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Coordinates: 25°59′35.32″N 80°10′26.17″W / 25.9931444°N 80.1739361°W / 25.9931444; -80.1739361
  
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WVFW-LD
TranslatorofWGEN-TV Key West
Channels
  • Virtual: 8
    • BrandingEstrella TV Canal 8
    Programming
    AffiliationsEstrella TV
    Ownership
    Owner
  • (Estrella Television License, LLC)

    • Sister stations

    		WGEN-TV
    History
    FoundedJune 21, 1979

    First air date

    		October 24, 1983 (1983-10-24)

    Former call signs

    • W30AB (1979–1989)
  • W29AW (1989–1994)
  • W24CA (1994–2003)
  • WVFW-LP (2003–2010)

    • Former channel number(s)

    • Analog:
    • 30 (UHF, 1983–1992)
    • 29 (UHF, 1992–1995)
    • 24 (UHF, 1995–2003)
    • 34 (UHF, 2003–2010)


    Digital:
    34 (UHF, 2010-2021)

    Former affiliations

  • Almavision (2003-2017)
    • Technical information[1]

    Licensing authority

    		FCC
    Facility ID6040
    ERP2kW
    Transmitter coordinates25°59′35.32″N 80°10′26.17″W / 25.9931444°N 80.1739361°W / 25.9931444; -80.1739361
    Links

    Public license information

    		LMS
    Websitewww.estrellatv.com

    WVFW-LD, virtual and VHF digital channel 8, is a low-power Estrella TV owned-and-operated television stationinMiami, Florida, United States. The station is owned by Estrella Media. It was the network's second affiliate in the market; Estrella TV previously affiliated in Miami with the second subchannel of Sunbeam Television's Fox affiliate, WSVN (channel 7) to provide full-market coverage to South Florida. WSVN-DT2 switched to Light TV on July 14, 2017, temporarily leaving Estrella without much Miami cable coverage.[2] The station allows homes that have trouble receiving WGEN's VHF signal or only a UHF antenna to receive WGEN in some form.

    WVFW-LD's signal also served a second purpose, as it provided the signal source for Estrella's national feed carried by pay television providers in markets without an Estrella TV affiliate on terrestrial TV. This was seen in the feed top-of-the-hour station identification sequence, which formerly identified WVFW-LD. Previously, the station was owned by and aired programming from Almavision, and its life dates back to 1983, when it was launched as a Monroe County-owned repeater station of PBS member station WPBT (channel 2) licensed to Marathon.

    WVFW-LD's future fate is undetermined in the wake of Liberman's announcement of the purchase of Key West-licensed WGEN-TV (channel 8) on January 8, 2018 (it began to carry Estrella TV on March 1 and also became the national pay television source), though WGEN has guaranteed full carriage in the Miami area.[2] However, it has been retained as its transmitter decently covers Miami and Fort Lauderdale, whereas WGEN has to use several repeaters to cover the inner core of the Miami/Fort Lauderdale metro.

    Digital television[edit]

    Digital channels[edit]

    Channel Video Aspect Short name Programming[3]
    8.1 720p 16:9 WGEN-HD SimulcastofWGEN-TV / Estrella TV
    8.3 480i SHOP-LC Simulcast of WGEN-DT3 / Shop LC

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WVFW-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  • ^ a b Jacobson, Adam (January 5, 2018). "Exclusive: 'Estrella TV' Ready For A Big Miami Return". Radio & Television Business Report. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
  • ^ "WVFW-Ld Miami, Fl".

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