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{{short description|Telemundo TV station in Mount Laurel, New Jersey}}
{{short description|Telemundo TV station in Mount Laurel, New Jersey}}
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{{Infobox television station
{{Infobox television station
| callsign = WWSI
| callsign = WWSI
| city = Mount Laurel, New Jersey
| city = Mount Laurel, New Jersey
| logo = Telemundo WWSI 62 2018 vector logo.svg
| logo = Telemundo WWSI 62 2018 vector logo.svg
| logo_alt = The Telemundo network logo, a T with two circular overlapping components. To the right and under the T, the number 62. Beneath it, in a sans serif, the word Telemundo.
| branding = {{lang|es|italic=no|Telemundo 62}}; {{lang|es|Noticiero Telemundo 62}}
| branding = {{lang|es|italic=no|Telemundo 62}}; {{lang|es|Noticiero Telemundo 62}}
| digital = 28 ([[UHF]]), shared with [[WCAU]]
| digital = 28 ([[UHF]]), shared with [[WCAU]]
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| location = {{ubl|[[Mount Laurel, New Jersey]]|[[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]}}
| location = {{ubl|[[Mount Laurel, New Jersey]]|[[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]}}
| country = United States
| country = United States
| airdate = {{start date and age|2001|1|17}} ''(in [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]]; license moved to Mount Laurel in 2018)''
| founded = September 9, 1987
| airdate = {{start date and age|2001|1|17}} ''(in [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]]; license moved to Mount Laurel in 2018<ref name="wwsimountlaurel">[https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/enwiki/api/download/attachment/25076f915f5883d0015f5fb0e0092163 Section 307(b) Showing for New COL of Mount Laurel, NJ]</ref>)''
| callsign_meaning = "Sí" is Spanish for "yes"
| sister_stations = {{ubl|WCAU|[[NBC Sports Philadelphia]]}}
| sister_stations = {{ubl|WCAU|[[NBC Sports Philadelphia]]}}
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WDKZ (1987–1989)|WACI (1989–2000)|WPHA (2000–2001)}}
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WDKZ (1987–1989)|WACI (1989–2000)|WPHA (2000–2001)}}
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'''WWSI''' (channel 62) is a [[television station]] licensed to [[Mount Laurel, New Jersey]], United States, serving as the [[Philadelphia]]-area outlet for the Spanish-language network [[Telemundo]]. It is [[owned and operated]] by [[NBCUniversal]]'s [[Telemundo Station Group]] alongside [[NBC]] outlet [[WCAU]] (channel 10); it is also sister to [[regional sports network]] [[NBC Sports Philadelphia]].
'''WWSI''' (channel 62) is a [[television station]] licensed to [[Mount Laurel, New Jersey]], United States, serving as the [[Philadelphia]]-area outlet for the Spanish-language network [[Telemundo]]. It is [[owned and operated]] by [[NBCUniversal]]'s [[Telemundo Station Group]] alongside [[NBC]] outlet [[WCAU]] (channel 10); it is also sister to [[regional sports network]] [[NBC Sports Philadelphia]]. The stations' studios are located in [[Comcast Technology Center]] on [[Arch Street]] in [[Center City, Philadelphia|Center City]], and they are [[channel sharing agreement|broadcast from one transmitter]] in the [[Roxborough, Philadelphia|Roxborough]] section of Philadelphia.


Channel 62 was assigned to [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]], in 1984 as part of a proceeding to improve local television service throughout the state. Garden State Communications obtained the construction permit in 1987, but construction activity only progressed in 2000, after Council Tree Communications bought a majority stake. The station signed on the air in January 2001 as a Telemundo affiliate, the first in the Philadelphia market in over a year, and aired little local programming first under Council Tree and later [[ZGS Communications]] ownership. In 2013, NBC acquired WWSI, which it has integrated with WCAU. This included the 2014 launch of local Spanish-language news and the 2018 move into the Comcast Technology Center. After selling the station's spectrum, WWSI began transmitting from WCAU's tower in 2018 and changed its [[city of license]].
WWSI and WCAU share studios within the [[Comcast Technology Center]] on [[Arch Street]] in [[Center City, Philadelphia|Center City]], with some operations remaining at their former main studio at the corner of [[City Avenue]] and Monument Road in [[Bala Cynwyd]], along the [[Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]]–[[Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|Montgomery]] county line. Through a [[channel sharing agreement]], the two stations transmit using WCAU's spectrum from a tower in the [[Roxborough, Philadelphia|Roxborough]] section of Philadelphia.


