WRMD-CD

WRMD-CD
Tampa Bay Area, Florida
United States
City Tampa, Florida
Branding Telemundo 49
Noticiero Telemundo 49 (newscasts)
Channels Digital: 49 (UHF)
(to move to 30 (UHF))
Virtual: 49 (PSIP)
Affiliations Telemundo (O&O)
Owner NBCUniversal
(NBC Telemundo License LLC)
First air date October 29, 1987 (1987-10-29)
Call letters' meaning W Radio Mundo (former calls of former sister radio station WGES)
Former callsigns W57BA (1987–1994)
Former affiliations Channel America
Transmitter power 15 kW
14 kW (CP)
Height 153.3 m (503 ft)
382.9 m (1,256 ft) (CP)
Class CD
Facility ID 74559
Transmitter coordinates 27°56′51″N 82°27′34″W / 27.94750°N 82.45944°W / 27.94750; -82.45944
27°50′51.5″N 82°15′49.4″W / 27.847639°N 82.263722°W / 27.847639; -82.263722 (CP)
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Profile
CDBS
Website www.telemundo49.com

WRMD-CD, virtual and UHF digital channel 49, is a low-powered, Class A Telemundo owned-and-operated television station licensed to Tampa, Florida, United States. The station is owned by the NBC Owned Television Stations subsidiary of NBCUniversal (itself a subsidiary of Comcast). WRMD's studios are located on West Spruce Street in Tampa, and its transmitter located atop the Park Tower in downtown Tampa.

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's 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.[1]

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[2]
49.11080i16:9WRMD CDMain WRMD-CD programming / Telemundo
49.2480i4:3ExitosTeleXitos

Local programming

WRMD-CD airs a simulcast of Telenoticias de Puerto Rico from Telemundo owned-and-operated station WKAQ-TV in San Juan each weeknight at 6:00 p.m. The station also airs one-minute local weather briefs throughout the day as well as Spanish-language Florida Lottery drawings. 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.[3]

News operation

The station launched a weekday-only news operation on September 9, 2014, and currently runs newscasts at 6 p.m. and 11 p.m.[4] Before it launched newscasts, WRMD aired simulcasts of WKAQ-TV newscasts from San Juan, Puerto Rico, along with weather forecasts from Orlando sister station WTMO-CD. On June 11, 2018, the station launched two half-hour afternoon newscasts at 5 and 5:30 p.m. in addition to the 6 p.m. show that makes an hour and a half of local news; making it the only Spanish-Language station with more hours of news in the evenings.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Miller, Mark K. (December 4, 2017). "NBCU Adding ZGS Stations To Telemundo". TVNewsCheck. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  2. ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for WRMD-CD
  3. ↑ St. Petersburg Times: "Tampa Telemundo affiliate debuts its only local show, Holaciudad teve!, on Sunday", August 12, 2011.
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