WTVX
Encyclopedia
WTVX is the CW
-affiliated television station
for West Palm Beach, Florida
that is licensed to Fort Pierce
. It broadcasts a high definition
digital signal on UHF channel 34 from a transmitter southwest of Palm City
and I-95
in Martin County
. Owned by the Four Points Media Group
and operated by the Nexstar Broadcasting Group
through a local service agreement
(LSA), the station is a sister to Class A
MyNetworkTV
affiliate WTCN-CA
and Class A Azteca America
affiliate WWHB-CA
. All three share studios in a high-rise office building at the corner of Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard and North Congress Avenue in West Palm Beach.
Despite WTVX's call sign, it was never owned by the TVX Broadcast Group
which coincidentally was a predecessor to former owner Paramount Stations Group
, now called CBS Television Stations
. Syndicated
programming on WTVX includes: Friends
, That '70s Show
, Two and a Half Men
and Judge Judy
. It can be seen on Comcast
channel 4 (in Palm Beach
, Martin, southern St. Lucie
and Indian River
Counties).
The station transmitted on UHF channel 50 during the DTV transition
, but switched to transmitting digital television exclusively on channel 34 before the June 12 cut-off date.
WTVX added the Retro Television Network
(RTV) on its fourth digital subchannel and Comcast
digital channel 225, though this was dropped in favor of LATV
on June 29, 2010; WHDT
became the area's RTV affiliate several months later.
affiliate. The station was originally owned by Indian River Television and based out of a small building along U.S. 1
just south of the St. Lucie/Indian River County line. Prior to the station becoming a CBS affiliate, the network was seen via Miami
affiliate WTVJ
. Even after WTVX signed on, its signal wasn't nearly as powerful as WTVJ, who continued to be recognized as the CBS affiliate for the Palm Beaches; it was not until the 1980s that cable penetration allowed WTVX to gain a Palm Beach audience. In 1987, NBC
bought WTVJ. CBS needed a new Miami affiliate and purchased WCIX
, which had a Grade B signal in Fort Lauderdale
. West Palm Beach stations WPTV and WPEC
had Grade A signals there; this forced CBS to switch its West Palm Beach affiliate on January 1, 1989 to WPEC. As ABC
decided to go from WPEC to new sign-on WPBF
, WTVX was forced to become an independent station once again.
During the day, the station showed movies, drama shows and talk shows. By the summer of 1989, it became more of a traditional independent station with sitcoms and cartoons being added to its schedule. Most of WTVX's shows were to have originally aired on WPBF before that station made the decision to affiliate with ABC. In 1990, WTVX was sold to Krypton Broadcasting. In 1995, Paramount
/Viacom
joined with Chris Craft/United Television to form the United Paramount Network (UPN
). WTVX immediately became an affiliate of this network and became an owned-and-operated station
upon Viacom's acquisition of the station in 1997. By the late-1990s, it had started to move away from cartoons and sitcoms adding more talk/reality and court shows. In the early-2000s, WTVX started to carry The WB
on a secondary basis. Programming from that network aired after UPN prime time. The station soon rebranded from "UPN 34" to "TVX 34" which was based on its call letters. In Fall 2005, WTCN-CA
(then a little-known community access channel) became the area's new WB affiliate after Viacom's acquisition of that station. As a result, WTVX reverted to solely being a UPN station and returned to the "UPN 34" branding.
On January 24, 2006, The WB and UPN announced that they would end broadcasting and merge. The new combined network would be called The CW
. WTVX was announced as becoming the area's affiliate of the new network because it was full-powered and owned by CBS. On February 7, 2007, CBS agreed to sell seven of its smaller-market
stations to Cerberus Capital Management
(including WTVX, WTCN, and WWHB) for $185 million. Cerberus formed a new holding company for the stations, Four Points Media Group
, who took over the operation of the stations through local marketing agreement
s in late June 2007. The group deal closed on January 10, 2008. Until the sale to Four Points, WTVX was one of three former CBS affiliates that later became CW stations that were owned by CBS; the other two are KSTW
in Seattle
/Tacoma, Washington
and WPCW
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
, both of which are still owned by the network. During CBS ownership, some internal operations of WTVX, WTCN, and WWHB were based at WFOR-TV
's studios in Miami. As of February 25, 2008, these three stations are now being operated from Four Points' hub facilities at KUTV in Salt Lake City, Utah
.
