WFUN-LD

WFUN-LD
Miami / Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
City of license Miami, Florida
Channels Digital: 48 (UHF)
Subchannels 48.1 - CaribeVision
Owner America-CV Station Group, Inc.
(Caribevision Station Group, LLC)
First air date 23 June 1998
Call letters' meaning Likely from the former callsign of WAXY
Former callsigns W27AQ (1989-1998), W48CI (1998-99), WFUN-LP (1999-2009)*, *WFUN-CA (2002-2004)
Former channel number(s) 27, 48 (analog)
Transmitter power 150 kW
Height 199 m (653 ft)
Class LPTV
Facility ID 60542

WFUN-LD is a low-powered television station licensed to serve Miami, Florida. It has TV studios in Hialeah Gardens, and transmits to and beyond southeastern Broward and northeastern Miami-Dade counties in southeast Florida, from a broadcast tower on West Hallandale Beach Blvd. in the Carver Ranches section of West Park, and northeast of the massive multi-station Andover broadcast tower at U.S. 441 and the county line. It is owned and operated by the CV Network (formerly CaribeVision) and airs that TV network's programs.

History

The station's application was first submitted in 1980, but a construction permit was never finally issued until 1988, with a broadcast license issued the following year as W27AQ. In June 1998, it was changed to channel 48 as W48CI. In early 1999, it became WFUN-LP, became class-A WFUN-CA in 2002, then reverted to regular LPTV status in 2004. In 2009, it flash-cut to digital TV on channel 48.

The station has been through several ownership changes, though some of these transfers in the early 2000s appear to be within the Rodriguez family.

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