WCEA-LD
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Boston, Massachusetts United States | |
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Channels | Digital: 36 (UHF) Virtual: 26 |
Branding | Cuencavision MAS TV |
Programming | |
Subchannels | 26.1 MAS TV 26.2 teleSUR 26.3 Cristovisión 26.4 Telemicro 26.5 Telecentro 26.6 Tele Antillas |
Affiliations | Spanish Independent |
Ownership | |
Owner | C&M Broadcasting Corporation |
History | |
First air date | 1986 |
Former call signs | W19AH (1986–1995) WCEA-LP (1995–2011) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 19 (1986–2002) 3 (2002) 58 (2002–2011) Digital: 58 (2011-2018) 45 (2012-2021) |
Telemundo | |
Call sign meaning | Cuenca |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 168497 |
ERP | 15 kW |
Transmitter coordinates | 42°20′57.0″N 71°4′31.0″W / 42.349167°N 71.075278°W |
Links | |
Website | www.cuencavisiontv.com |
WCEA-LD, virtual channel 26, is a Spanish language low-power television station serving the Boston market. The station is owned by C&M Broadcasting Corporation. WCEA-LD is co-owned with El Planeta, a local Spanish language newspaper.
History[]
WCEA-LD was founded by Pedro Nicolas Cuenca in 1986 as W19AH, becoming WCEA-LP in 1995. It has always been a platform for local multicultural independent producers in the Boston market. The station also served as Boston's Telemundo affiliate in the early 1990s, before W32AY (now WYCN-LD in Providence, Rhode Island) signed on in 1995.[1]
Initially broadcasting on channel 19, WCEA-LP was forced to vacate the channel to accommodate the digital signal of WGBH-TV.[2] In 2002, it moved to channel 3 via special temporary authority,[3] but its application for the channel was subsequently dismissed by the Federal Communications Commission due to objections from other Boston stations, AT&T Broadband, and RCN;[4] soon thereafter, WCEA-LP relocated to channel 58.[2]
Since December 2010, Massachusetts Spanish TV Network (MAS TV) has partnered with WCEA-LD to provide programming, including local newscasts at 6 a.m. and noon.[5]
In the early 2010s, WCEA-LP had two applications convert to digital operations on channels 44 and 45, with both specifying a transmitter location atop the John Hancock Tower; the station ultimately chose to build the channel 45 facility.[6]
Digital Television[]
Digital channels[]
- 26.1 main WCEA-LD programming / MAS TV
- 26.2 teleSUR Boston
- 26.3 Cristovisión
- 26.4 Telemicro
- 26.5 Telecentro
- 26.6 Tele Antillas
References[]
- ^ Fybush, Scott D (April 10, 1995). "New England Radio Watcher: Long Time, No Post". rec.radio.broadcasting. Google Groups. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
- ^ a b Fybush, Scott (November 11, 2002). "WCVB, South Jersey Police Meet Tropospheric Ducting". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
- ^ "Application Search Details (WCEA-LP channel 3)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
- ^ "Legal Action Information (WCEA-LP channel 3)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
- ^ New network expands Spanish-language options
- ^ "Application for a Low Power TV, TV Translator or TV Booster Station License". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. November 19, 2012. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
External links[]
- Official website
- WCEA in the FCC TV station database
- BIAfn's Media Web Database — Information on WCEA-LD
- Cuban-American culture
- Low-power television stations in the United States
- Dominican-American culture
- Hispanic and Latino American culture in Boston
- Puerto Rican culture in the United States
- Spanish-language mass media in Massachusetts
- Spanish-language television stations in Massachusetts
- Television channels and stations established in 1986
- Television stations in Boston
- Northeastern United States television station stubs