On September 8, 2011, Sinclair Broadcast Group
announced its intent to purchase Four Points from Cerberus Capital Management for $200 million; Sinclair will begin managing the stations, including WTVX, under local marketing agreements following antitrust approval, until the close of the sale, which is expected in early 2012. Sinclair subsequently announced the acquisition of the television station division of Freedom Communications
, owner of WPEC, which will result in WTVX becoming a sister station to WPEC.
As a CBS affiliate, WTVX operated a news department from its studios in Fort Pierce and maintained newsrooms in Stuart and West Palm Beach. Soon after the loss of the affiliation, it began to phase out its newscasts eventually ceasing completely by Summer 1989. At one point as a CW affiliate, the station aired news updates under the title CW News Now on its website. In Summer 2008, WTVX created a new news department (and on August 4) debuted CW West Palm News At 10. This production initially aired seven nights a week for 35 minutes and in high definition
starting on September 15. As its first news broadcast to air in nearly twenty years, it competed with the well-established 10 o'clock news on Fox affiliate WFLX
. As was the case with that station, WTVX's broadcast also rated in the Miami/Fort Lauderdale market where it competed with similar newscasts on WSVN
and WBFS-TV
.
At some point in time, the Saturday night broadcast was dropped. On March 2, 2009, WTVX moved the show to weeknights at 6:30 when the national news programs air on the big three stations. On June 8, 2009, the station discontinued its newscast altogether. Throughout its life, the CW newscast was produced by owner Four Points Media Group in conjunction with sister station KUTV. The news originated from a secondary set at that station's studios on Main Street in downtown Salt Lake City. WTVX's studios functioned as a news bureau with two reporters local to West Palm Beach. It continues to air the nationally syndicated
morning show The Daily Buzz
on weekday mornings from 7 to 8 that is produced from studios on the campus of Full Sail University in Orlando, Florida
. There is also a public affairs show called Around Our Town that is aired Tuesday and Thursday mornings at 8 and on Sunday mornings at 7 hosted by Aneta Sewell.
With Sinclair's purchase of WTVX and its subsequent purchase of WPEC, it is unknown if another attempt at a 10 p.m. newscast will be aired on WTVX.
The CW Television Network
The CW Television Network is a television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006–2007 television season. It is a joint venture between CBS Corporation, the former owners of United Paramount Network , and Time Warner's Warner Bros., former majority owner of The WB...
-affiliated television station
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
for West Palm Beach, Florida
West Palm Beach, Florida
West Palm Beach, is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and is the most populous city in and county seat of Palm Beach County, the third most populous county in Florida with a 2010 population of 1,320,134. The city is also the oldest incorporated municipality in South Florida...
that is licensed to Fort Pierce
Fort Pierce, Florida
Fort Pierce, also spelled Ft. Pierce, is a city in St. Lucie County, Florida, USA. It is known as The Sunrise City. The population was 37,959 at the 2004 census. As of 2008, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 41,000. It is the county seat of St. Lucie County.Fort Pierce is part...
. It broadcasts a high definition
High-definition television
High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...
digital signal on UHF channel 34 from a transmitter southwest of Palm City
Palm City, Florida
Palm City is a census-designated place in Martin County, Florida, United States. The population was 20,097 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Port St...
and I-95
Interstate 95 in Florida
Interstate 95 is the main Interstate Highway on the east coast of the United States; it serves the Atlantic coast of Florida. It begins at a partial interchange with U.S. Highway 1 just south of downtown Miami, and heads north past Daytona Beach and Jacksonville to the Georgia state line at the St...
in Martin County
Martin County, Florida
Martin County is a county in the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2000, the population was 126,731. The U.S. Census Bureau 2008 estimate for the county is 138,660. Its county seat is Stuart, Florida.- History :...