==History==
==History==
===Prehistory and construction===
In 1980, the [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC) proposed assigning channel 62 to [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]], as part of a proposal to improve television service in the state.<ref name="Pres800716">{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city-3-networks-oppose/153939613/|date=July 16, 1980|page=18|title=3 Networks Oppose UHF Affiliate Plan|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=Press of Atlantic City|location=Atlantic City, New Jersey|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=August 27, 2024}}</ref><!-- Wed --> The proceeding and channel addition were finalized in 1984,<ref name="Pres840628">{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city-vineland-gets-tv/153939588/|date=June 28, 1984|page=27|agency=Associated Press|title=Vineland Gets TV Channel|newspaper=Press of Atlantic City|location=Atlantic City, New Jersey|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=August 27, 2024}}</ref><!-- Thu --> and in August 1986, the FCC designated a group of five applications for the channel for [[comparative hearing]].<ref name="Pres860904">{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city-notice-atlantic/153939644/|date=September 4, 1986|page=36|title=Notice|newspaper=Press of Atlantic City|location=Atlantic City, New Jersey|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=August 27, 2024}}</ref><!-- Thu --> A settlement agreement was registered with the FCC in 1987, though Garden State Communications was not immediately granted the permit on the issue of short-spacing with other stations.<ref>{{Cite news|page=80|id={{pq|1014715205}}|title=In Contest|work=Broadcasting|date=August 3, 1987}}</ref> The permit remained dormant for the next decade. In 1990, the [[Securities and Exchange Commission]] sued a Philadelphia company for illegally raising funds on behalf of Garden State to build the proposed WACI-TV.<ref name="Phil900525">{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-phila-firm-ac/153948634/|date=May 25, 1990|pages=16-C, [https://www-newspapers-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-sec-sues-phila/153948626/ 21-C]|first=Richard|last=Burke|title=Phila. firm accused over investments|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=August 27, 2024}}</ref><!-- Fri -->
In 1980, the [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC) proposed assigning channel 62 to [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]], as part of a proposal to improve television service in the state.<ref name="Pres800716">{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city-3-networks-oppose/153939613/|date=July 16, 1980|page=18|title=3 Networks Oppose UHF Affiliate Plan|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=Press of Atlantic City|location=Atlantic City, New Jersey|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=August 27, 2024}}</ref><!-- Wed --> The proceeding and channel addition were finalized in 1984,<ref name="Pres840628">{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city-vineland-gets-tv/153939588/|date=June 28, 1984|page=27|agency=Associated Press|title=Vineland Gets TV Channel|newspaper=Press of Atlantic City|location=Atlantic City, New Jersey|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=August 27, 2024|archive-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830014841/https://www.newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city-vineland-gets-tv/153939588/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Thu --> and in August 1986, the FCC designated a group of five applications for the channel for [[comparative hearing]].<ref name="Pres860904">{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city-notice-atlantic/153939644/|date=September 4, 1986|page=36|title=Notice|newspaper=Press of Atlantic City|location=Atlantic City, New Jersey|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=August 27, 2024|archive-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830014841/https://www.newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city-notice-atlantic/153939644/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Thu --> A settlement agreement was registered with the FCC in 1987, though Garden State Communications was not immediately granted the permit on the issue of short-spacing with other stations.<ref>{{Cite news|page=80|id={{pq|1014715205}}|title=In Contest|work=Broadcasting|date=August 3, 1987}}</ref> The permit remained dormant for the next decade. In 1990, the [[Securities and Exchange Commission]] sued a Philadelphia company for illegally raising funds on behalf of Garden State to build the proposed WACI-TV.<ref name="Phil900525">{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-phila-firm-ac/153948634/|date=May 25, 1990|pages=16-C, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-sec-sues-phila/153948626/ 21-C]|first=Richard|last=Burke|title=Phila. firm accused over investments|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=August 27, 2024|archive-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830014841/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-phila-firm-ac/153948634/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Fri -->


