WRCF-CD

WRCF-CD (channel 29) is a low-power, Class A television station in Orlando, Florida, United States, broadcasting the Spanish-language UniMás network. It is owned and operated by TelevisaUnivision alongside Melbourne-licensed Univision outlet WVEN-TV (channel 43). Both stations share studios on Douglas Avenue in Altamonte Springs, while WRCF-CD's transmitter is located in unincorporated Bithlo, Florida.

WRCF-CD
Channels
BrandingUniMás Orlando
Programming
Affiliations29.1: UniMás
Ownership
Owner
WVEN-TV
History
First air date
October 17, 1991 (1991-10-17)
Former channel number(s)
Digital:
35 (UHF, until 2020)
Retro TV
The Country Network
Cheddar
Univision (via WVEN-TV, 2019−2021)
Call sign meaning
Winter Park, Central Florida
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID10549
ClassCD
ERP15 kW
HAAT193.1 m (634 ft)
Transmitter coordinates28°35′12.6″N 81°4′57.5″W
Translator(s)WVEN-TV 43.7 (22.7 UHF) Melbourne
Links
Public license information

Even though WRCF-CD operates a digital signal of its own, the low-power broadcasting radius only covers the immediate Orlando area. Therefore, in order to reach the entire market, it is simulcast in 720p high definition on WVEN-TV's seventh digital subchannel (43.7) from the same transmitter site.

Sale to Univision

On May 8, 2017, LocusPoint Networks agreed to sell WRCF-CD to Univision Communications' Univision Local Media for $2.5 million.[2] The sale was completed on August 14.[3]

On October 13, 2021, Entravision Communications announced that it was ceding control of WVEN-TV and WRCF-CD back to Univision along with the UniMás affiliation then held by WOTF.[4]

Technical information

Subchannel
Channel Video Aspect Short name Programming[5]
29.11080i16:9WRCF-CDMain WRCF-CD programming / UniMás

Sometime in 2019, WRCF-CD upgraded its channel into 1080i 16:9 high definition. It has previously been offered in 480i 4:3 standard definition.

Logos
  • Former WRCF-CD logo until 2020.
    Former WRCF-CD logo until 2020.

References
  1. "Facility Technical Data for WRCF-CD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License - Federal Communications Commission
  3. Consummation Notice CDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission, Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  4. Jacobson, Adam (October 13, 2021). "Entravision Cedes Univision Control In Three Markets". Radio and Television Business Report. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  5. RabbitEars TV Query for WRCF-CD. Retrieved November 20, 2022


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