. Owned by the Four Points Media Group
Four Points Media Group
Four Points Media Group LLC is a television station holding company founded by the private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management in 2007 with its purchase of seven television stations previously owned by CBS Television Stations, a subsidiary of CBS Corporation.Four Points Media Group took over...
and operated by the Nexstar Broadcasting Group
Nexstar Broadcasting Group
Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc., is an entity of broadcast television stations headquartered in Irving, Texas. The company consists of 50 television stations across the U.S., ranging from market sizes 9 to 201 . 43 of the stations are broadcasting at full power, with the other 4 broadcasting at...
through a local service agreement
Local marketing agreement
In U.S. and Canadian broadcasting, a local marketing agreement is an agreement in which one company agrees to operate a radio or television station owned by another licensee...
(LSA), the station is a sister to Class A
Class A television service
The class A television service is a system for regulating some low-power television stations in the United States. Class A stations are denoted by the broadcast callsign suffix "-CA" or "-CD" , although very many analog -CA stations have a digital companion channel that was assigned the -LD...
MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation...
affiliate WTCN-CA
WTCN-CA
WTCN-CA is the Class A MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station for West Palm Beach, Florida. It broadcasts a low-powered analog signal on UHF channel 50 from a transmitter south of Port Saint Lucie and I-95 in Martin County...
and Class A Azteca America
Azteca América
Azteca América is a broadcast television network marketed toward Spanish-speaking families residing in the United States. As a rapidly-growing Spanish language network, Azteca América now reaches 89% of the Hispanic households in the U.S., operating in sixty-two markets nationwide. Wholly owned by...
affiliate WWHB-CA
WWHB-CA
WWHB-CA is an Azteca América affiliate in West Palm Beach, Florida, but actually licensed to Stuart. Owned by the Four Points Media Group and operated under a local service agreement by the Nexstar Broadcasting Group, WWHB is sister station to CW and RTN affiliate WTVX and MyNetworkTV affiliate...
. All three share studios in a high-rise office building at the corner of Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard and North Congress Avenue in West Palm Beach.
Despite WTVX's call sign, it was never owned by the TVX Broadcast Group
TVX Broadcast Group
The TVX Broadcast Group was an American media company that owned a group of UHF television stations during the 1980s. Originally known as the Television Corporation, the company was headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia, and was founded by a group of Norfolk-area businessmen led by Timothy McDonald...
which coincidentally was a predecessor to former owner Paramount Stations Group
Paramount Stations Group
Paramount Stations Group was a television broadcasting company that was renamed from the TVX Broadcast Group in 1991 after Paramount Pictures gained full ownership of the group. At the time, it owned several Fox affiliates and independent stations...
, now called CBS Television Stations
CBS Television Stations
The CBS Television Stations are a group of television stations owned by CBS Corporation. As of 2009, CBS Corporation owns 28 stations, broken down as follows: 14 are the key stations of the CBS Television Network ; nine are aligned with the CW Television Network, which is co-owned by CBS with Time...
. Syndicated
Television syndication
In broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast radio shows and television shows by multiple radio stations and television stations, without going through a broadcast network, though the process of syndication may conjure up structures like those of a network itself, by its very...
programming on WTVX includes: Friends
Friends
Friends is an American sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994 to May 6, 2004. The series revolves around a group of friends in Manhattan. The series was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television...
, That '70s Show
That '70s Show
That '70s Show is an American television period sitcom that centers on the lives of a group of teenage friends living in the fictional suburban town of Point Place, Wisconsin, from May 17, 1976, to December 31, 1979...
