WFPA-CD

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WFPA-CD
WFPA-CD Logo.png
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
United States
ChannelsDigital: 35 (UHF)
Virtual: 28
BrandingUniMás Philadelphia
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerTelevisaUnivision USA
(WXTV License Partnership, G.P.)
WUVP-DT, WMGM-TV
News share agreement:
WPVI-TV, WPHL-TV
History
First air date
June 10, 1981 (40 years ago) (1981-06-10)
Former call signs
W35AB (1981–1995)
WXTV-LP (1995–2001)
WFPA-CA (2001–2015)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
35 (UHF, 1981–1990)
28 (UHF, 1990–2015)
Digital:
28 (UHF, 2015–2019)
Former affiliations
SIN/Univision (via WXTV, 1981–2002)
TeleFutura (2002–2013)
Call sign meaning
Telefutura Pennsylvania
(former name of UniMás)
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID74216
ClassCD
ERP5.7 kW
6.58 kW (CP)
HAAT357 m (1,171 ft)
Transmitter coordinates40°02′30.1″N 75°14′10.1″W / 40.041694°N 75.236139°W / 40.041694; -75.236139Coordinates: 40°02′30.1″N 75°14′10.1″W / 40.041694°N 75.236139°W / 40.041694; -75.236139
Links
Public license information
Profile
LMS
WebsiteUniMás TV website

WFPA-CD, virtual channel 28 (UHF digital channel 35), is a low-powered, Class A UniMás owned-and-operated television station licensed to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Owned by the Univision Local Media subsidiary of TelevisaUnivision USA, it is sister to the group's duopoly of Vineland, New Jersey–licensed Univision owned-and-operated station WUVP-DT (channel 65) and Wildwood, New Jersey–licensed True Crime Network affiliate WMGM-TV (channel 40). The three stations share studios on North Delsea Drive in Vineland; WFPA-CD's transmitter is located in the Roxborough section of Philadelphia.

History[]

The station originally operated as a repeater of New York City's Univision owned-and-operated station, WXTV. It was first licensed as a translator, W35AB, operating on UHF channel 35. After WYBE was granted a license to operate a full-power station on channel 35, the translator moved to channel 28 and was ultimately relicensed as a low-power station, WXTV-LP (although the station was instead branded as Univision 42). In 2002, Univision Communications acquired WUVP (channel 65), and moved its programming there. Channel 28 began to air programming from the then-new TeleFutura network (which relaunched as UniMás in January 2013), and its call letters were changed to WFPA-CA.

In June 2006, the station was added to Philadelphia area Comcast systems on digital cable channel 251. WFPA is also available to DirecTV customers as part of the Philadelphia local channel package, as well as on FiOS in widescreen SD via WUVP-DT 65.2.

In some areas of the market, especially those north of Philadelphia, WFPA's signal causes some reception issues with the digital signal of New York City's WNBC, which also broadcasts its digital signal on channel 35 (remapped to virtual channel 4).

On June 3, 2015, the station was licensed for digital operation and changed its call sign to WFPA-CD.

Technical information[]

Subchannels[]

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect Short name Programming[1]
28.1 720p 16:9 WFPA-CD Main WFPA-CD programming / UniMás
28.2 480i 4:3 GetTV GetTV
28.3 16:9 Quest Quest
28.4 Twist Twist

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