Council Tree Communications filed to acquire a majority stake in the construction permit in 1999.<ref name="Pres990805">{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city-public-notice/153939900/|date=August 5, 1999|page=C7|title=Public Notice|newspaper=Press of Atlantic City|location=Atlantic City, New Jersey|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=August 27, 2024}}</ref><!-- Thu --> Council Tree was a [[Longmont, Colorado]]—based firm in which one of the investors was an [[Alaska Native]]-owned corporation.<ref name="RMN000415">{{cite news|first=Steve|last=Caulk|title=Spanish TV Station Sold|page=4B|work=Rocky Mountain News|date=April 15, 2000}}</ref> During this time, construction on the station started and faced considerable difficulty. In May 2000, work on the tower along [[County Route 539 (New Jersey)|County Route 539]] in [[Little Egg Harbor Township]] briefly came to a halt as opponents objecting on radiation concerns claimed they had an injunction to stop it.<ref name="Asbu000511">{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/asbury-park-press-tower-construction-sto/154127621/|date=May 11, 2000|pages=B1, [https://www-newspapers-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/article/asbury-park-press-tower/154127759/ B4]|first=Bill|last=Mc Laughlin|title=Tower construction stopped: Opponents claim they have obtained an injunction|newspaper=Asbury Park Press|location=Asbury Park, New Jersey|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=August 27, 2024}}</ref><!-- Thu --> Opponents also decried its proximity to homes and claimed it did not receive proper zoning approval.<ref name="Pres000613">{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city-leht-man-files-su/154127812/|date=June 13, 2000|page=C5|first=Gregory J.|last=Volpe|title=LEHT man files suit over cell tower|newspaper=Press of Atlantic City|location=Atlantic City, New Jersey|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=August 27, 2024}}</ref><!-- Tue --> The dispute was in part resolved when Little Egg Harbor Township agreed to assume ownership of the tower when completed.<ref name="Asbu000628">{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/asbury-park-press-little-egg-oks-new-pla/154127962/|date=June 28, 2000|page=B2|first=Bill|last=Mc Laughlin|title=Little Egg OKs new plan to lease tower|newspaper=Asbury Park Press|location=Asbury Park, New Jersey|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=August 27, 2024}}</ref><!-- Wed --> This was key because it allowed for the exemption from planning board approval, though objectors continued to fight construction.<ref name="Pres000930">{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city-leht-man-signals/154128225/|date=September 30, 2000|pages=C1, [https://www-newspapers-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/article/press-of-atlantic-city-tower/154128299/ C3]|first=Gregory J.|last=Volpe|title=LEHT man signals opposition to cell tower|newspaper=Press of Atlantic City|location=Atlantic City, New Jersey|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=August 27, 2024}}</ref><!-- Sat --> Other objections concerned the potential danger to birds posed by the mast.<ref name="Pres001023">{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city-danger-for-birds/153939757/|date=October 23, 2000|pages=A1, [https://www-newspapers-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/article/press-of-atlantic-city-towers/153939726/ A10]|first=Jack|last=Kaskey|title=Danger for birds soon may tower over southern N.J.|newspaper=Press of Atlantic City|location=Atlantic City, New Jersey|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=August 27, 2024}}</ref><!-- Mon --> During the construction process, Council Tree had become involved in Spanish-language broadcasting, principally the [[Telemundo]] network. In April 2000, it acquired [[KRMZ|KSBS-TV]], the Telemundo affiliate for the [[Denver]] market,{{r|RMN000415}} and the firm moved to acquire a stake in the network four months later.<ref>{{cite news|title=Council Tree network share to grow: Longmont firm plans to buy stake in Spanish-TV Telemundo|date=August 15, 2000|page=A1|first=Robert|last=Schwab|work=The Denver Post}}</ref>
Council Tree Communications filed to acquire a majority stake in the construction permit in 1999.<ref name="Pres990805">{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city-public-notice/153939900/|date=August 5, 1999|page=C7|title=Public Notice|newspaper=Press of Atlantic City|location=Atlantic City, New Jersey|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=August 27, 2024|archive-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830014841/https://www.newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city-public-notice/153939900/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Thu --> Council Tree was a [[Longmont, Colorado]]–based firm in which one of the investors was an [[Alaska Native]]–owned corporation.<ref name="RMN000415">{{cite news|first=Steve|last=Caulk|title=Spanish TV Station Sold|page=4B|work=Rocky Mountain News|date=April 15, 2000}}</ref> During this time, construction on the station started and faced considerable difficulty. In May 2000, work on the tower along [[County Route 539 (New Jersey)|County Route 539]] in [[Little Egg Harbor Township]] briefly came to a halt as opponents objecting on radiation concerns claimed they had an injunction to stop it.<ref name="Asbu000511">{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/asbury-park-press-tower-construction-sto/154127621/|date=May 11, 2000|pages=B1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/asbury-park-press-tower/154127759/ B4]|first=Bill|last=Mc Laughlin|title=Tower construction stopped: Opponents claim they have obtained an injunction|newspaper=Asbury Park Press|location=Asbury Park, New Jersey|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=August 27, 2024|archive-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830014842/https://www.newspapers.com/article/asbury-park-press-tower-construction-sto/154127621/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Thu --> Opponents also decried its proximity to homes and claimed it did not receive proper zoning approval.<ref name="Pres000613">{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city-leht-man-files-su/154127812/|date=June 13, 2000|page=C5|first=Gregory J.|last=Volpe|title=LEHT man files suit over cell tower|newspaper=Press of Atlantic City|location=Atlantic City, New Jersey|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=August 27, 2024|archive-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830014846/https://www.newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city-leht-man-files-su/154127812/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Tue --> The dispute was in part resolved when Little Egg Harbor Township agreed to assume ownership of the tower when completed.<ref name="Asbu000628">{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/asbury-park-press-little-egg-oks-new-pla/154127962/|date=June 28, 2000|page=B2|first=Bill|last=Mc Laughlin|title=Little Egg OKs new plan to lease tower|newspaper=Asbury Park Press|location=Asbury Park, New Jersey|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=August 27, 2024|archive-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830014842/https://www.newspapers.com/article/asbury-park-press-little-egg-oks-new-pla/154127962/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Wed --> This was key because it allowed for the exemption from planning board approval, though objectors continued to fight construction.<ref name="Pres000930">{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city-leht-man-signals/154128225/|date=September 30, 2000|pages=C1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city-tower/154128299/ C3]|first=Gregory J.|last=Volpe|title=LEHT man signals opposition to cell tower|newspaper=Press of Atlantic City|location=Atlantic City, New Jersey|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=August 27, 2024|archive-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830014842/https://www.newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city-leht-man-signals/154128225/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Sat --> Other objections concerned the potential danger to birds posed by the mast.<ref name="Pres001023">{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city-danger-for-birds/153939757/|date=October 23, 2000|pages=A1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city-towers/153939726/ A10]|first=Jack|last=Kaskey|title=Danger for birds soon may tower over southern N.J.|newspaper=Press of Atlantic City|location=Atlantic City, New Jersey|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=August 27, 2024}}</ref><!-- Mon --> During the construction process, Council Tree had become involved in Spanish-language broadcasting, principally the [[Telemundo]] network. In April 2000, it acquired [[KRMZ|KSBS-TV]], the Telemundo affiliate for the [[Denver]] market,{{r|RMN000415}} and the firm moved to acquire a stake in the network four months later.<ref>{{cite news|title=Council Tree network share to grow: Longmont firm plans to buy stake in Spanish-TV Telemundo|date=August 15, 2000|page=A1|first=Robert|last=Schwab|work=The Denver Post}}</ref>
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[[File:Telemundo WWSI 62 2001 vector logo.svg|thumb|125px|The WWSI logo used from 2004 to 2012]]
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After approximately six months of preparations,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2000/11/20/newscolumn6.html|work=Philadelphia Business Journal|date=November 20, 2000|first=Elizabeth|last=Bennett|title=Spanish-language TV station to debut in Phila.|access-date=August 28, 2024|archive-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830015521/https://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2000/11/20/newscolumn6.html|url-status=live}}</ref> channel 62 signed on as Telemundo affiliate WWSI on January 17<ref name="factbook">{{Cite book|title=Television and Cable Factbook|chapter=WWSI, WWSI-DT|pages=A-1455, A-1456|date=2006}}</ref> or 26, 2001.<ref name="Cour010202">{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/courier-post-local-spanish-tv-channel-on/153940356/|date=February 2, 2001|pages=1A, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/courier-post-wwsi/153940393/ 5A]|first=Vanessa|last=Colon|title=Local Spanish TV channel on air|newspaper=Courier-Post|location=Camden, New Jersey|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=August 27, 2024}}</ref><!-- Fri --> It restored the Telemundo network to the Philadelphia market after the previous affiliate, [[WTVE]] (channel 51), disaffiliated from the network at the start of 2000.<ref name="Phil991231">{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-wtve-51-will-t/115543619/|date=December 31, 1999|pages=C1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-wtve-51-will-d/115543642/ C2]|first=Patricia|last=Horn|title=WTVE-51 will take Telemundo off the air|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=August 27, 2024|archive-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830020024/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-wtve-51-will-t/115543619/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Fri --> It had local offices near [[Penn Treaty Park]] in Philadelphia and in [[Northfield, New Jersey]].<ref name="Pres010311">{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city-spanish-tv-statio/153939794/|date=March 11, 2001|page=F2|title=Spanish TV station opens Northfield office|newspaper=Press of Atlantic City|location=Atlantic City, New Jersey|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=August 28, 2024|archive-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830015901/https://www.newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city-spanish-tv-statio/153939794/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Sun --> Council Tree sold its ownership interest to [[NBC]] later in 2001 but did not relinquish WWSI.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2001/10/22/newscolumn3.html|first=Peter|last=Van Allen|date=October 22, 2001|work=Philadelphia Business Journal|title=For WWSI, Telemundo deal signals fiesta time|access-date=August 28, 2024|archive-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830020025/https://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2001/10/22/newscolumn3.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The station initiated digital broadcasting on channel 49 on November 1, 2002.{{r|factbook}} [[ZGS Communications]] acquired WWSI for $10 million in 2008.<ref name="ZGS">{{cite web |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6524007.html |title=Deals |access-date=January 24, 2008 |work=Broadcasting & Cable }}</ref>