, Two and a Half Men
Two and a Half Men
Two and a Half Men is an American television sitcom that premiered on CBS on September 22, 2003. Starring Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer, and Angus T. Jones, the show was originally about a hedonistic jingle writer, Charlie Harper; his uptight brother, Alan; and Alan's growing son, Jake...
and Judge Judy
Judge Judy
Judge Judy is an American court show featuring former family court judge Judith Sheindlin arbitrating over small claims cases in small claims court...
. It can be seen on Comcast
Comcast
Comcast Corporation is the largest cable operator, home Internet service provider, and fourth largest home telephone service provider in the United States, providing cable television, broadband Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers in 39 states and the...
channel 4 (in Palm Beach
Palm Beach County, Florida
Palm Beach County is the largest county in the state of Florida in total area, and third in population. As of 2010, the county's estimated population was 1,320,134, making it the twenty-eighth most populous in the United States...
, Martin, southern St. Lucie
St. Lucie County, Florida
St. Lucie County is a county located in the state of Florida. The county seat is the city of Fort Pierce. In the year 2000, the population was 192,695. As of the year 2010, the United States Census Bureau sets the population at 277,789.- History :...
and Indian River
Indian River County, Florida
Indian River County is a county located in the Treasure Coast region in the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2000, the population was 112,947. The U.S. Census Bureau 2005 estimate for the county is 128,594...
Counties).
Digital programming
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Name | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34.1 | 1080i 1080i 1080i is the shorthand name for a high-definition television mode. The i means interlaced video; 1080i differs from 1080p, in which the p stands for progressive scan. The term 1080i assumes a widescreen aspect ratio of 16:9, implying a frame size of 1920×1080 pixels... |
16:9 16:9 16:9 is an aspect ratio with a width of 16 units and height of 9. Since 2009, it has become the most common aspect ratio for sold televisions and computer monitors and is also the international standard format of HDTV, Full HD, non-HD digital television and analog widescreen television ... |
WTVX-HD | Main WTVX programming / The CW |
| 34.2 | 480i 480i 480i is the shorthand name for a video mode, namely the US NTSC television system or digital television systems with the same characteristics. The i, which is sometimes uppercase, stands for interlaced, the 480 for a vertical frame resolution of 480 lines containing picture information; while NTSC... |
4:3 | WWHB | Azteca America Azteca América Azteca América is a broadcast television network marketed toward Spanish-speaking families residing in the United States. As a rapidly-growing Spanish language network, Azteca América now reaches 89% of the Hispanic households in the U.S., operating in sixty-two markets nationwide. Wholly owned by... |
| 34.3 | WTCN | "My 15" | ||
| 34.4 | WTVX-DT4 | LATV LATV LATV is a bilingual music and entertainment network. LATV has been on the air in the Los Angeles market as KJLA since 2001 and is distributed through mostly digital television subchannels throughout the United States and Puerto Rico.... |
The station transmitted on UHF channel 50 during the DTV transition
DTV transition in the United States
The DTV transition in the United States was the switchover from analog to exclusively digital broadcasting of free over-the-air television programming...
, but switched to transmitting digital television exclusively on channel 34 before the June 12 cut-off date.
WTVX added the Retro Television Network
Retro Television Network
The Retro Television Network is a system of television stations that airs classic television shows as well as more recently produced programs...
(RTV) on its fourth digital subchannel and Comcast
Comcast
Comcast Corporation is the largest cable operator, home Internet service provider, and fourth largest home telephone service provider in the United States, providing cable television, broadband Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers in 39 states and the...
digital channel 225, though this was dropped in favor of LATV
LATV
LATV is a bilingual music and entertainment network. LATV has been on the air in the Los Angeles market as KJLA since 2001 and is distributed through mostly digital television subchannels throughout the United States and Puerto Rico....
on June 29, 2010; WHDT
WHDT
WHDT is an independent full service television station broadcasting in the West Palm Beach, Miami and Boston television markets. Founded May 25, 2000, the station is licensed to Stuart, Florida and is authorized to broadcast on RF channel 42 from a tower in Wellington, Florida, and on RF channel...
became the area's RTV affiliate several months later.
