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{{Infobox television station
{{Infobox television station
| callsign = WJAN-CD
| name =
| logo = América Tevé Logo.png
| callsign = WJAN-CD
| logo_size = 200px
| city =
| branding = {{ubl|{{lang|es|italic=no|América TeVé}} (general)|{{lang|es|América Noticias}} (newscasts)}}
| logo = América Tevé Logo.png
| digital = 33 ([[UHF]])
| logo_size = 200px
| virtual = 41
| branding = América TeVé ''(general)''<br>''América Noticias (newscasts)''
| affiliations = {{ubl|'''41.1:''' América Tevé|'''41.2:''' Teveo}}
| digital = 33 ([[Ultra high frequency|UHF]])
| owner = América CV Network (Carlos Luis Vasallo Tomé)
| virtual = 41
| licensee = América CV Station Group, Inc.
| subchannels =
| location = [[Miami, Florida]]
| translators = ''[[WFUN-LD]] 48.2 Miami''
| country = United States
| affiliations = '''41.1:''' América Tevé<br>'''41.2:''' Teveo<br>'''41.3:''' Ayiti TV
| airdate = {{start date and age|1994|6|24|p=y}}
| owner = [[América CV Network]]
| last_airdate =
| licensee = América CV Station Group, Inc.
| callsign_meaning = Sherjan Broadcasting (former name at founding of América CV)
| location = [[Miami, Florida]]
| sister_stations = WLMF-LD
| country = United States<ref>{{cite press release|title=Watch AmericaTeve Online for Free|publisher=Roku|url=https://therokuchannel.roku.com/details/e6d1e8b572fc5626a7791a7f5b5c719a/americateve|access-date=21 November 2021}}</ref>
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|W41BF (1994–1995)|WJAN-LP (1995–2000)|WJAN-CA (2000–2010)}}
| airdate = {{start date and age|1994|6|24|p=y}}
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 41 (UHF, 1995–2010)|'''Digital:''' 41 (UHF, 2010–2018)}}
| last_airdate =
| former_affiliations = [[MundoFox]] (August–December 2012)
| callsign_meaning = Sher'''JAN''' Broadcasting (former name at founding of América CV)
| erp = 15 [[Watt|kW]]
| sister_stations = [[WFUN-LD]], [[WLMF-LD]]
| haat = {{convert|507.4|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| former_callsigns = W41BF (1994–1995)<br>WJAN-LP (1995–2000)<br>WJAN-CA (2000–2010)
| class = [[Class A television service|CD]]
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:'''<br>41 (UHF, 1995–2010)|'''Digital:'''|41 (UHF, 2010–2018)}}
| facility_id = 60165
| former_affiliations = [[MundoFox]] (August–December 2012)
| coordinates = {{Coord|25|32|25.4|N|80|28|6.2|W|region:US-FL_type:landmark_scale:2000}}
| erp = 15 [[Watt|kW]]
| licensing_authority = [[FCC]]
| haat = {{convert|507.4|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.americateve.com/}}
| class = [[Class A television service|Class A]]
| embed_header = [[broadcast relay station#Broadcast translators|Translator]]
| facility_id = 60165
| embedded = {{Infobox television station
| coordinates = {{Coord|25|32|25.4|N|80|28|6.2|W|region:US-FL_type:landmark_scale:2000}}
| child = yes
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| callsign = WFUN-LD
| website = {{URL|https://www.americateve.com/}}
| digital = 20 ([[UHF]]), shared with WLMF-LD
| virtual = 48
| location = Miami, Florida
| founded = 1989
| airdate = {{start date and age|1989|04|27|p=y}}
| callsign_meaning = Former call sign of [[WAXY (AM)|WAXY (790 AM)]]<ref name="own">{{cite news|via=Newspapers.com|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47709363/|work=Miami Herald|title=Broward to get its very own TV station|access-date=March 30, 2020|date=December 5, 1988|first=Rhonda|last=Bergman|page=18B}}</ref>
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|W27AQ (1989–1998)|W48CI (1998–1999)|WFUN-LP (1999–2002)|WFUN-CA (2002–2009)}}
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 27 (UHF, 1989–1998), 48 (UHF, 1998–2009)|'''Digital:''' 48 (UHF, 2009–2021)}}
| former_affiliations = {{ubl|[[CBS]] (via [[WFOR-TV|WCIX]], 1989–1995)|[[NBC]] (via [[WTVJ]], 1995–1998)|America-CV Network (2007–2012)|[[MundoFox]] (August–December 2012)}}
| erp = 15 [[kW]]
| haat = {{convert|54.2|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| class = [[Low-power broadcasting|LD]]
| facility_id = 60542
| coordinates = {{coord|25|59|9|N|80|11|37|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|display=inline,title}}
| licensing_authority = [[FCC]]
}}
}}
}}


