WRMD-CD

Telemundo TV station in Tampa, Florida
27°50′51.5″N 82°15′49.4″W / 27.847639°N 82.263722°W / 27.847639; -82.263722Links
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Websitewww.telemundo49.com

WRMD-CD (channel 49) is a low-power, Class A television station licensed to Tampa, Florida, United States, serving as the Tampa Bay Area's outlet for the Spanish-language network Telemundo. The station is owned and operated by NBCUniversal's Telemundo Station Group, and maintains studios on West Spruce Street in Tampa and a transmitter near Riverview, Florida.

History

The station first signed on the air on October 29, 1987, originally broadcasting on UHF channel 57 as an affiliate of Channel America. Shortly afterward, the station was acquired by ZGS Communications, which converted the station into the Tampa Bay market's new Telemundo affiliate. WRMD originally broadcast on UHF channel 57 until the early 2000s, when the station relocated to UHF channel 49, to make room for WTTA (channel 38)'s new digital signal on channel 57. In 2004, the station began to be carried on Bright House Networks' cable systems in portions of the Tampa Bay market outside of Tampa proper.

On December 4, 2017, NBCUniversal's Telemundo Station Group announced its purchase of ZGS' 13 television stations, including WRMD-CD.[2]

Local programming

Before it launched its own newscasts, WRMD aired simulcasts of WKAQ-TV newscasts from San Juan, Puerto Rico, along with weather forecasts from Orlando sister station WTMO-CD. The station launched a weekday-only news operation on September 9, 2014, and currently runs newscasts at 6 p.m. and 11 p.m.[3] The station also airs Florida Lottery drawings with Spanish language audio. On August 14, 2011, the station debuted its first locally produced program, a lifestyle and entertainment magazine program titled Holaciudad teve!, which airs Sundays at 6 p.m.[4]

On June 11, 2018, six months after the purchase by NBCUniversal, the station launched two half-hour afternoon newscasts at 5 and 5:30 p.m. in addition to the 6 p.m. show.[5]

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WRMD-CD[6]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
49.1 1080i 16:9 WRMD CD Telemundo
49.2 480i 4:3 XITOS TeleXitos
49.3 16:9 LX LX
49.3 Oxygen Oxygen

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WRMD-CD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Miller, Mark K. (December 4, 2017). "NBCU Adding ZGS Stations To Telemundo". TVNewsCheck. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  3. ^ "Telemundo Tampa launches weekday newscast". 9 September 2014.
  4. ^ St. Petersburg Times: "Tampa Telemundo affiliate debuts its only local show, Holaciudad teve!, on Sunday", August 12, 2011.
  5. ^ "Telemundo's KTDO el Paso and WRMD Tampa launch new afternoon newscasts". 7 June 2018.
  6. ^ RabbitEars TV Query for WRMD-CD

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1These stations are owned by Mission Broadcasting but operated by Nexstar under an LMA.
2These stations are owned by Londen Media Group but operated by Nexstar under a TBA.
3These stations are owned by Vaughan Media but operated by Nexstar under an LMA.
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