History
WTVX began operations as an independent station on April 5, 1962 and soon after became a CBSCBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
affiliate. The station was originally owned by Indian River Television and based out of a small building along U.S. 1
U.S. Route 1 in Florida
U.S. Route 1 in Florida runs along the state's east coast from Key West to its crossing of the St. Marys River into Georgia north of Boulogne, and south of Folkston. US 1 was designated through Florida when the U.S. Highway System was established in 1926.US 1 runs in the state of Florida, and...
just south of the St. Lucie/Indian River County line. Prior to the station becoming a CBS affiliate, the network was seen via Miami
Miami, Florida
Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...
affiliate WTVJ
WTVJ
WTVJ, virtual channel 6 , is an owned-and-operated television station of the NBC television network, located in Broward County. WTVJ shares its TV studio and office facility with co-owned Telemundo station WSCV in Miramar, Florida, and its transmitter is located near Sun Life Stadium in north...
. Even after WTVX signed on, its signal wasn't nearly as powerful as WTVJ, who continued to be recognized as the CBS affiliate for the Palm Beaches; it was not until the 1980s that cable penetration allowed WTVX to gain a Palm Beach audience. In 1987, NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
bought WTVJ. CBS needed a new Miami affiliate and purchased WCIX
WFOR-TV
WFOR-TV, virtual channel 4.1 , is the CBS owned-and-operated station in Miami, Florida. WFOR shares its TV studio facilities with sister station WBFS-TV in Doral, near Miami International Airport, and its transmitter is located in Miramar.WFOR-TV also previously had two translator stations in the...
, which had a Grade B signal in Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Fort Lauderdale is a city in the U.S. state of Florida, on the Atlantic coast. It is the county seat of Broward County. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 165,521. It is a principal city of the South Florida metropolitan area, which was home to 5,564,635 people at the 2010...
. West Palm Beach stations WPTV and WPEC
WPEC
WPEC is the CBS-affiliated television station for the Gold and Treasure Coasts of South Florida. Licensed to West Palm Beach, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 13 from a transmitter in Lake Worth along U.S. 441/SR 7. The station is the flagship of Freedom Communications...
had Grade A signals there; this forced CBS to switch its West Palm Beach affiliate on January 1, 1989 to WPEC. As ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
decided to go from WPEC to new sign-on WPBF
WPBF
WPBF is the ABC-affiliated television station for the Gold and Treasure Coasts of South Florida. Licensed to Tequesta, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 16 from a transmitter in Palm City southwest of I-95. Owned by Hearst Television, the station has studios on RCA...
, WTVX was forced to become an independent station once again.
During the day, the station showed movies, drama shows and talk shows. By the summer of 1989, it became more of a traditional independent station with sitcoms and cartoons being added to its schedule. Most of WTVX's shows were to have originally aired on WPBF before that station made the decision to affiliate with ABC. In 1990, WTVX was sold to Krypton Broadcasting. In 1995, Paramount
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...
/Viacom
Viacom
Viacom Inc. , short for "Video & Audio Communications", is an American media conglomerate with interests primarily in, but not limited to, cinema and cable television...
joined with Chris Craft/United Television to form the United Paramount Network (UPN
UPN
United Paramount Network was a television network that was broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States from 1995 to 2006. UPN was originally owned by Viacom/Paramount and Chris-Craft Industries, the former of which, through the Paramount Television Group, produced most of the network's...
