WFTT-TV

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WFTT-TV

Tampa, Florida
Branding	Telefutura 50
Channels	50 (UHF) analog, 47 digital channel affiliations = Telefutura digital
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Owner	Univision (managed by Entravision)
Founded	February 1, 1988
Call letters meaning	W TeleFuTura Tampa, or W FifTy Tampa
Former callsigns	WBHS (1988-2002)
Former affiliations	HSN (1988-2002)

WFTT-TV is the Telefutura affiliate for Tampa Bay, owned by Univision and operated by Entravision, owners of WVEA-TV. The station, which broadcasts on UHF channel 50, is based at WVEA's studios on Hillsborough Avenue in Tampa, and transmits from Riverview.

WFTT can be seen on cable throughout the Bay Area on Bright House channel 5, it is seen on Comcast in Sarasota County on channel 23.

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WFTT signed on in 1987 as WBHS, the flagship station of the Home Shopping Network, running its programming 24 hours a day. HSN programming was supplemented with locally produced public affairs and human interest briefs for four and a half minutes each hour, which exceeded the number of hours independent stations provided local programming (over 12 broadcast hours a week, counting repeats). Sundays were devoted to required E/I children's programming, including 1970s shows like "New Zoo Revue", to expose them to a younger audience.

WBHS's original owner was HSN's broadcasting arm Silver King Broadcasting. In 1993, Barry Diller and Universal acquired HSN, renaming it USA Broadcasting. USA originally had plans for a new chain of independents on these stations, but the idea didn't expand farther than Miami, Atlanta, Dallas and Boston. WBHS remained an HSN station until January 14, 2002.

In 2002, Univision bolstered its audience and launched a new second Spanish network, Telefutura, through the acquisition of USA's stations. With Univsion already on WVEA, channel 50 became a Telefutura affiliate, with new calls WFTT.

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Query the FCC's TV station database for WFTT-TV

Broadcast television in the Tampa / St. Petersburg / Sarasota market (Nielsen DMA #12)

WEDU 3 (PBS) - WFLA 8 (NBC) - WTSP 10 (CBS) - WTVT 13 (Fox) - WLWA-LP 14 (Ind/Rel) - WPDS-LP 14 (Edu.) - W15CM 15 (AS) - WUSF 16 (PBS) - WHRT-CA 17 (Ind) - WSVT-CA 18 (DS) - WARP-CA 20 (MTV2) - WCLF 22 (CTN) - WXAX-LP 26 (AZA) - WFTS 28 (ABC) - WTAM-LP 30 (Multimedios) - WMOR 32 (Ind) - W33CC 33 (AS) - W34AW 34 (3ABN) - WSPF-CA 35 (St. Pete city access) - W36CO 36 (TBN) - WTTA 38 (MNTV) - WWSB 40 (ABC) - W43CE 43 (Ind) - WTOG 44 (The CW) - W48CN 48 (TBN) - WZRA-CA 48 (Ethnic/A1/NTV/CTV/DW) - WRMD-LP 49 (TEL) - WFTT 50 (TFU) - W56EB 56 (TBN) - W60CE 60 (TBN) - WVEA 62 (UNI) - WXPX 66 (ION)
Local digital television channels
WYKE-LP 47 (FN)
Local cable television channels
Bay News 9 - SNN News 6 - Catch 47 - FSN Florida - Sun Sports
Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations Reception may vary by geographical location
Fort Myers: WINK 11 (CBS) - WFTX 36 (Fox) Orlando: WKMG 6 (CBS) - WFTV 9 (ABC) - WOFL 35 (Fox) Gainesville: WUFT 5 (PBS)

Spanish-Language Television Stations in the state of Florida

Miami - Fort Lauderdale: WGEN 8 (Spanish Independent, Key West) - WSBS 22 (Spanish Independent, Key West) - WLTV 23 (Univision, Miami) - WJAN-CA 41 (Spanish Independent / CNN Español, Miami) - WSCV 51 (Telemundo, Fort Lauderdale) - WEYS-LP 56 (ALMA, Miami) - WAMI 69 (TeleFutura, Hollywood)
Tampa - St. Petersburg: WXAX-LP 26 (Azteca América, Tampa) - WTAM-LP 30 (Multimedios, Tampa) - WRMD-LP 49 (Telemundo, Tampa) - WFTT 50 (TeleFutura, Tampa) - WVEA 62 (Univision, Venice)
Orlando - Daytona Beach - Melbourne: WTMO 15 (Telemundo, Kissimmee) - W21AU 21 (Azteca América, Orlando) - WVEN 26 (Univision, Daytona Beach) - WOTF 43 (TeleFutura, Melbourne)
West Palm Beach - Fort Pierce: WWHB-CA 48 (Azteca América, Stuart)
Fort Myers - Naples: WUVF-CA 2/WTLE-LP 18 (Univision, Naples/Ft. Myers) - WTPH-LP 14 (Azteca América, Ft. Myers) - WWDT-CA 43 (Telemundo, Naples) - WLZE-LP 65 (TeleFutura, Ft. Myers)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, NBC, PBS, Religious, and Other stations in Florida

Univision Communications (a subsidiary of TPG Capital, L.P.)

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Television Networks: Galavisión | TeleFutura | Univision

Record Labels: Univision Records | Fonovisa | Disa Records

Other Television Stations: KUVI (MNTV affiliate) | WSTE (Independent)³

¹Univision owns the licenses. However these stations are operated by Entravision under a Local Marketing Agreement.

²Univision owns the license. However this station operates in a Joint Sales Agreement with Entravision.

³The station is locally owned. However thorugh WLII and WSUR-TV, Univision operates the station under a Local Marketing Agreement.

Annual Revenue: $2.9 billion USD (2006) | Employees: 4,233 | Stock Symbols: None, privately held. | Website: www.univision.net

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