===NBCU ownership===
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After approximately six months of preparations,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2000/11/20/newscolumn6.html|work=Philadelphia Business Journal|date=November 20, 2000|first=Elizabeth|last=Bennett|title=Spanish-language TV station to debut in Phila.}}</ref> channel 62 signed on as Telemundo affiliate WWSI on January 26, 2001.<ref name="Cour010202">{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/courier-post-local-spanish-tv-channel-on/153940356/|date=February 2, 2001|pages=1A, [https://www-newspapers-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/article/courier-post-wwsi/153940393/ 5A]|first=Vanessa|last=Colon|title=Local Spanish TV channel on air|newspaper=Courier-Post|location=Camden, New Jersey|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=August 27, 2024}}</ref><!-- Fri --> It restored the Telemundo network to the Philadelphia market after the previous affiliate, [[WTVE]] (channel 51), disaffiliated from the network at the start of 2000.<ref name="Phil991231">{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-wtve-51-will-t/115543619/|date=December 31, 1999|pages=C1, [https://www-newspapers-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-wtve-51-will-d/115543642/ C2]|first=Patricia|last=Horn|title=WTVE-51 will take Telemundo off the air|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=August 27, 2024}}</ref><!-- Fri --> It had local offices near [[Penn Treaty Park]] in Philadelphia and in [[Northfield, New Jersey]].<ref name="Pres010311">{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city-spanish-tv-statio/153939794/|date=March 11, 2001|page=F2|title=Spanish TV station opens Northfield office|newspaper=Press of Atlantic City|location=Atlantic City, New Jersey|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=August 28, 2024}}</ref><!-- Sun --> Council Tree sold its ownership interest to [[NBC]] later in 2001 but did not relinquish WWSI.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2001/10/22/newscolumn3.html|first=Peter|last=Van Allen|date=October 22, 2001|work=Philadelphia Business Journal|title=For WWSI, Telemundo deal signals fiesta time}}</ref>
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ZGS retained the station until agreeing to sell it to NBCUniversal for $20 million in a sale completed in July 2013. The deal created a [[Duopoly (broadcasting)|duopoly]] with NBC's Philadelphia station, [[WCAU]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://rbr.com/nbcuniversal-doubles-in-philadelphia-with-telemundo-outlet/|title=NBCUniversal doubles in Philadelphia with Telemundo outlet|work=Radio & Television Business Report|date=March 21, 2013|access-date=March 21, 2013|archive-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830015902/https://rbr.com/nbcuniversal-doubles-in-philadelphia-with-telemundo-outlet/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/68674/telemundo-closes-on-purchase-of-wwsi|title=Telemundo Closes On Purchase of WWSI|work=TVNewsCheck|date=July 2, 2013}}</ref> Following the acquisition, NBC announced its intent to expand WCAU's news department to serve WWSI.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/72577/telemundos-wwsi-gets-ready-to-make-news|title=Telemundo's WWSI Gets Ready To Make News|website=TVNewsCheck|date=December 10, 2013}}</ref> It hired a total of 15 new employees,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/70384/wwsi-philly-hiring-15-to-launch-local-news|title=WWSI Philly Hiring 15 To Launch Local News|website=TVNewsCheck|date=September 11, 2013}}</ref> including bilingual reporters who filed stories for WCAU;{{r|Phil140113}} Ramón Luis Zayas, former news anchor of Telemundo's morning program ''[[Un Nuevo Día]]'', was named anchor of the evening newscasts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediamoves.com/2013/10/zayas-named-anchor-of-upcoming-wwsi-newscast.html#sthash.jr23e58b.dpuf|title=Zayas to anchor upcoming Telemundo Philly newscast|website=Media Moves|date=October 21, 2013|access-date=October 21, 2013|archive-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830020041/https://www.mediamoves.com/2013/10/zayas-named-anchor-of-upcoming-wwsi-newscast.html#sthash.jr23e58b.dpuf|url-status=live}}</ref> {{lang|es|Noticiero Telemundo 62}} began airing at 6 and 11&nbsp;p.m. on January 13, 2014, from WCAU's studios in [[Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania]].<ref name="Phil140113">{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/philadelphia-daily-news-la-gran-historia/153940583/|date=January 13, 2014|pages=27, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/philadelphia-daily-news-noticiero/153940602/ 31]|first=Chuck|last=Darrow|title=La gran historia: NBC10 and WWSI-TV team to create a Spanish-language news program, starting today|newspaper=Philadelphia Daily News|location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=August 28, 2024|archive-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830015907/https://www.newspapers.com/article/philadelphia-daily-news-la-gran-historia/153940583/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Mon -->

