WZTD-LD

WZTD-LD
Richmond, Virginia United States

Branding	Telemundo Richmond
Channels	Digital: 45 (UHF)
Affiliations	Telemundo
Owner	ZGS Communications (Onda Capital, Inc.)
Founded	December 9, 1991
Call letters' meaning	W ZGS TelemunDo
Former callsigns	W61BZ (1991-2000) WKYV-LP (2000-2008) WZTD-LP (2008-2012)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 61 (1991-2000) 45 (2000-2012)
Former affiliations	America's Store (2000-2006) silent (2006-2007)
Transmitter power	72.6 kW
Height	212 m
Facility ID	68490
Transmitter coordinates	37°30′45″N 77°36′4.9″W / 37.51250°N 77.601361°W / 37.51250; -77.601361
Website	www.holaciudad.com

WZTD-LD is a low-powered Spanish-language television station licensed to Richmond, Virginia. It is the market's Telemundo affiliate broadcasting on digital UHF channel 45. The station share studio facilities with PBS affiliates WCVE-TV & WCVW in Bon Air, a suburb of Richmond.

History

The station signed on December 9, 1991 as W61BZ and were located on channel 61. On February 22, 2000, the calls was changed to WKYV-LP to reflect the original location of license and then moved to channel 45. On July 21, 2000, Tiger Eye Broadcasting acquired the station and license from TV Broadcasters of Central Virginia. It became an affiliate of the America's Store (a defunct shopping network owned by the Home Shopping Network) after the sell.

On August 15, 2006, the station officially signed off for technical reasons. Doing this time, ZGS Communications purchased WKYV and 5 other stations from Tiger Eye Broadcasting in October 2006 for $2.15 million.^[1]^[2] In mid-November 2007, the station returned on the air as a Telemundo affiliate,^[3] and changed calls to WZTD-LP on January 16, 2008.

During the morning of January 12, 2009, the station discontinued regular programming due to some technical difficulties with its satellite systems and service provider, Dish Network due to bad weather (showers and thunderstorms) the day before. That afternoon the station temporary switched to English format from OnTV4U, a 24/7 informerical network and reverted to Telemundo programming on January 20, 2009 sometime after 2pm. On January 16, 2010, for the first time in station history broadcast the Inauguration of Virginia's 71st Governor, Robert "Bob" McDonnell live from the State Capitol in Spanish.^[4] On April 25, 2010, the station began airing a variety of limited amount of locally produced programs ranging from real estate to religious to law advice, not produced by WZTD.

WZTD-LD Today

WZTD-LD is the first Hispanic television station in Central Virginia.

Unlike some Telemundo affiliates, WZTD-LD does not broadcast local newscasts.

The station does not have a website and was not listed on the ZGS corporate website for some time after its acquisition; indeed, ZGS did not formally announce the station's launch until December 2009.

Outside of its Telemundo programming, the station airs a limited amount of local shows which begun on 4/25/2010.

Telemundo Richmond is available over-the-air on channel 45, Comcast Cable channel 71 & 600 and Verizon FiOs channel 20. On October 2012, WZTD became available in the nearby Tri-Cities area on Comcast Cable channel 151.

The station initially had no logo until December 2009, so it used the station's ID appeared on the top of the hour moving from right to left across the top of the screen. It was discontinued as of November 2008 then brought back a year later into January 2010.

WKYV/WZTD Station ID (November 2007-November 2008).

Digital television

On the morning of September 5, 2012 WZTD officially went to a low-power digital signal in HD on channel 45.1.

Channel	Aspect	Format	Programming
45.1	16:9	1080i	Main WZTD programming / Telemundo

References

↑ "ZGS Communications TV stations deals". broadcastingcable.com. 2006-10-21. Retrieved 2011-08-24.
↑ "ZGS Communications acquires new TV stations". HispanicAd.com. 2006-11-20. Retrieved 2006-12-02.
↑ "Local TV Station to Air in Spanish / Telemundo Affiliate Set to Start By Next Year on Channel 45". Redorbit.com. 2007-12-11. Retrieved 2008-08-31.
↑ "The official announcement of Telemundo affiliate launches in Richmond, Virginia". www.rbr.com. 2009-12-10. Retrieved 2009-12-10.

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Broadcast television in Central Virginia, including Richmond and Petersburg

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Local stations	WTVR (6.1 CBS, 6.2 Antenna TV, 6.3 CBS6 Xtra) WRIC (8.1 ABC, 8.2 Ion Television, 8.3 GetTV) WWBT (12.1 NBC, 12.2 Me-TV, 12.3 Escape) WRLH (35.1 FOX, 35.2 MNTV/This TV, 35.3 Comet) WUPV (65.1 The CW, 65.2 Bounce TV, 65.3 GritTV)

Public television stations	WCVE (23.1 PBS, 23.2 Create, 23.3 MHz Worldview) WCVW (57.1 PBS)

Spanish language stations	WZTD-LD (45.1 TEL)

Religious stations	WXOB-LP 17 (Religious Ind.) WWBK-LP 39 (TBN) WRID-LD (48.1 Daystar)

Cable channels	The Comcast Network Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic MASN

Defunct stations	WFLV-LP 15 (Unknown) W18CQ (Unknown) WERI-LP 39 (Unknown) WSVL-LP 48 (Unknown) WFMA-LP 52 (Unknown) W59DQ (Unknown) WVRN 63 (IND)

Virginia broadcast television areas by city Bristol Bluefield Charlottesville Harrisonburg Norfolk Richmond Roanoke Washington, DC

Other television stations in the Commonwealth of Virginia

WAZT-CD 10 (Woodstock, Religious Independent) WFDC 14 (Arlington, Univision) WXOB 17 (Richmond, Religious) WFFP-TV 24 (Danville, Independent) WVAD 25 (Hampton, Daystar) WNVT 30 (Goldvein, MHz Networks) WWBK-LP 39 (Richmond, TBN) WYAT 40 (Martinsville, A1/Fam) WMDV 44 (Danville, Independent) WRID 48 (Richmond, Daystar) WNVC 56 (Fairfax, MHz Networks) WLFG 68 (Grundy, Religious Independent)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Virginia

ZGS Communications

Radio stations	WAMA WGES WILC¹

Telemundo network affiliates	KTDO WDMR-LP² WTMU-LP³ WRDM-CD² WRIW-CD WRMD-CD WTMO-CD WWDT-CD WZTD-LD WZDC-CD

Other stations	WZGS-CD (Independent)

¹ Operated under a local marketing agreement by Wallis Communications. ² The station airs the Jewelry Television Shopping network during the overnight hours. ³ The station is operated as translator of WNEU.

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