'''WJAN-CD''', [[virtual channel]] 41 ([[Ultra high frequency|UHF]] [[digital terrestrial television|digital]] channel 33), is a [[Low-power broadcasting#Television|low-power]], [[class A television service|class A]] [[Spanish language in the United States|Spanish-language]] [[Independent station (North America)|independent station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Miami|Miami, Florida]], United States. Owned by [[América CV Network|América CV Station Group, Inc.]], it is [[sister station]] to [[WFUN-LD]] (channel 48). The two stations share studios in [[Hialeah Gardens, Florida|Hialeah Gardens]]; WJAN-CD's transmitter is located due south of [[Aladdin City, Florida|Aladdin City]].
'''WJAN-CD''' (channel 41) is a [[Low-power broadcasting#Television|low-power]], [[class A television service|class A]] [[Spanish language in the United States|Spanish-language]] [[independent station]] in [[Miami, Florida]], United States. Owned by [[América CV Network|América CV Station Group, Inc.]], the station maintains studios on NW 107th Avenue in [[Hialeah Gardens]], and its transmitter is located due south of [[Aladdin City]].


'''WFUN-LD''' (channel 48), also licensed to Miami, serves as a [[broadcast relay station#Broadcast translators|translator]] of WJAN-CD; this station's transmitter is co-located with WJAN-CD's studios.
On [[cable television|cable]], WJAN-CD is available on [[Xfinity|Comcast Xfinity]] channel 12 in [[Miami-Dade County, Florida|Miami-Dade County]] and channel 15 in [[Broward County, Florida|Broward County]] in [[standard-definition television]], and on channel 439 in [[high-definition television|high definition]]. It is also carried on [[Atlantic Broadband]] channels 17 (SD) and 814 (HD). Nationally, WJAN-CD1 is available via streaming on channel 1106 on [[Roku#The Roku Channel|The Roku Channel]]'s live TV service.<ref>{{cite press release|title=Watch AmericaTeve Online for Free | The Roku Channel | Roku|publisher=Roku|url=https://therokuchannel.roku.com/details/e6d1e8b572fc5626a7791a7f5b5c719a/americateve|access-date=21 November 2021}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
===WFUN-LD===
The station first signed on the air on June 24, 1994, as '''W41BF''', originally broadcasting on UHF channel 41. That same year, it began broadcasting its first independently produced entertainment series produced for the U.S. Hispanic market, ''[[A Oscuras Pero Encendidos]]''. Hosted by producer and entertainer [[Paul Bouche]], the program became a success and in 2000, owner Omar Romay started investing in locally produced entertainment programs. In 1995, the station changed its call letters to '''WJAN-LP''', and its license was upgraded to [[Class A television service|Class A]] status as '''WJAN-CA''' in 2000. By 2009, the station carried seven hours of original programming each day, and had a share of over 10% of the Spanish-language television audience in the Miami market during [[prime time]] hours.{{citation needed|date=March 2009}}
The station's license application was first submitted to the [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC) in 1980, but a [[construction permit]] was not issued until 1988, with a [[broadcast license|license]] issued the following year as W27AQ. Owned by Skinner Broadcasting, channel 27 was intended to be a low-power independent TV station branded as "WFUN-TV"<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/88-OCR/BC-1988-12-19-OCR-Page-0086.pdf|access-date=March 30, 2020|work=Broadcasting|date=December 19, 1988|page=80|title=FORT LAUDERDALE}}</ref> and aimed at [[Broward County]].{{r|own}} The station, approved to place its transmitter atop the Pompano Beach Club, would have aired sports, financial and other programming.<ref>{{cite news|via=Newspapers.com|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47707863/|access-date=March 30, 2020|date=February 17, 1989|title=TV station can air in April|work=Sun-Sentinel|page=3B}}</ref>