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[[File:Telemundo WWSI 62 2001 vector logo.svg|thumb|125px|The WWSI logo used from 2004 to 2012]]
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[[ZGS Communications]] acquired WWSI for $10 million in 2008.<ref name="ZGS">{{cite web |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6524007.html |title=Deals |access-date=January 24, 2008 |work=Broadcasting & Cable }}</ref> It retained the station until agreeing to sell it to NBCUniversal for $20 million in a sale completed in July 2013. The deal created a [[Duopoly (broadcasting)|duopoly]] with NBC's Philadelphia station, [[WCAU]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://rbr.com/nbcuniversal-doubles-in-philadelphia-with-telemundo-outlet/|title=NBCUniversal doubles in Philadelphia with Telemundo outlet|work=Radio & Television Business Report|date=March 21, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/68674/telemundo-closes-on-purchase-of-wwsi|title=Telemundo Closes On Purchase of WWSI|work=TVNewsCheck|date=July 2, 2013}}</ref> Following the acquisition, NBC announced its intent to expand WCAU's news department to serve WWSI.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/72577/telemundos-wwsi-gets-ready-to-make-news|title=Telemundo's WWSI Gets Ready To Make News|website=TVNewsCheck|date=December 10, 2013}}</ref> It hired a total of 15 new employees,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/70384/wwsi-philly-hiring-15-to-launch-local-news|title=WWSI Philly Hiring 15 To Launch Local News|website=TVNewsCheck|date=September 11, 2013}}</ref> including bilingual reporters who filed stories for WCAU;{{r|Phil140113}} Ramón Luis Zayas, former news anchor of Telemundo's morning program ''[[Un Nuevo Día]]'', was named anchor of the evening newscasts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediamoves.com/2013/10/zayas-named-anchor-of-upcoming-wwsi-newscast.html#sthash.jr23e58b.dpuf|title=Zayas to anchor upcoming Telemundo Philly newscast|website=Media Moves|date=October 21, 2013}}</ref> {{lang|es|Noticiero Telemundo 62}} began airing at 6 and 11&nbsp;p.m. on January 13, 2014, from WCAU's studios.<ref name="Phil140113">{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/article/philadelphia-daily-news-la-gran-historia/153940583/|date=January 13, 2014|pages=27, [https://www-newspapers-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/article/philadelphia-daily-news-noticiero/153940602/ 31]|first=Chuck|last=Darrow|title=La gran historia: NBC10 and WWSI-TV team to create a Spanish-language news program, starting today|newspaper=Philadelphia Daily News|location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=August 28, 2024}}</ref><!-- Mon -->


