WUNI
FCC | |
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Facility ID | 60551 |
ERP | 400 kW |
HAAT | 356 m (1,168 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 42°23′2.7″N 71°29′35.3″W / 42.384083°N 71.493139°W |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Website | noticiasya |
WUNI (channel 66) is a
History
V66
The station first signed on the air on February 12, 1985,
Change from music videos to home shopping
Garabedian had hoped to launch a national
A documentary film about V66 titled Life on the V: The Story of V66,[6] produced by Christian de Rezendes and Eric Green,[5] premiered at the Independent Film Festival of Boston on April 29, 2014.[7][8]
"Hub 66", WHUB-TV
In 1999, Barry Diller, owner of HSN and its broadcast arm USA Broadcasting (formerly Silver King Television), began plans to turn his stations into true independents under the "CityVision" banner. After switching stations in Miami, Atlanta, and Dallas–Fort Worth, this format was implemented in Boston on Channel 66 as WHUB-TV[9] (from Boston's nickname "The Hub"), with the "Hub 66" branding and a main slogan echoing The Standells' "Dirty Water" ("Ahhh, Boston you're our home").
The station under the "CityVision" format aired primarily syndicated and first-run programming including sitcom reruns of shows like Cheers and Taxi, drama reruns of shows like Star Trek: The Next Generation, cartoons, and movies under the HubFlix banner. Like other "CityVision" stations, the station also obtained live sports rights specifically Boston University ice hockey games[10] (previously held by WABU/WBPX), as well as the annual Beanpot tournament.[10]
Plans were set to convert the entire chain of USAB stations to the "CityVision" format, but at the end of 2000, USA Broadcasting scrapped all plans and put all its stations up for sale with WHUB reverting to HSN affiliation in the interim period to cut costs.
Switch to Telefutura/UniMás
To reflect its pending affiliation change, channel 66 changed call letters to WFUB (likely[
2017 call sign and channel swap; ATSC 3.0 conversion
On December 4, 2017, as part of a multi-market realignment, the programming and call signs of WUTF and sister station WUNI were swapped: WUTF and its UniMás programming moved to the Entravision-owned facility using digital channel 29 and virtual channel 27, while Univision's digital channel 27 and virtual channel 66 facility became the new home of WUNI.[19]
On November 30, 2022, it was announced that WUNI would convert to ATSC 3.0.[20]
News operation
![The Univision parade float in Boston's 2016 Dominican Parade.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Univision_Parade_Float_in_Boston.jpg/220px-Univision_Parade_Float_in_Boston.jpg)
WUNI presently broadcasts 2+1⁄2 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with a half-hour each on weekdays; the station does not produce a late evening newscast on any night nor any news programs on Saturdays and Sundays).
On April 1, 2003, WUNI on channel 27 launched a half-hour local newscast, Noticias Univision Nueva Inglaterra (Univision News New England), at 6 p.m. Sara Suarez was brought from Univision's Denver owned-and-operated station KCEC to serve as anchor and news director. Angel Salcedo, who hosted WUNI's public affairs program Enfoque Latino for several years, was chosen as Suarez's co-anchor. However, Salcedo left the station shortly afterwards, leaving Suarez as the sole anchor until Carlos Ruben Zapata was hired as Salcedo's replacement. In 2005, Zapata left the station and eventually hired Eduardo Guerrero as co-anchor late that year. Before the newscast debuted, the station signed a news share agreement with New England Cable News, in which the regional cable news channel provided news footage. In addition, several commercial spots for NECN aired on WUNI and WUTF-TV, targeted at both stations' Hispanic audience.
The agreement with NECN expired in mid-2005; WUNI then signed a content sharing agreement with CBS owned-and-operated station WBZ-TV (channel 4). WBZ is acknowledged with an on-air credit when news footage supplied by the station appears on WUNI's newscasts, as well as at the end of the broadcast, before the copyright tag.