When W27AQ signed on April 27, however, it did not air its own programming. Instead, it was leased<ref>{{cite news|via=Newspapers.com|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47708789/|work=The Miami Herald|date=April 27, 1989|first=Juan Carlos|last=Coto|access-date=March 30, 2020|page=1B|title=Channel 6 set for broadcasts on Channel 27}}</ref> to new [[CBS]] affiliate [[WFOR-TV|WCIX]] to serve areas of Broward County that its Homestead-based analog signal could not.<ref>{{cite news|via=Newspapers.com|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47705098/|title=Low-power station to help WCIX boost its TV signal|pages=10B|work=Sun-Sentinel|first=Tom|last=Jicha|date=April 27, 1989|access-date=March 30, 2020}}</ref> In the immediate wake of [[Hurricane Andrew]], which collapsed the Homestead tower, W27AQ remained on the air as WCIX's only broadcast signal.<ref>{{Cite news|via=Newspapers.com|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47705605/|access-date=March 30, 2020|title=Look for WCIX on Channel 27|work=Sun-Sentinel|page=4E|date=August 26, 1992}}</ref> WCIX's translator network remained with the channel 6 facility after the 1995 swap between it and [[WTVJ]].<ref>{{cite news|pages=1A, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47707163/channels-4-and-6-to-switch-positions-on/ 5A]|first=Tom|last=Jicha|date=September 9, 1995|via=Newspapers.com|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47707187/|work=Sun-Sentinel|access-date=March 30, 2020|title=Reprogram the VCRs—channels 4, 6 about to swap}}</ref>
WJAN became an affiliate of [[MundoFox]] at the network's launch on August 13, 2012, and began branding on-air as "MundoFox 41.1 & 48.2 Miami," in reference to its simulcast on WFUN-LD digital subchannel 48.2.<ref name=b&c-wjanmundofox>{{cite news|last=Baysinger|first=Tim|title=MundoFox Secures First Affiliation Agreements|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/481311-MundoFox_Secures_First_Affiliation_Agreements.php|access-date=March 5, 2012|newspaper=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]|date=March 4, 2012}}</ref> At that time, the station's intellectual operations, known as "América TeVé" moved exclusively (with the exception of its 5 and 10 p.m. newscasts, which are simulcasted on the station), to [[WFUN-LD]] digital channel 48.1.<ref name=tvbr-wjanwfunshift>{{cite news|title=Miami affiliate signed for MundoFox|url=http://rbr.com/miami-affiliate-signed-for-mundofox/|access-date=March 10, 2012|newspaper=Television Business Report|date=March 9, 2012}}</ref> On December 28, 2012, MundoFox announced that it would move its Miami affiliation from WJAN to [[Key West]]-based [[WGEN-TV]] (channel 8), with WJAN and WFUN reverting to independent status.<ref name=b&c-wgenmundofox>{{cite news|last=Lafayette|first=Jon|title=MundoFox Upgrades Affiliation In Miami Market With WGEN|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/491056-MundoFox_Upgrades_Affiliation_In_Miami_Market_With_WGEN.php|access-date=December 29, 2012|newspaper=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]|date=December 28, 2012}}</ref>


