WSVN, channel 7, is a Fox-affiliated television station located in Miami, Florida, USA. WSVN is owned by Sunbeam Television, and has its studio facilities located in North Bay Village and transmitter based in north Miami-Dade County.
WSVN operates a Key West repeater, WKIZ-LP, on channel 49. WKIZ's calls are a play on the Florida Keys since the translator serves Key West.
The station began broadcasting on July 29, 1956. It had the call letters WC...
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WSVN, channel 7, is a Fox-affiliated television station located in Miami, Florida, USA. WSVN is owned by Sunbeam Television, and has its studio facilities located in North Bay Village and transmitter based in north Miami-Dade County.
WSVN operates a Key West repeater, WKIZ-LP, on channel 49. WKIZ's calls are a play on the Florida Keys since the translator serves Key West.
The station began broadcasting on July 29, 1956. It had the call letters WCKT and was a NBC affiliate owned by Biscayne Television Corporation. The station was a partnership of the Cox and Knight publishing families who owned Miami's two major newspapers: the Miami News and Miami Herald, respectively. The same partnership also owned WCKR radio (610 AM, now WIOD; and 97.3 FM, now WFLC). Before WCKT signed on, NBC had been carried on WFTL-TV (channel 23) in Fort Lauderdale (later known as WGBS-TV after it had been acquired by Storer Broadcasting) along with some DuMont programming. However, WFTL struggled because...
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