WVEA-TV
WVEA-TV is the Univision affiliate for Tampa Bay, Florida, licensed to Venice. The station is owned by Entravision Communications, and also operates Telefutura affiliate WFTT-TV. The two stations share studios on Hillsborough Avenue in Tampa, in a former Barnett Bank building west of Armenia Avenue. Its channel 25 digital transmitter is located at the antenna farm at Riverview.
WVEA can be seen on Bright House and Comcast cable -- channel 8 in Hillsborough, channel 7 in Pinellas and channel 15 in Manatee and Sarasota counties. Currently, neither Bright House or Comcast carry the LATV subchannel.
Digital
WVEA's digital signal is multiplexed and transmits on channel 25.
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WVEA-HD Univision HD (1080i) |
| 62.2 |
LATV SD (480i) |
History
Channel 62 first signed on May 3, 1991 as English-language WBSV-TV, the Sarasota area's own independent station, designed to compete against WWSB and the other stations in the Tampa Bay and nearby Ft. Myers markets. The call letters stood for Bradenton, Sarasota, and Venice, the three cities it primarily served. WBSV had a variety of syndicated and local programming, plus infomercials and home shopping programs; early on, it also produced a local newscast. However, the station was unprofitable, eventually relying more on home shopping and infomercials to keep the station afloat.
In 2000, Entravision bought WBSV with the intent of moving the transmitter from Venice to Riverview and upgrade its low-power Univision station, WVEA-LP (channel 61). WBSV's history ended in early 2001, when the station left the air for a few weeks to perform the move and establish WVEA's new studios. In March 2001, the station returned to the air with its current programming and call letters.
In April, 2010 the station began transmitting in 1080i and passing the Univision network in HD.
Intellectual property
WVEA was Tampa Bay's first Spanish-language TV station, beginning operations in the early-1980s as low-powered W50AC channel 50, which offered programming from the Spanish International Network, the forerunner of today's Univision. In 1988, to make way for new HSN flagship WBHS (now WFTT-TV), the station relocated to channel 61 and became W61BL; in 1994, the station changed its call letters to WVEA-LP. After Entravision bought channel 62, in March 2001, WVEA-LP's programming moved to that facility. WVEA-LP itself remains in operation on channel 46, carrying the Home Shopping Network.
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WEDU (3.1 PBS, 3.2 V-me, 3.3 FL Chan, 3.4 World) · WFLA (8.1 NBC, 8.2 Me-TV) · WTSP (10.1 CBS, 10.2 Weather) · WTVT (13.1 Fox) · WPDS-LD (14.1-4 Edu.) · W15CM 15 (unknown) · WUSF (16.1 PBS, 16.2 Kids, 16.3 Create, 16.4 Knowledge) · WSVT 18 (Daystar) · WARP-CD (20.1-20.4 infomercials) · WCLF (22.1 CTN, 22.2 CTNi) · WFTS (28.1 ABC, 28.2 Live Well) · WTAM-LD (30.1 My Family TV) · W31CZ-D (31.1 TBN) · WMOR (32.1 Ind, 32.2 This, 32.3 Estrella) · W33CC 33 (HSN) · WSPF 35 (city of St. Pete) · WTTA (38.1 MNTV) · W43CE-D (43.1 unknown) · WTOG (44.1 CW) · WVEA-LP 46 (HSN) · WZRA 48 (Ethnic/A1/NTV/CTV/DW) · WXPX (66.1 ION, 66.2 Qubo, 66.3 Life)