In June 1998, the station ceased rebroadcasting WTVJ. It moved to UHF channel 48 and its call letters were changed to W48CI. In early 1999, its calls were changed to WFUN-LP; the station license was later upgraded to [[Class A television service|Class A]] status and its calls were altered to WFUN-CA in 2002, before reverting to [[Low-power broadcasting|LPTV]] status in 2004. In 2009, WFUN [[flash-cut]] its digital signal into operation on UHF channel 48.
Due to the loss of the MundoFox affiliation, on January 28, 2013, WJAN-CD and WFUN-LD launched a new programming format called ''Teveo'', which is stylized as a 24-hour news channel that airs each weekday from 5:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. and weekends from 7:00 to 11:00 p.m. "Teveo" carries all of the station's live newscasts, along with rebroadcasts of its 6:00 and 11:00 p.m. newscasts and its [[public affairs (broadcasting)|public affairs]] programs including ''A Mano Limpia'' and ''Sevcec a Fondo''. It also added live weekday hour-long 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. newscasts on that date, making it the only station in South Florida with newscasts in those timeslots (the 9:00 p.m. newscast was later canceled on April 12, 2013, to make way for a news/talk program that debuted the following Monday). On weekends, "Teveo" carries a "week-in-review" selection of its news programs. Paid programming is shown at other times of the day. The channel is simulcast on WJAN digital channel 41.1, and is carried on [[Comcast]] channel 82, [[Atlantic Broadband]] channel 3 and [[AT&T U-verse]] channel 41.


===WJAN-CD===
==Digital television==
WJAN-CD first signed on the air on June 24, 1994, as W41BF, originally broadcasting on UHF channel 41. That same year, it began broadcasting its first independently produced entertainment series produced for the U.S. Hispanic market, ''[[A Oscuras Pero Encendidos]]''. Hosted by producer and entertainer [[Paul Bouche]], the program became a success and in 2000, owner Omar Romay started investing in locally produced entertainment programs. In 1995, the station changed its call letters to WJAN-LP, and its license was upgraded to [[Class A television service|Class A]] status as WJAN-CA in 2000. By 2009, the station carried seven hours of original programming each day, and had a share of over 10% of the Spanish-language television audience in the Miami market during [[prime time]] hours.{{citation needed|date=March 2009}}
===Digital channels===

The station's digital signal is [[multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
===Later years===
WJAN became an affiliate of [[MundoFox]] at the network's launch on August 13, 2012, and began branding on-air as "MundoFox 41.1 & 48.2 Miami," in reference to its simulcast on WFUN-LD digital subchannel 48.2.<ref name=b&c-wjanmundofox>{{cite news|last=Baysinger|first=Tim|title=MundoFox Secures First Affiliation Agreements|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/481311-MundoFox_Secures_First_Affiliation_Agreements.php|access-date=March 5, 2012|newspaper=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]|date=March 4, 2012}}</ref> At that time, the station's intellectual operations, known as "América TeVé" moved exclusively (with the exception of its 5 and 10 p.m. newscasts, which are simulcasted on the station), to [[WFUN-LD]] digital channel 48.1.<ref name=tvbr-wjanwfunshift>{{cite news|title=Miami affiliate signed for MundoFox|url=http://rbr.com/miami-affiliate-signed-for-mundofox/|access-date=March 10, 2012|newspaper=Television Business Report|date=March 9, 2012}}</ref> On December 28, 2012, MundoFox announced that it would move its Miami affiliation from WJAN to [[Key West]]–based [[WGEN-TV]] (channel 8), with WJAN and WFUN reverting to independent status.<ref name=b&c-wgenmundofox>{{cite news|last=Lafayette|first=Jon|title=MundoFox Upgrades Affiliation In Miami Market With WGEN|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/491056-MundoFox_Upgrades_Affiliation_In_Miami_Market_With_WGEN.php|access-date=December 29, 2012|newspaper=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]|date=December 28, 2012}}</ref>

