| Atlantic City, New Jersey/ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Branding | Telemundo Philadelphia |
| Channels | Digital: 49 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | Telemundo |
| Owner | ZGS Communications, Inc. |
| First air date | January 17, 2001 |
| Former callsigns | WPHA (2000-2001) WACI (1989-2000) WDKZ |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 62 (2001-2009) |
| Transmitter power | 130 kW |
| Height | 296.3 meters (972 ft) |
| Facility ID | 23142 |
| Website | philadelphia.holaciudad.com |
WWSI, digital channel 49, is a television station licensed to Atlantic City, New Jersey. It is considered to be the Philadelphia affiliate of the Spanish-language Telemundo television network. WWSI's transmitter is in Tuckerton, New Jersey; its tower is the tallest structure in New Jersey. The station has no local news department, and runs minimal local programming. WWSI's studios are on North Delaware Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The station is unique in that, while its transmitter site is located in Ocean County, part of the New York City TV market, the station cannot be viewed on cable TV in Ocean County since it is licensed to a city in the Philadelphia TV market.
WWSI did not begin operation until 2001. Prior to its airdate, its construction permit carried the call letters of WDKZ in 1989, followed that same year by WACI. In 2000 WACI became WPHA. The station then hit the air as WWSI, and adopted the Telemundo affiliation (originally on WTGI until 1998, then WTVE in Reading, Pennsylvania from 1998–2000).
WWSI opened its website in 2007.
In January 2008, Hispanic Broadcasters Corporation agreed to sell WWSI to ZGS Communications for $10 million.[1] The station officially became owned by ZGS on March 11 of that year.
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