In April 2007, WUNI began producing news updates under the title Despierta Boston (which was anchored by Maria Gonzalez), during Univision's morning news/talk program
On July 14, 2007, the station began airing the weekend edition of then-Univision-owned
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's ATSC 1.0 channels are carried on the
Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming | ATSC 1.0 host |
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66.1 | 1080i | 16:9 |
WUNI | Univision | WNEU |
66.2 | 480i | Bounce | Bounce TV | WFXT | |
66.3 | GetTV | get | |||
66.4 | Court TV | Court TV | WSBK-TV | ||
66.5 | NVSN | Nuestra Visión (soon) | WGBH-TV |
Analog-to-digital conversion
WUNI (as WUTF) shut down its analog signal, over
ATSC 3.0 lighthouse service
Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
---|---|---|---|---|
2.1 | 1080p | 16:9 |
WGBH*NX | PBS (WGBH-TV) |
4.1 | WBZ*NX | CBS (WBZ-TV) ![]() | ||
5.1 | WCVB*NX | ABC (WCVB-TV) ![]() | ||
15.1 | WBTS*NX | NBC (WBTS-CD) ![]() | ||
25.1 | WFXT*NX | Fox (WFXT) ![]() | ||
50.1 | 480p | WWJE*NX | True Crime Network (WWJE-DT via WCVB-TV) | |
66.1 | 1080p | WUNI*NX | NBC LX Home ![]() |
See also
- Channel 27 virtual TV stations in the United States
- Channel 29 digital TV stations in the United States
- List of television stations in Massachusetts
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WUNI". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Rudavsky, Shari (February 26, 1985). "Debut of Free Video Channel May Steal Time From Radio, MTV". The Harvard Crimson. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved June 28, 2009.
- ^ "Worcester, Mass - V-66, Boston's Video Channel of the 80s". www.worcestermass.com. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
- ^ Simmons, Doug (June 2, 1985). "THEY'RE REALLY ROCKIN' IN BOSTON; V-66 TUNES INTO MTV'S TURF". Boston Globe.
- ^ a b c d Hilliard, John (June 12, 2008). "The short, eventful life of a local music video station". The Framingham Tab. Community Newspaper Company. Retrieved June 28, 2009.
- ^ "V66 Documentary Home - Life on the V". www.lifeonthev.com. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
- ^ "Life on the V: The Story of V66". Independent Film Festival of Boston 2014. Archived from the original on June 3, 2014. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
- ^ "Review: Life on the V: The Story of V66". Rockerzine. April 25, 2014. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (August 7, 2000). "So Long, Charles..." North East RadioWatch. Retrieved June 28, 2009.
- ^ a b "WHUB-TV, A USA Broadcasting Station". WHUB-TV. Archived from the original on December 6, 2000. Retrieved June 28, 2009.
- ^ a b Fybush, Scott (December 11, 2000). "Adios, WHUB!". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved June 28, 2009.
- ^ a b Brown, Joel (January 24, 2001). "Cubic zirconia return to WHUB". Boston Herald. Archived from the original on February 7, 2001. Retrieved June 28, 2009.
- ^ a b c d Fybush, Scott (February 5, 2001). "River Flows to New Home". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved June 28, 2009.
- ^ "The Buffalo Broadcasters: History of UHF TV in Buffalo". www.buffalobroadcasters.com. Archived from the original on August 23, 2012. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (March 5, 2001). "More on Lydon/WBUR Dis-"Connect"". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved June 28, 2009.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (November 5, 2001). "Doing the Albany Shuffle". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved June 28, 2009.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (December 17, 2001). "CBC Expands French Network". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved June 28, 2009.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (December 24, 2001). "WHTR Makes Its Move". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved June 28, 2009.
- ^ "Cambios programación UniMas y Univision". Entravision Communications. November 10, 2017. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
- ^ "FCC Grants NEXTGEN TV Modifications For Miami, Boston Licensees". Radio and Television Business Report. December 27, 2022. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
- ^ RabbitEars TV Query for WNEU
- ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
- ^ "Digital TV Market Listing for WUNI". RabbitEars.Info. Retrieved January 26, 2017.