Due to the loss of the MundoFox affiliation, on January 28, 2013, WJAN-CD and WFUN-LD launched a new programming format called ''Teveo'', which is stylized as a 24-hour news channel that airs each weekday from 5 p.m. to midnight and weekends from 7 to 11 p.m. "Teveo" carries all of the station's live newscasts, along with rebroadcasts of its 6 and 11 p.m. newscasts and its [[public affairs (broadcasting)|public affairs]] programs including ''A Mano Limpia'' and ''Sevcec a Fondo''. It also added live weekday hour-long 7 and 9 p.m. newscasts on that date, making it the only station in South Florida with newscasts in those timeslots (the 9 p.m. newscast was later canceled on April 12, 2013, to make way for a news/talk program that debuted the following Monday). On weekends, "Teveo" carries a "week-in-review" selection of its news programs. Paid programming is shown at other times of the day.

==Subchannels==
The stations' signals are [[multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
===WJAN-CD subchannels===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+Subchannels of WJAN-CD<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WJAN#station |title=RabbitEars TV Query for WJAN|website=[[RabbitEars.info]]|accessdate=July 2, 2024}}</ref>
|-
! [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! [[Display resolution|Video]]
! [[Display resolution|Res.]]
! [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! Short name
! [[Program and System Information Protocol#What PSIP does|PSIP Short Name]]
! Programming
! Programming<ref>[http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WJAN#station RabbitEars TV Query for WJAN]</ref>
|-
|-
! scope = "row" | 41.1
| 41.1 || rowspan="2"|[[720p]] || rowspan="2"|[[16:9]] || WJAN-CD || Main WJAN-CD programming
| rowspan="2"|[[720p]] || rowspan="2"|[[16:9]] || ATV-HD || América Tevé
|-
|-
! scope = "row" | 41.2
| 41.2 || WFUN-LD || América Tevé (simulcast of [[WFUN-LD]])
| TVEO-HD || Teveo
|}

===WFUN-LD subchannels===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Subchannels of WLMF-LD and WFUN-LD<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WLMF#station |title=RabbitEars TV Query for WLMF|website=[[RabbitEars.info]]|accessdate=July 2, 2024}}</ref>
! scope = "col" | License
! scope = "col" | [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! scope = "col" | [[Display resolution|Res.]]
! scope = "col" | [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! scope = "col" | Short name
! scope = "col" | Programming
|-
! scope = "row" style="border-right: 4px solid #60B0FF;" | WLMF-LD
! scope = "row" | 41.3
| [[480i]] || [[4:3]] || SHOP LC || [[Shop LC]]
|-
! rowspan = "2" scope = "row" style="border-right: 4px solid #0057AF;" | WFUN-LD
! scope = "row" | 41.1
| rowspan="2"|[[720p]] || rowspan="2"|[[16:9]] || ACV-HD || América Tevé
|-
|-
! scope = "row" | 41.2
| 41.3 || [[480i]] || [[4:3]] || AYITI TV || Ayiti TV
| TVO-HD || Teveo
|}
|}

WFUN-LD (which was previously programmed separately from WJAN) is simulcast on digital subchannel 41.2. WJAN-CD serves viewers in most of [[Miami-Dade County, Florida|Miami-Dade County]], while WFUN-LD serves viewers in North Miami-Dade and [[Broward County, Florida|Broward Counties]].


==References==
==References==
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{{Florida Spanish Stations}}
{{Florida Spanish Stations}}


[[Category:1994 establishments in Florida]]
[[Category:Hispanic and Latino American culture in Miami]]
[[Category:Hispanic and Latino American culture in Miami]]
[[Category:Low-power television stations in Florida|JAN]]
[[Category:Spanish-language television stations in Florida|JAN-CD]]
[[Category:Spanish-language television stations in Florida|JAN-CD]]
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1994]]
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1994]]
[[Category:Television stations in Miami|JAN-CD]]
[[Category:Television stations in Miami|JAN-CD]]
[[Category:Low-power television stations in the United States]]
[[Category:1994 establishments in Florida]]

