · KSCA · KSOL · KSQL · KTNQ · KVVF · KVVZ · KVWG-FM · KXTN-FM · WADO · WAMR-FM · WAQI · WKAQ · WKAQ-FM · WOJO · WPPN · WQBA · WQBU-FM · WRTO · WRTO-FM · WUKQ · WUKQ-FM · WVIV-FM · WVIX · WXNY-FM · WYEL
Univision owned and/or
operated stations:
KABE-LD · KAKW-DT · KDTV-DT · KFTV-DT · KMEX-DT · KTVW-DT · KUTH-DT · KUVE-DT · KUVN-DT · KUVS-DT · KWEX-DT · KXLN-DT · WFDC-DT¹ · WGBO-DT · WLII-DT/WSUR-DT · WLTV-DT · WQHS-DT · WUVC-DT · WUVG-DT · WUVP-DT · WXTV-DT
TeleFutura owned and/or
operated stations:

KFPH-DT · KFSF-DT · KTFB-CA · KTFD-DT¹ · KTFF-DT · KFTH-DT · KTFK-DT · KTFO-CD · KTFQ-DT¹ · KFTR-DT · KFTU-DT · KNIC-DT · KSTR-DT · WAMI-DT · WFPA-CA · WFTT-DT¹ · WFTY-DT · WFUT-DT · WOTF-DT¹ · WTNC-LD · WUTF-DT¹ · WXFT-DT
Other television stations:
KUVI-DT (MNTV affiliate) · WSTE-DT (Independent)

¹ = Univision owns these station licenses, however they are operated by Entravision Communications under local marketing agreements.

² = Sale pending. Buyer is anonymous or is unannounced at this time.
Annual revenue: increase $2.9 billion USD (2006) · Employees: 4,233 · Stock symbols: None, privately held. · Website: univision.net
ABC (8):
KABC • KFSN • KGO • KTRK • WABC • WLS • WPVI • WTVD
CBS (14):
KCBS • KCNC • KDKA • KOVR • KPIX • KTVT • KYW • WBBM • WBZ • WCBS • WCCO • WFOR • WJZ • WWJ
The CW8 (8):
KBCW · KMAX · KSTW · WKBD · WPCW · WPSG · WTOG · WUPA
Fox1 (17):
KDFW • KMSP • KRIV • KSAZ • KTBC • KTTV • WAGA • WFLD • WFXT • WHBQ • WJBK • WNYW • WOFL2 • WOGX2 • WTTG • WTVT • WTXF
MyNetworkTV1 (10):
KCOP · KDFI · KTXH · KUTP · WDCA · WFTC · WPWR · WRBW · WUTB · WWOR
NBC3 (10):
KNBC · KNSD4 · KNTV · KXAS4 · WCAU · WMAQ · WNBC · WRC · WTVJ · WVIT
Telefutura5 (22):
KFPH · KFSF · KTFB · KTFD6 · KTFF · KFTH · KTFK · KTFO-CD · KTFQ6 · KFTR · KFTU · KNIC · KSTR · WAMI · WFPA · WFTT6 · WFTY · WFUT · WOTF6 · WTNC · WUTF6 · WXFT
Telemundo3 (16):
KBLR · KEJT · KHRR · KDEN · KNSO7 · KTAZ · KTMD · KVDA7 · KSTS · KVEA · KXTX · WKAQ · WNEU7 · WNJU · WSCV · WSNS
Univision5 (22):
KABE · KAKW · KDTV · KFTV · KMEX · KTVW · KUTH · KUVE · KUVN · KUVS · KWEX · KXLN · WFDC-DT6 · WGBO · WLII / WSUR · WLTV · WQHS · WUVC · WUVG · WUVP · WXTV
  1. Both Fox and MyNetworkTV are owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation.
  2. WOGX is a semi-satellite of WOFL.
  3. Both NBC and Telemundo are owned by NBC Universal, a joint venture between Comcast (51%) and General Electric (49%).
  4. Both stations are jointly owned in a joint venture between NBC Universal (76%) and LIN Television (24%).
  5. 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.
  6. Univision owns the licenses to these stations but the stations themselves are operated by Entravision Communications under Local Marketing Agreements.
  7. NBC Universal owns the license but the station is operated by ZGS Communications.
  8. The CW network is jointly owned by CBS (50%) and Warner Bros. (50%). All CW stations listed here are owned by CBS.
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