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Miami - Fort Lauderdale: WPBT 2.3 (V-me, Miami) - WEYS-LP 6 (ALMA, Miami) - WSVN 7.2 (Estrella TV, Miami) - WGEN 8 (Spanish Independent, Key West) - WPLG 10.2 (LATV, Miami) - WSBS 22 (Spanish Independent, Key West) - WLTV 23 (Univision, Miami) - WPMF 38 (Azteca America, Miami) - WJAN-CA 41 (Spanish Independent / CNN Español, Miami) - WFUN-LP 48 (Caribevision, Miami) - WSCV 51 (Telemundo, Fort Lauderdale) - WAMI 69 (TeleFutura, Hollywood)
Tampa - St. Petersburg: WEDU 3.2 (V-me, Tampa) - WXAX-LP 26 (Azteca América, Tampa) - WTAM-LP 30 (Multimedios/La Familia Network, Tampa) - WMOR 32.3 (Estrella TV, Lakeland) - WRMD-CD 49 (Telemundo, Tampa) - WFTT 50 (TeleFutura, Tampa) - WVEA 62 (Univision/LATV, Venice)
Orlando - Daytona Beach - Melbourne: WKMG 6.2 (LATV, Orlando) - WKCF 18.3 (Estrella TV, Clermont) - W21AU 21 (Azteca América, Orlando) - WMFE 24.1-3 (V-me, Orlando) - WVEN 26 (Univision, Daytona Beach) - WTMO-CD 31 (Telemundo, Orlando) - WZXZ-CA 36 (Caribevision, Orlando) - WOTF 43 (TeleFutura, Melbourne)
West Palm Beach - Fort Pierce: WWHB-CA 48 (Azteca América, Stuart) - WBWP-LP 57 (Mega TV, West Palm Beach)
Fort Myers - Naples: WUVF-LP 2/WLZE-LP 51 (Univision, Naples / Ft. Myers) - WTPH-LP 14 (Azteca América, Ft. Myers) - WWDT-CD 43 (Telemundo, Naples)
Pensacola: WSRE 23.4 (V-me, Pensacola)
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See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, ION, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in Florida
Also see: Religious and Spanish TV stations
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1 = owned by Univision, managed by Entravision
2 = owned by a Mexican company, managed by Entravision
3 = XHAS license and transmitter owned by a Mexican company; Entravision wholly owns its San Diego repeater, KTCD-LP
4 = National spot radio advertising representative specializing in Spanish-language stations; co-owned with Lotus Communications Corporation
5 = owned by Entravision, but managed by Schurz Communications under a JSA
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LATV
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KWBA-TV 58.2 (Sierra Vista, AZ) • KTVU 2.2 (San Jose, CA) • KSEE 24.3 (Fresno, CA) • KTXL 40.2 (Sacramento, CA) • KJLA 57.1/57.2 (Los Angeles, CA)1 • WUVN 18.4 (Hartford, CT) • WFTX 36.2 (Fort Myers/Cape Coral, FL) • WJXT 4.3 (Jacksonville, FL) • WPLG 10.2 (Miami, FL) • WKMG-TV 6.2 (Orlando, FL) • WVEA-TV 62.2 (Venice, FL) • WOCK-CD 13.3 (Chicago, IL) • WANE-TV 15.2 (Fort Wayne, IN) • WUNI-TV 27.2 (Boston, MA) • KLUZ-TV 41.2 (Albuquerque, NM) • WPIX 11.2 (New York City, NY) • WSJP-LP 30 (Aguadilla, PR) • KFDA-TV 10.4 (Amarillo, TX) • KINT-TV 26.3 (El Paso, TX) • KTFN-DT 65.3 (El Paso, TX) • KRGV-TV 5.2 (Weslaco, TX) • KPRC-TV 2.3 (Houston, TX) • KSAT-TV 12.2 (San Antonio, TX) • KLDO 27.4 (Laredo, TX) • KXOF-CA 39/KLDO-TV 27.3 (Laredo, TX)2 • KWES-TV 9.2 (Odessa, TX) • KAZD 55.4 (Dallas/Fort Worth, TX) • KWAB-TV 33.2 (Big Spring, TX)3 • KORO 28.3 (Corpus Christi, TX)
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1flagship station
2 shared affiliation between KLDO-TV and KXOF-CA, airs overnight on KXOF-CA
3KWAB is a full-power repeater of KWES-TV
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