Latest revision as of 15:10, 2 July 2024

WJAN-CD
Channels
Branding
  • América TeVé (general)
  • América Noticias (newscasts)
Programming
Affiliations
  • 41.1: América Tevé
  • 41.2: Teveo
Ownership
Owner
  • América CV Network (Carlos Luis Vasallo Tomé)
  • (América CV Station Group, Inc.)
WLMF-LD
History
First air date
June 24, 1994 (30 years ago) (1994-06-24)
Former call signs
  • W41BF (1994–1995)
  • WJAN-LP (1995–2000)
  • WJAN-CA (2000–2010)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 41 (UHF, 1995–2010)
  • Digital: 41 (UHF, 2010–2018)
MundoFox (August–December 2012)
Call sign meaning
Sherjan Broadcasting (former name at founding of América CV)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID60165
ClassCD
ERP15 kW
HAAT507.4 m (1,665 ft)
Transmitter coordinates25°32′25.4″N 80°28′6.2″W / 25.540389°N 80.468389°W / 25.540389; -80.468389
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.americateve.com
Translator
WFUN-LD
  • Miami, Florida
Channels
History
Founded1989
First air date
April 27, 1989 (35 years ago) (1989-04-27)
Former call signs
  • W27AQ (1989–1998)
  • W48CI (1998–1999)
  • WFUN-LP (1999–2002)
  • WFUN-CA (2002–2009)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 27 (UHF, 1989–1998), 48 (UHF, 1998–2009)
  • Digital: 48 (UHF, 2009–2021)
  • CBS (via WCIX, 1989–1995)
  • NBC (via WTVJ, 1995–1998)
  • America-CV Network (2007–2012)
  • MundoFox (August–December 2012)
Call sign meaning
Former call sign of WAXY (790 AM)[2]
Technical information[3]
Facility ID60542
ClassLD
ERP15 kW
HAAT54.2 m (178 ft)
Transmitter coordinates25°59′9″N 80°11′37″W / 25.98583°N 80.19361°W / 25.98583; -80.19361
Links
Public license information
LMS

WJAN-CD (channel 41) is a low-power, class A Spanish-language independent station in Miami, Florida, United States. Owned by América CV Station Group, Inc., the station maintains studios on NW 107th Avenue in Hialeah Gardens, and its transmitter is located due south of Aladdin City.

WFUN-LD (channel 48), also licensed to Miami, serves as a translator of WJAN-CD; this station's transmitter is co-located with WJAN-CD's studios.

History

[edit]

WFUN-LD

[edit]

The station's license application was first submitted to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 1980, but a construction permit was not issued until 1988, with a license issued the following year as W27AQ. Owned by Skinner Broadcasting, channel 27 was intended to be a low-power independent TV station branded as "WFUN-TV"[4] and aimed at Broward County.[2] The station, approved to place its transmitter atop the Pompano Beach Club, would have aired sports, financial and other programming.[5]

When W27AQ signed on April 27, however, it did not air its own programming. Instead, it was leased[6] to new CBS affiliate WCIX to serve areas of Broward County that its Homestead-based analog signal could not.[7] In the immediate wake of Hurricane Andrew, which collapsed the Homestead tower, W27AQ remained on the air as WCIX's only broadcast signal.[8] WCIX's translator network remained with the channel 6 facility after the 1995 swap between it and WTVJ.[9]

In June 1998, the station ceased rebroadcasting WTVJ. It moved to UHF channel 48 and its call letters were changed to W48CI. In early 1999, its calls were changed to WFUN-LP; the station license was later upgraded to Class A status and its calls were altered to WFUN-CA in 2002, before reverting to LPTV status in 2004. In 2009, WFUN flash-cut its digital signal into operation on UHF channel 48.