After the news launch, WWSI has been included in several group-wide news expansions at Telemundo. In November 2014, the owned-and-operated stations launched news at 5:30&nbsp;p.m.,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Villafañe |first=Veronica |date=September 18, 2014 |title=Telemundo adds new 30 min newscast at 14 local stations |language=en-US |work=Media Moves |url=https://www.mediamoves.com/2014/09/telemundo-to-hire-30-to-launch-local-newscasts-at-14-stations.html |access-date=July 11, 2021 |archive-date=November 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130140053/https://www.mediamoves.com/2014/09/telemundo-to-hire-30-to-launch-local-newscasts-at-14-stations.html |url-status=live }}</ref> followed by 6 a.m. and noon newscasts on April 2, 2018.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://tvnewscheck.com/article/111898/telemundos-wwsi-adding-two-newscasts/|title=Telemundo's WWSI Adding Two Newscasts|last=Miller|first=Mark|date=March 12, 2018|work=TVNewsCheck|access-date=October 26, 2018}}</ref>
After the news launch, WWSI has been included in several group-wide news expansions at Telemundo. In November 2014, the owned-and-operated stations launched news at 5:30&nbsp;p.m.,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Villafañe |first=Veronica |date=September 18, 2014 |title=Telemundo adds new 30 min newscast at 14 local stations |language=en-US |work=Media Moves |url=https://www.mediamoves.com/2014/09/telemundo-to-hire-30-to-launch-local-newscasts-at-14-stations.html |access-date=July 11, 2021 |archive-date=November 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130140053/https://www.mediamoves.com/2014/09/telemundo-to-hire-30-to-launch-local-newscasts-at-14-stations.html |url-status=live }}</ref> followed by 6 a.m. and noon newscasts on April 2, 2018.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://tvnewscheck.com/article/111898/telemundos-wwsi-adding-two-newscasts/|title=Telemundo's WWSI Adding Two Newscasts|last=Miller|first=Mark|date=March 12, 2018|work=TVNewsCheck|access-date=October 26, 2018}}</ref>


