WXTV-DT
FCC | |
Facility ID | 74215 |
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ERP | 215 kW |
HAAT | 397 m (1,302 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°44′54″N 73°59′9″W / 40.74833°N 73.98583°W |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Website | www |
WXTV-DT (channel 41) is a
WXTV's programming is simulcast to Long Island on WFTY's third digital subchannel (virtual channel 67.3, UHF channel 23.3) from its transmitter in Middle Island, New York.
History
Channel... 37?
In 1962, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) received two applications for the channel 37 allocation belonging to Paterson, New Jersey—one from the Spanish International Broadcasting Corporation, which at the time only owned two stations, and another from Progress Broadcasting, owner of WHOM (1480 AM).[2] Additionally, use of channel 37 in Paterson had been contemplated for a potential educational station for northern New Jersey.[3] However, even as the channel had picked up a further two interested parties by April 1963, it was not a broadcaster at all that drove the proceedings. The Vermilion River Observatory in Danville, Illinois, a radio astronomy facility, objected to any channel 37 facility being built—the channel having been allocated to 19 communities across the country[4]—because their observatory was designed to detect signals in the 608–614 MHz range, coinciding with channel 37; using these frequencies, the observatory could detect specific types of radiation that existed at no other wavelength. The FCC, arguing that there was no other available channel for a station in Paterson, proposed initially to award no channel 37 station within 600 miles (970 km) of Danville and that all stations would have overnight broadcasts curtailed.[5] An editorial in The New York Times called on the FCC to reserve the channel on a national basis for radio astronomy.[6]
In October 1963, the FCC opted to devote channel 37 entirely to radio astronomy uses until at least 1974 and announced it would allocate another channel to Paterson.
Initially planned to broadcast from the
Tower woes
For several years, the location of the transmitter was a hot-button issue.
The station was successful in getting FCC approval to operate from the World Trade Center in 1974,
Growth
In 1978, after ten years based in its city of license, WXTV announced it would move its studios to Secaucus, New Jersey, where they were consolidated with the station's Manhattan advertising offices.[28] The move would save money and pay for the relocation of the transmitter to the World Trade Center.[29] Meanwhile, as SIN became a pioneer in the use of television translators to extend its reach, WXTV soon began to spread outside of the New York City area. On May 3, 1980, a channel 35 translator went on the air in Philadelphia,[30] which was followed by a second translator on channel 61 for Hartford, Connecticut, the next month.[31]
WXTV was not the only Spanish-language TV station for the New York market—WNJU was already on the air—and the two began a healthy competition for viewers. However, the mix of programs on SIN and Univision, which emphasized Mexican novelas, sometimes hurt WXTV in a market with more Dominicans, Puerto Ricans, and Cubans. This allowed WNJU to beat WXTV at times.[32][33]
In the late 1990s, WXTV made substantial strides in the general-market ratings. In February 1999, it topped WWOR-TV in total-day ratings, a historic first in New York; despite this, it had just $44 million in advertising revenue compared to $155 million for WWOR.[34]
The
Newscasts
Local news began with the station, originally in the form of half-hour newscasts at 7 and 11 p.m. (later changed to 6 and 11).[16] From 1981 to 1985, Enrique Gratas was WXTV's news director.[38] In 1999, an hour-long morning newscast was added to the station's evening news broadcasts, the first Spanish-language morning news program in the New York market.[39] In addition to the newscasts, the station produces news updates for Altice USA's News 12 Networks on weekdays.[40]
Since the late 1990s, as the Hispanic population in New York has grown, WXTV's ratings have grown to become competitive with the market's English-language stations. WXTV won the July 2008 sweeps period and also became the first Spanish-language television station to win all three evening slots (local newscasts at 6 and 11 and the national news at 6:30 pm). WXTV's 6 p.m. newscast was also No. 1 among the 25–54 demographic, followed by WABC-TV, WCBS-TV, WNJU, WNYW and WNBC.[41] WXTV's 6 p.m. newscast ended the 2011 calendar year as the number-one newscast in that timeslot in the entire United States in any language among adults 18–49.[42]
In 2020, the late newscast, Solo a las Once (Only at 11), was retooled with an in-depth format.[43]
Notable current on-air staff
- Adriana Vargas – weeknight anchor[44]
- Rafael Bello – weekday meteorologist and entertainment anchor[45]
Notable former on-air staff
- María Celeste Arrarás[46]
- Daisy Fuentes[47]
- Denisse Oller[48]
- Rafael Pineda (retired in 2013)[49]
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's signal is
Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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41.1 | 720p | 16:9 |
WXTV-DT | Univision |
41.2 | 480i | Bounce | Bounce TV | |
41.3 | NVSN | Nuestra Visión (soon) | ||
11.2 | 480i | 4:3 | Antenna | Antenna TV (WPIX) |
11.4 | RewTv | Rewind TV (WPIX) |
Subchannel broadcast with MPEG-4 video
Analog-to-digital conversion
WXTV discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over
In the
Notes
References
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