| Owner: Entravision Communications Slogan: "Univision
Orlando"
News: Noticias Orlando
Etc:
This is the
market's first full-power Spanish-language
station. It previously was WVEN-LP, Channel 63, a
low-power station. In 2000, it acquired
independent station WNTO-Channel 26, and moved to
its dial position. Channel 26, whose tower is
north of Pierson in northwest Volusia County,
improved the station's reach but it's still hard
to get over the air in Orange County. Also added
the market's first Spanish-language newscast in
2001, Monday-Friday at 6 and 11. The station
caters to the large Puerto Rican population in
Central Florida, and includes segments such as
"Today in Puerto Rico." It has had
content sharing agreements with WFTV-Channel 9
and now WESH-Channel 2, using some of the
stations' video for its newscasts. On the
weekends, it broadcasts "Las Noticias
Univision," based in Puerto Rico.
Station
History: Channel 26 was originally
part of "Florida's SuperStation," which
was a two-station setup that included
WAYQ-Channel 26 in Daytona and WAYK-Channel 56 in
Melbourne. The two stations aired lots of sports.
The end of WAYQ came on Jan. 16, 1991, the night
the U.S. attacked Iraq during Operation Desert
Storm. A military jet accidentally knocked off
the transmitter from Channel 26's tower. Channel
26 was dark from that point on for a number of
years until it re-emerged as an informercial
station and then WNTO (News Talk Orlando), which
aired right-wing and conservative talk programs
from the America's Voice network.
Digital
subchannel programming: None.
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