NBCUniversal sold the spectrum of WWSI in the 2017 FCC [[spectrum reallocation]] incentive auction for $125.9 million.<ref name="tvnc-nbcspectrum">{{cite web|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/103245/nbc-makes-over-480-million-from-auction|title=NBC Makes Over $480 Million From Auction|work=TVNewsCheck|date=April 13, 2017|access-date=April 13, 2017|archive-date=July 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730080515/http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/103245/nbc-makes-over-480-million-from-auction|url-status=dead}}</ref> WWSI continued broadcasting on the WCAU multiplex from its existing Philadelphia tower, and its city of license was changed to [[Mount Laurel, New Jersey]],<ref name="wcauwwsicsa">{{Cite web|url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/enwiki/api/download/attachment/25076f915f0d91b4015f2741c7ff2f6e|title=All Purpose Exhibit for WWSI CP Application to Channel Share|website=Licensing and Management System|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|access-date=December 21, 2017|archive-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830015908/https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/enwiki/api/download/attachment/25076f915f0d91b4015f2741c7ff2f6e|url-status=live}}</ref> an arrangement NBC believed would improve coverage.{{r|tvnc-nbcspectrum}} Prior to the auction, NBC and Telemundo were double-illuminated from each transmitter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/enwiki/api/download/attachment/25076f9158ed3e690158fe5e402d00d6|date=December 13, 2016|first=Margaret L.|last=Tobey|title=PSIP Notifications for NBC Telemundo License LLC|website=Licensing and Management System|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|access-date=August 30, 2024|archive-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830015910/https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/enwiki/api/download/attachment/25076f9158ed3e690158fe5e402d00d6|url-status=live}}</ref>
On October 21, 2018, Telemundo 62 debuted its new studio in the new Comcast Technology Center, the same day that NBC 10 debuted its new studio.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newscaststudio.com/2018/10/25/nbc-10-telemundio-62-philadelphia-facility/|title = With 4K and IP, NBC 10 and Telemundo 62 Philadelphia debut upgrade}}</ref>


WCAU and WWSI moved into floors 12 through 14 of the 59-story [[Comcast Technology Center]] in Philadelphia in 2018. With the new facility, the Telemundo side of the operation had a news studio nearly the same size as WCAU for the first time.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2018/10/11/a-first-look-at-nbc10s-new-home-at-the-comcast.html|url-access=subscription|title=A first look at NBC10's new home at the Comcast Technology Center|first=Jeff|last=Blumenthal|work=Philadelphia Business Journal|date=October 11, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://tvnewscheck.com/tech/article/nbc-philly-stations-make-big-leap-ip/|date=October 11, 2018|title=NBCU Philly Stations Make Big Leap To IP|work=TVNewsCheck}}</ref>
==Technical information==


===Subchannels===
==Subchannels==
{{#section:WCAU|subs}}
{{#section:WCAU|subs}}
===Analog-to-digital conversion===
WWSI discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over [[UHF]] channel 62, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States [[Digital television transition in the United States|transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts]] under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 49,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds |access-date=March 24, 2012}}</ref> using [[virtual channel]] 62, which was among the high band UHF channels (52-69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition. Until 2018, 49.3 (virtual 10.3) was utilized as a simulcast of WCAU. The subchannel was signed on in order to keep NBC programming available in areas channel 10's main signal does not reach over the air after the network terminated their affiliation with [[Wildwood, New Jersey|Wildwood]]-licensed [[WMGM-TV]].

===Spectrum reallocation===
On April 13, 2017, it was revealed that WWSI's over-the-air spectrum had been sold in the FCC's [[spectrum reallocation]] auction, fetching $125.9 million. WWSI did not sign off, but is sharing broadcast spectrum with sister station WCAU.<ref name="wcauwwsicsa">[https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/enwiki/api/download/attachment/25076f915f0d91b4015f2741c7ff2f6e All Purpose Exhibit for WWSI CP Application to Channel Share]</ref> NBC stated that WCAU had a better signal than that of WWSI.<ref name="tvnc-nbcspectrum">{{cite web|title=NBC Makes Over $480 Million From Auction|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/103245/nbc-makes-over-480-million-from-auction|website=TVNewsCheck|date=April 13, 2017|access-date=April 13, 2017}}</ref> Because WCAU's signal does not sufficiently cover Atlantic City proper, WWSI changed its [[city of license]] from Atlantic City to [[Mount Laurel]].


==References==
==References==

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WWSI
CityMount Laurel, New Jersey
Channels
BrandingTelemundo 62; Noticiero Telemundo 62
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
January 17, 2001; 23 years ago (2001-01-17) (in Atlantic City, New Jersey; license moved to Mount Laurel in 2018)
Former call signs
  • WDKZ (1987–1989)
  • WACI (1989–2000)
  • WPHA (2000–2001)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 62 (UHF, 2001–2009)
  • Digital: 49 (UHF, 2002–2018), 34 (UHF, 2018–2019)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID23142
ERP745 kW
HAAT399.8 m (1,311.7 ft)
Transmitter coordinates40°2′30.1″N 75°14′10.1″W / 40.041694°N 75.236139°W / 40.041694; -75.236139
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.telemundo62.com

WWSI (channel 62) is a television station licensed to Mount Laurel, New Jersey, United States, serving as the Philadelphia-area outlet for the Spanish-language network Telemundo. It is owned and operated by NBCUniversal's Telemundo Station Group alongside NBC outlet WCAU (channel 10); it is also sister to regional sports network NBC Sports Philadelphia. The stations' studios are located in Comcast Technology Center on Arch Street in Center City, and they are broadcast from one transmitter in the Roxborough section of Philadelphia.

