| Boston, Massachusetts | |
|---|---|
| City of license | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Channels | Digital: 25 (UHF) |
| Subchannels | 24.1 Azteca America |
| Affiliations | Azteca América |
| Owner | Boston Broadcasting Corp. (sale to Prime Time Partners LLC pending) |
| Founded | November 30, 1989 |
| First air date | 2000 |
| Former callsigns | W29BA (1989-1999) W24CM (1999-2000) WVXN-LP (2000-2001) WVXN-CA (2001-2003) WFXZ-CA (2003-2010) |
| Former affiliations | Home shopping (2000-2001) MTV2 (2001-2006) |
| Transmitter power | 5 kW |
| Class | Class A |
| Facility ID | 64833 |
WFXZ-CD is the Azteca América affiliate for Boston, Massachusetts. The station is owned by Boston Broadcasting Corporation, a company owned by Randolph Weigner,[1] and broadcasts on digital channel 25. WFXZ-CD operates at a low-power, but is licensed as a class A station. Comcast carries the station in Boston on both channel 298 on the basic service and channel 721 on the Hispanic tier.
WFXZ's construction permit was originally granted on November 30, 1989 as W29BA channel 29, which would be licensed to nearby Lawrence.[2] However, by the time finally it took to the air with a home shopping service early in 2000, it had moved to channel 24 in Boston and adopted the W24CM call sign.[3] A few months later, channel 24 changed its call letters to WVXN-LP. In 2001, the station became a class A operation and dropped home shopping in favor of MTV2 programming.[4] The WFXZ-CA call sign was introduced in 2003.
In July 2006, the station became the Boston affiliate for the Azteca América network.[5]
WFXZ converted to digital operations in 2010.
Randolph Weigner agreed to sell WFXZ to Prime Time Partners in December 2011.[1]
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