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WUVF-LD
CityNaples, Florida
Channels
Branding
  • Univision Southwest Florida
  • UniMás Southwest Florida (on LD2)
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerSun Broadcasting, Inc.
OperatorFort Myers Broadcasting Company(viaSSA)
WANA-LD,WINK-TV,WXCW
History
FoundedNovember 8, 1995;28 years ago(1995-11-08)
First air date
July 10, 1996(28 years ago)(1996-07-10)
Former call signs
  • W02CB (1995–1996, CP only)
  • WTIG-LP (1996–2004)
  • WSFU-CA (2004)
  • WUVF-CA (2004–2009)
Call signmeaning
"Univision Florida"
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID191422
ClassLD
ERP15kW
HAAT198.4 m (651 ft)
Transmitter coordinates26°20′30″N81°42′37.5″W/ 26.34167°N 81.710417°W/26.34167; -81.710417
Links
Public license information
LMS
Websitewww.dlatinos.com/univision
Translator
WLZE-LD
Channels
Programming
Affiliations
  • 51.1:Univision
  • 51.2:UniMás
History
First air date
July 12, 1995(29 years ago)(1995-07-12)
Former call signs
  • JD0415TW (July 12, 1995)
  • W65DF (July 12, 1995–1998)
  • WLZE-LP (1998–2012)
Technical information[2]
Facility ID41376
ClassLD
ERP15 kW
HAAT323.3 m (1,061 ft)
Transmitter coordinates26°48′2.8″N81°45′44.3″W/ 26.800778°N 81.762306°W/26.800778; -81.762306
Links
Public license information
LMS

WUVF-LD(channel 2) is alow-power television stationlicensed toNaples, Florida,United States, servingSouthwest Floridaas an affiliate of the Spanish-language networksUnivisionandUniMás.Locally owned by Sun Broadcasting, it issisterto two other Naples-licensed stations:CWaffiliateWXCW(channel 46) and low-power WANA-LD (channel 16).Fort Myers Broadcasting Company,which ownsFort Myers–licensedCBSaffiliateWINK-TV(channel 11), operates WUVF, WXCW, and WANA under ashared servicesagreement (SSA). The stations share studios on Palm Beach Boulevard (SR 80) in northeast Fort Myers; WUVF-LD's transmitter is located on Channel 30 Drive (on a tower shared with several radio stations).

WLZE-LD(channel 51) in Fort Myers operates as atranslatorof WUVF-LD; this station's transmitter is located north ofFort Myers Shoresnear theCharlotte–Leecounty line.

History[edit]

On April 4, 2008,Equity Media Holdingsannounced the sale of all five of its Southwest Florida stations (including WUVF and WLZE) toLuken Communicationsfor $8 million. Equity has cited corporate financial losses as a reason for the sale.[3]Equity Media Holdings filed forChapter 11bankruptcyin December 2008;[4]offers by Luken Communications to acquire Equity-owned stations in six markets were later withdrawn.[5]

WUVF and WLZE were sold at auction toprivate equity firmSilver Point Capitalon April 16, 2009.[6]The sale was finalized on August 17, 2009.[7]Following the purchase, WUVF surrendered itsClass Aclassification.

WLZE began to be carried onDish Networkon October 7, 2009; thesatelliteprovider had earlier obtained WUVF's programming via sister stationWEVU-CA(channel 4), which had served as a WUVF satellite since 2006 (and simulcast the 6 p.m. newscast for some time before adding the remainder of WUVF's schedule), that station was taken silent on August 14, 2009—three days before the completion of the sale to Silver Point.[8]SP Television reached a deal to sell WUVF and WLZE to Media Vista Group on December 21, 2012.[9]

On April 1, 2019, Media Vista Group announced that it was selling its stations, including WUVF-LD, to Sun Broadcasting, Inc. for $9.75 million.[10]The sale was completed on July 1, 2019.[11]

Newscasts[edit]

During the mid-2000s, after joining Univision, WUVF began airing half-hour Spanish-language local newscasts at 6 and 11 p.m. The broadcasts were produced out of Equity Media's headquarters inLittle Rock, Arkansas,with news reports filed by reporters based in Southwest Florida. The newscasts were canceled in June 2008, after Equity instituted a companywide suspension of news programs as a cost-cutting measure.[12]Local news returned to the station in 2013 as part of theD'Latinosprogram, produced and aired locally by Media Vista.

Subchannels[edit]

The station's signal ismultiplexed:

Subchannels of WUVF-LD[13]and WLZE-LD[14]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
WUVF-LD WLZE-LD
2.1 51.1 1080i 16:9 WLZE-LD Univision
2.2 51.2 480i WLZE UniMás

References[edit]

  1. ^"Facility Technical Data for WUVF-LD".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^"Facility Technical Data for WLZE-LD".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^Malone, Michael (April 4, 2008)."Equity Media Holdings Selling Five Stations".broadcastingcable.com.Archived fromthe originalon October 11, 2008.RetrievedAugust 21,2023.
  4. ^Larson, Erik (December 8, 2008)."Equity Media, U.S. TV Station Owner, Seeks Bankruptcy".Bloomberg News.RetrievedDecember 9,2008.
  5. ^Equity's Management Cause of Downfall, Former CEO Asserts,Mark Hengel, Arkansas Business, February 2, 2009
  6. ^"Takers found for 60 Equity stations".Television Business Report.April 18, 2009. Archived fromthe originalon April 24, 2009.RetrievedApril 20,2009.
  7. ^"Consummation Notice".CDBS Public Access.Federal Communications Commission.August 19, 2009.RetrievedAugust 25,2009.
  8. ^"Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA".CDBS Public Access.Federal Communications Commission. September 22, 2009.RetrievedNovember 20,2009.
  9. ^Seyler, Dave (January 16, 2013)."Fleet of Univision-affiliated LPTVs sold".Television Business Report.RetrievedJanuary 20,2013.
  10. ^"Application for Transfer of Control of a Corporate Licensee or Permittee, or for Assignment of License or Permit of TV or FM Translator Station or Low Power Television Station",CDBS Public Access,Federal Communications Commission,April 4, 2019, Retrieved July 4, 2019.
  11. ^"Consummation Notice",CDBS Public Access,Federal Communications Commission,July 2, 2019, Retrieved July 4, 2019.
  12. ^Wadsworth, Chris (June 16, 2008)."MEDIA MATTERS: NBC2 hires two traffic anchors".The News-Press.RetrievedJune 19,2008.[dead link]
  13. ^"Digital TV Market Listing for WUVF-LD".www.rabbitears.info.RetrievedDecember 14,2022.
  14. ^"Digital TV Market Listing for WLZE-LD".www.rabbitears.info.RetrievedDecember 14,2022.

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