). WTVX immediately became an affiliate of this network and became an owned-and-operated station
Owned-and-operated station
In the broadcasting industry , an owned-and-operated station usually refers to a television station or radio station that is owned by the network with which it is associated...
upon Viacom's acquisition of the station in 1997. By the late-1990s, it had started to move away from cartoons and sitcoms adding more talk/reality and court shows. In the early-2000s, WTVX started to carry The WB
The WB Television Network
The WB Television Network is a former television network in the United States that was launched on January 11, 1995 as a joint venture between Warner Bros. and Tribune Broadcasting. On January 24, 2006, CBS Corporation and Warner Bros...
on a secondary basis. Programming from that network aired after UPN prime time. The station soon rebranded from "UPN 34" to "TVX 34" which was based on its call letters. In Fall 2005, WTCN-CA
WTCN-CA
WTCN-CA is the Class A MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station for West Palm Beach, Florida. It broadcasts a low-powered analog signal on UHF channel 50 from a transmitter south of Port Saint Lucie and I-95 in Martin County...
(then a little-known community access channel) became the area's new WB affiliate after Viacom's acquisition of that station. As a result, WTVX reverted to solely being a UPN station and returned to the "UPN 34" branding.
On January 24, 2006, The WB and UPN announced that they would end broadcasting and merge. The new combined network would be called The CW
The CW Television Network
The CW Television Network is a television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006–2007 television season. It is a joint venture between CBS Corporation, the former owners of United Paramount Network , and Time Warner's Warner Bros., former majority owner of The WB...
. WTVX was announced as becoming the area's affiliate of the new network because it was full-powered and owned by CBS. On February 7, 2007, CBS agreed to sell seven of its smaller-market
Media market
A media market, broadcast market, media region, designated market area , Television Market Area , or simply market is a region where the population can receive the same television and radio station offerings, and may also include other types of media including newspapers and Internet content...
stations to Cerberus Capital Management
Cerberus Capital Management
Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. is one of the largest private equity investment firms in the United States. The firm is based in New York City, and run by -year-old financier Steve Feinberg. Former U.S...
(including WTVX, WTCN, and WWHB) for $185 million. Cerberus formed a new holding company for the stations, Four Points Media Group
Four Points Media Group
Four Points Media Group LLC is a television station holding company founded by the private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management in 2007 with its purchase of seven television stations previously owned by CBS Television Stations, a subsidiary of CBS Corporation.Four Points Media Group took over...
, who took over the operation of the stations through local marketing agreement
Local marketing agreement
In U.S. and Canadian broadcasting, a local marketing agreement is an agreement in which one company agrees to operate a radio or television station owned by another licensee...
s in late June 2007. The group deal closed on January 10, 2008. Until the sale to Four Points, WTVX was one of three former CBS affiliates that later became CW stations that were owned by CBS; the other two are KSTW
KSTW
KSTW is a television station serving the Seattle, Washington media market. It is owned by CBS Corporation, and is a part of The CW Television Network. It broadcasts its digital signal on VHF channel 11...
in Seattle
Seattle, Washington
Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...
/Tacoma, Washington
Tacoma, Washington
Tacoma is a mid-sized urban port city and the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. The city is on Washington's Puget Sound, southwest of Seattle, northeast of the state capital, Olympia, and northwest of Mount Rainier National Park. The population was 198,397, according to...
and WPCW
WPCW
WPCW is a The CW-affiliated television station for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that is licensed to Jeannette. WPCW is owned by the CBS Corporation and serves as an affiliate of The CW Television Network for the television market...
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...
, both of which are still owned by the network. During CBS ownership, some internal operations of WTVX, WTCN, and WWHB were based at WFOR-TV
WFOR-TV
WFOR-TV, virtual channel 4.1 , is the CBS owned-and-operated station in Miami, Florida. WFOR shares its TV studio facilities with sister station WBFS-TV in Doral, near Miami International Airport, and its transmitter is located in Miramar.WFOR-TV also previously had two translator stations in the...
's studios in Miami. As of February 25, 2008, these three stations are now being operated from Four Points' hub facilities at KUTV in Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC. With a population of 186,440 as of the 2010 Census, the city lies in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, which has a total population of 1,124,197...
.