WJAN-CD

[edit]

WJAN-CD first signed on the air on June 24, 1994, as W41BF, originally broadcasting on UHF channel 41. That same year, it began broadcasting its first independently produced entertainment series produced for the U.S. Hispanic market, A Oscuras Pero Encendidos. Hosted by producer and entertainer Paul Bouche, the program became a success and in 2000, owner Omar Romay started investing in locally produced entertainment programs. In 1995, the station changed its call letters to WJAN-LP, and its license was upgraded to Class A status as WJAN-CA in 2000. By 2009, the station carried seven hours of original programming each day, and had a share of over 10% of the Spanish-language television audience in the Miami market during prime time hours.[citation needed]

Later years

[edit]

WJAN became an affiliate of MundoFox at the network's launch on August 13, 2012, and began branding on-air as "MundoFox 41.1 & 48.2 Miami," in reference to its simulcast on WFUN-LD digital subchannel 48.2.[10] At that time, the station's intellectual operations, known as "América TeVé" moved exclusively (with the exception of its 5 and 10 p.m. newscasts, which are simulcasted on the station), to WFUN-LD digital channel 48.1.[11] On December 28, 2012, MundoFox announced that it would move its Miami affiliation from WJAN to Key West–based WGEN-TV (channel 8), with WJAN and WFUN reverting to independent status.[12]

Due to the loss of the MundoFox affiliation, on January 28, 2013, WJAN-CD and WFUN-LD launched a new programming format called Teveo, which is stylized as a 24-hour news channel that airs each weekday from 5 p.m. to midnight and weekends from 7 to 11 p.m. "Teveo" carries all of the station's live newscasts, along with rebroadcasts of its 6 and 11 p.m. newscasts and its public affairs programs including A Mano Limpia and Sevcec a Fondo. It also added live weekday hour-long 7 and 9 p.m. newscasts on that date, making it the only station in South Florida with newscasts in those timeslots (the 9 p.m. newscast was later canceled on April 12, 2013, to make way for a news/talk program that debuted the following Monday). On weekends, "Teveo" carries a "week-in-review" selection of its news programs. Paid programming is shown at other times of the day.

Subchannels

[edit]

The stations' signals are multiplexed:

WJAN-CD subchannels

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Subchannels of WJAN-CD[13]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
41.1 720p 16:9 ATV-HD América Tevé
41.2 TVEO-HD Teveo

WFUN-LD subchannels

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Subchannels of WLMF-LD and WFUN-LD[14]
License Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
WLMF-LD 41.3 480i 4:3 SHOP LC Shop LC
WFUN-LD 41.1 720p 16:9 ACV-HD América Tevé
41.2 TVO-HD Teveo

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WJAN-CD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ a b Bergman, Rhonda (December 5, 1988). "Broward to get its very own TV station". Miami Herald. p. 18B. Retrieved March 30, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WFUN-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  4. ^ "FORT LAUDERDALE" (PDF). Broadcasting. December 19, 1988. p. 80. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  5. ^ "TV station can air in April". Sun-Sentinel. February 17, 1989. p. 3B. Retrieved March 30, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Coto, Juan Carlos (April 27, 1989). "Channel 6 set for broadcasts on Channel 27". The Miami Herald. p. 1B. Retrieved March 30, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Jicha, Tom (April 27, 1989). "Low-power station to help WCIX boost its TV signal". Sun-Sentinel. pp. 10B. Retrieved March 30, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Look for WCIX on Channel 27". Sun-Sentinel. August 26, 1992. p. 4E. Retrieved March 30, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Jicha, Tom (September 9, 1995). "Reprogram the VCRs—channels 4, 6 about to swap". Sun-Sentinel. pp. 1A, 5A. Retrieved March 30, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Baysinger, Tim (March 4, 2012). "MundoFox Secures First Affiliation Agreements". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
  11. ^ "Miami affiliate signed for MundoFox". Television Business Report. March 9, 2012. Retrieved March 10, 2012.
  12. ^ Lafayette, Jon (December 28, 2012). "MundoFox Upgrades Affiliation In Miami Market With WGEN". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved December 29, 2012.
  13. ^ "RabbitEars TV Query for WJAN". RabbitEars.info. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
  14. ^ "RabbitEars TV Query for WLMF". RabbitEars.info. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
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