WLTV

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WLTV
city =
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding = Univision 23
analog = 23 (UHF)
digital = 24 (UHF) returning to 23 in 2009
other_chs =
subchannels = 23.1 Univision
network =
founded =
airdate = November 14, 1967
location = Miami/Fort Lauderdale, Florida
callsign_meaning = Latin American TeleVision
former_callsigns = WAJA-TV (1967-1971)
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Univision Communications, Inc.
licensee = WLTV License Partnership, GP
sister_stations = WAMI-TV
former_affiliations = independent (1967-1971)
SIN (1971-1987)
effective_radiated_power = 4470 kW (analog)
500 kW (digital)
HAAT = 297 m (analog)
257 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 73230
coordinates = coord|25|58|8.3|N|80|13|19.2|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.univision.com/content/channel.jhtml?chid=9514&schid=9515 Univision 23]

WLTV is a Univision owned and operated station serving Spanish-speaking viewers in South Florida. The station is located in Doral, where Univision's production facilities are also located. The transmitter is located in Miami Gardens.

History

Channel 23 signed on initially on December 24, 1954 as WFTL-TV and licensed to Fort Lauderdale [http://members.aol.com/cingram/television/dumonta10.htm] , originally affiliated with the NBC and DuMont networks. In 1956, WFTL became an independent station after DuMont ceased operations and after it lost the NBC affiliation to the new WCKT-TV channel 7 (now WSVN). At some point between 1954 and 1956, Storer Broadcasting bought the station and renamed it WGBS-TV (which stood for George B. Storer). Its new programming initiative was unsuccessful; it went dark April 13, 1957. Apparently, Storer held on to channel 23's construction permit, which was used to launch the present-day channel 23 after Storer was granted a new license. (The WGBS-TV calls were later used on Philadelphia's channel 57, now CBS-owned CW affiliate WPSG; the two stations are unrelated.)

Today's WLTV signed on November 14, 1967 as WAJA; a part-English, part-Spanish independent station. Shortly afterward, Storer sold the station to Al Lapin, Jr., who, in January 1971 sold the station to Spanish International Communications Corporation. The station was rechristened WLTV as the station concentrated more on Spanish-language programming, especially those from the Spanish International Network (SIN, later to be renamed Univision in 1987-1988).

The WLTV calls were previously used by Atlanta's WXIA-TV from 1951 to 1953, then by Bowling Green, Kentucky's WBKO-TV from 1962-1971.

Newscasts

* Noticias Univision 23 Al Amanecer (Mondays through Fridays 5:00 AM to 7:00 AM)
* Noticias Univision 23 a las 6 PM (Mondays through Fridays 6:00 PM-6:30 PM)
* Noticias Univision 23 Edicion de las Once (Mondays through Fridays 11:00 PM-11:30 PM)
* Noticias Univision 23 Fin de Semana (Saturdays and Sundays 6:00 PM-6:30 PM & 11:00 PM-11:30 PM)
* Ahora en Nuestra Comunidad (Saturdays 6:00 AM on WAMI-TV and 11:00 AM on WLTV)

News Team

Anchors
* Guillermo Benitez
* Alina Mayo-Azze
* Enrique Teutelo
* Eileen Cardet
* Mario Andres Moreno
* Gloria Ordaz
* Ivan Donoso
* Sandra Peebles
* Jose Luis Napoles
* Veronica Paysse

Weather
* Eduardo Rodriguez
* Paola Elorza
* Jackie Guerrido

Reporters
* Bernadette Pardo
* Jose Alfonso Almora
* Sonia Parissos
* Mario Vallejo
* Maria Fernanda Lopez
* Roger Borges
* Pamela Silva
* Jenny Padura

Production Staff
* "Vice President:" Helga Silva
* "News Director:" Emilio Marrero

References

External links

* [http://www.univision.com/ Univision]
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