WFUN-LD
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Miami–Fort Lauderdale, Florida United States |
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| City | Miami, Florida |
| Branding | América TeVe (general) Teveo (DT2) America Noticias (newscasts) |
| Slogan | Siempre Juntos (general) |
| Channels |
Digital: 48 (UHF) Virtual: 48 () |
| Subchannels | 48.1 América Tevé 48.2 Teveo |
| Affiliations | Independent |
| Owner |
America-CV Station Group, Inc. (Caribevision Holdings, Inc.) |
| Founded | 1995 (as WJAN-CD) |
| First air date | June 23, 1998 |
| Call letters' meaning | Likely from the former callsign of WAXY |
| Former callsigns | W27AQ (1989–1998), W48CI (1998–1999), WFUN-LP (1999–2009)* *WFUN-CA (2002–2004) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 27 (UHF), 48 (UHF) |
| Former affiliations | America-CV Network (2007–2012) MundoFox (August–December 2012) |
| Transmitter power | 150 kW |
| Height | 199 m (653 ft) |
| Class | LPTV |
| Facility ID | 60542 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 25°59′9″N 80°11′37″W / 25.98583°N 80.19361°WCoordinates: 25°59′9″N 80°11′37″W / 25.98583°N 80.19361°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
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Profile CDBS |
WFUN-LD, virtual and UHF digital channel 48, is a Spanish language independent station located in Miami, Florida, United States. The station is owned by América CV Station Group, Inc., and is co-owned with independent station WJAN-CD (channel 41). The two stations share studio facilities located in Hialeah Gardens, and its transmitter is located on West Hallandale Beach Boulevard in the Carver Ranches section of West Park.
The station's license application was first submitted to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 1980, but a construction permit was never actually issued until 1988, with a license issued the following year as W27AQ. In June 1998, the station moved to UHF channel 48 and its call letters were changed to W48CI. In early 1999, its calls were changed to WFUN-LP; the station license was later upgraded to Class A status and its calls were altered to WFUN-CA in 2002, before reverting to LPTV status in 2004. In 2009, WFUN flash-cut its digital signal into operation on UHF 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. On August 13, 2012, WFUN-LD acquired the América TeVé programming and format from WJAN-CD (channel 41), after the latter station became a charter affiliate of MundoFox; most of the América CV-owned stations that joined MundoFox on that date added the América TeVé format on their second digital subchannels, with the exception of Puerto Rico-based WKPV and WIRS, which broadcast TeVé on their main channels. However, MundoFox's affiliation with WJAN/WFUN would end on December 28, 2012 as the network moved its Miami affiliation to Key West-based WGEN-TV (channel 8).
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