Channel 62 was assigned to Atlantic City, New Jersey, in 1984 as part of a proceeding to improve local television service throughout the state. Garden State Communications obtained the construction permit in 1987, but construction activity only progressed in 2000, after Council Tree Communications bought a majority stake. The station signed on the air in January 2001 as a Telemundo affiliate, the first in the Philadelphia market in over a year, and aired little local programming first under Council Tree and later ZGS Communications ownership. In 2013, NBC acquired WWSI, which it has integrated with WCAU. This included the 2014 launch of local Spanish-language news and the 2018 move into the Comcast Technology Center. After selling the station's spectrum, WWSI began transmitting from WCAU's tower in 2018 and changed its city of license.

History

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Prehistory and construction

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In 1980, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposed assigning channel 62 to Atlantic City, New Jersey, as part of a proposal to improve television service in the state.[2] The proceeding and channel addition were finalized in 1984,[3] and in August 1986, the FCC designated a group of five applications for the channel for comparative hearing.[4] A settlement agreement was registered with the FCC in 1987, though Garden State Communications was not immediately granted the permit on the issue of short-spacing with other stations.[5] The permit remained dormant for the next decade. In 1990, the Securities and Exchange Commission sued a Philadelphia company for illegally raising funds on behalf of Garden State to build the proposed WACI-TV.[6]

Council Tree Communications filed to acquire a majority stake in the construction permit in 1999.[7] Council Tree was a Longmont, Colorado–based firm in which one of the investors was an Alaska Native–owned corporation.[8] During this time, construction on the station started and faced considerable difficulty. In May 2000, work on the tower along County Route 539 in Little Egg Harbor Township briefly came to a halt as opponents objecting on radiation concerns claimed they had an injunction to stop it.[9] Opponents also decried its proximity to homes and claimed it did not receive proper zoning approval.[10] The dispute was in part resolved when Little Egg Harbor Township agreed to assume ownership of the tower when completed.[11] This was key because it allowed for the exemption from planning board approval, though objectors continued to fight construction.[12] Other objections concerned the potential danger to birds posed by the mast.[13] During the construction process, Council Tree had become involved in Spanish-language broadcasting, principally the Telemundo network. In April 2000, it acquired KSBS-TV, the Telemundo affiliate for the Denver market,[8] and the firm moved to acquire a stake in the network four months later.[14]

The WWSI logo used from 2004 to 2012

After approximately six months of preparations,[15] channel 62 signed on as Telemundo affiliate WWSI on January 17[16] or 26, 2001.[17] It restored the Telemundo network to the Philadelphia market after the previous affiliate, WTVE (channel 51), disaffiliated from the network at the start of 2000.[18] It had local offices near Penn Treaty Park in Philadelphia and in Northfield, New Jersey.[19] Council Tree sold its ownership interest to NBC later in 2001 but did not relinquish WWSI.[20] The station initiated digital broadcasting on channel 49 on November 1, 2002.[16] ZGS Communications acquired WWSI for $10 million in 2008.[21]

NBCU ownership

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ZGS retained the station until agreeing to sell it to NBCUniversal for $20 million in a sale completed in July 2013. The deal created a duopoly with NBC's Philadelphia station, WCAU.[22][23] Following the acquisition, NBC announced its intent to expand WCAU's news department to serve WWSI.[24] It hired a total of 15 new employees,[25] including bilingual reporters who filed stories for WCAU;[26] Ramón Luis Zayas, former news anchor of Telemundo's morning program Un Nuevo Día, was named anchor of the evening newscasts.[27] Noticiero Telemundo 62 began airing at 6 and 11 p.m. on January 13, 2014, from WCAU's studios in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.[26]

After the news launch, WWSI has been included in several group-wide news expansions at Telemundo. In November 2014, the owned-and-operated stations launched news at 5:30 p.m.,[28] followed by 6 a.m. and noon newscasts on April 2, 2018.[29]

NBCUniversal sold the spectrum of WWSI in the 2017 FCC spectrum reallocation incentive auction for $125.9 million.[30] WWSI continued broadcasting on the WCAU multiplex from its existing Philadelphia tower, and its city of license was changed to Mount Laurel, New Jersey,[31] an arrangement NBC believed would improve coverage.[30] Prior to the auction, NBC and Telemundo were double-illuminated from each transmitter.[32]

WCAU and WWSI moved into floors 12 through 14 of the 59-story Comcast Technology Center in Philadelphia in 2018. With the new facility, the Telemundo side of the operation had a news studio nearly the same size as WCAU for the first time.[33][34]

Subchannels

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Subchannels of WCAU and WWSI[35]
License Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
WCAU 10.1 1080i 16:9 WCAU-TV NBC
10.2 480i COZI-TV Cozi TV
10.3 CRIMES NBC American Crimes
10.4 OXYGEN Oxygen
WWSI 62.1 1080i WWSI-TV Telemundo
62.2 480i EXITOS TeleXitos


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