On September 8, 2011, Sinclair Broadcast Group
Sinclair Broadcast Group
The Sinclair Broadcast Group is an American telecommunications company that operates the largest number of local television stations in the United States. Headquartered in Hunt Valley, Maryland, it owns a total of 57 stations across the country in 35 primarily small and medium markets, many of...
announced its intent to purchase Four Points from Cerberus Capital Management for $200 million; Sinclair will begin managing the stations, including WTVX, under local marketing agreements following antitrust approval, until the close of the sale, which is expected in early 2012. Sinclair subsequently announced the acquisition of the television station division of Freedom Communications
Freedom Communications
Freedom Communications, Inc. is a media conglomerate in the United States. It owns approximately 100 daily and weekly newspapers in the US, with a combined daily circulation of nearly one million subscribers, and also operates over seventy local news websites...
, owner of WPEC, which will result in WTVX becoming a sister station to WPEC.
News operation
High-definition television
High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...
starting on September 15. As its first news broadcast to air in nearly twenty years, it competed with the well-established 10 o'clock news on Fox affiliate WFLX
WFLX
WFLX is the Fox-affiliated television station for the Gold and Treasure Coasts of South Florida. Licensed to West Palm Beach, the station broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 28 from a transmitter in Lake Worth west of US 441/SR 7. The station can also be seen on Comcast...
. As was the case with that station, WTVX's broadcast also rated in the Miami/Fort Lauderdale market where it competed with similar newscasts on WSVN
WSVN
WSVN, channel 7, is a television station located in Miami, Florida, USA. WSVN is owned by Sunbeam Television, and is an affiliate of the Fox Broadcasting Company. The station has its studio facilities located in North Bay Village and transmitter based in north Miami-Dade County.WSVN operates a Key...
and WBFS-TV
WBFS-TV
WBFS-TV is the MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station for South Florida that is licensed to Miami. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 32 from a transmitter in Miramar. Owned by the CBS Corporation, the station is sister to CBS affiliate WFOR-TV and the two share...
.
At some point in time, the Saturday night broadcast was dropped. On March 2, 2009, WTVX moved the show to weeknights at 6:30 when the national news programs air on the big three stations. On June 8, 2009, the station discontinued its newscast altogether. Throughout its life, the CW newscast was produced by owner Four Points Media Group in conjunction with sister station KUTV. The news originated from a secondary set at that station's studios on Main Street in downtown Salt Lake City. WTVX's studios functioned as a news bureau with two reporters local to West Palm Beach. It continues to air the nationally syndicated
Television syndication
In broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast radio shows and television shows by multiple radio stations and television stations, without going through a broadcast network, though the process of syndication may conjure up structures like those of a network itself, by its very...
morning show The Daily Buzz
The Daily Buzz
The Daily Buzz is a nationally syndicated breakfast television news and infotainment program. The show is produced by Fisher Communications and is owned and distributed by ACME Communications; it is broadcast every weekday morning from studios at Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida...
on weekday mornings from 7 to 8 that is produced from studios on the campus of Full Sail University in Orlando, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...
. There is also a public affairs show called Around Our Town that is aired Tuesday and Thursday mornings at 8 and on Sunday mornings at 7 hosted by Aneta Sewell.
With Sinclair's purchase of WTVX and its subsequent purchase of WPEC, it is unknown if another attempt at a 10 p.m. newscast will be aired on WTVX.
Newscast titles
- X•34 (1962-1980)
- News Source 34 (1980-1984)
- WTVX News (1984-1988)
- CW West Palm News at 10 (2008-2009)
- CW West Palm News at 6:30 (2009)
Station slogans
- "I got to know 'em!" (1974-1986)
- "The Spirit of the Treasure Coast" (1986-1992)
- "Good Time TV!" (2002-2006)
- "Free to be CW" (2006-2007, used to promote switch to The CW)
- "All Your News in Half the Time" (2008-2009)