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| Ownership | |
| Owner | C&M Broadcasting Corporation |
| History | |
First air date | 1986 |
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Call sign meaning | Cuenca |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 168497 |
| Class | LD |
| ERP | 15kW |
| HAAT | 234.2 m (768 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°20′57″N71°4′29″W / 42.34917°N 71.07472°W /42.34917; -71.07472 (WCEA-LD) |
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Public license information | LMS |
| Website | www |
WCEA-LD (channel 26) is alow-power Spanish-languageindependent television station inBoston, Massachusetts, United States. Owned by C&M Broadcasting Corporation, it is a sister property toEl Planeta, a local Spanish-language newspaper. The station's studios are located on Albany Street in Boston'sRoxbury neighborhood; while its transmitter is located atop theJohn Hancock Tower in theBack Bay.
WCEA-LD was founded by Pedro Nicolas Cuenca in 1986 as W19AH, becoming WCEA-LP in 1995. It has always been a platform for local multicultural independent producers in the Boston market. The station also served as Boston'sTelemundo affiliate in the early 1990s, before W32AY (nowWYCN-LD inProvidence, Rhode Island) signed on in 1995.[2]
Initially broadcasting on channel 19, WCEA-LP was forced to vacate the channel to accommodate the digital signal ofWGBH-TV.[3] In 2002, it moved to channel 3 viaspecial temporary authority,[4] but its application for the channel was subsequently dismissed by theFederal Communications Commission due to objections from other Boston stations,AT&T Broadband, andRCN;[5] soon thereafter, WCEA-LP relocated to channel 58.[3]
Since December 2010, Massachusetts Spanish TV Network (MAS TV) has partnered with WCEA-LD to provide programming, including local newscasts at 6 a.m. and noon.[6]
In the early 2010s, WCEA-LP had two applications convert to digital operations on channels 44 and 45, with both specifying a transmitter location atop theJohn Hancock Tower; the station ultimately chose to build the channel 45 facility.[7]
The station's signal ismultiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 26.1 | 480i | 16:9 | WCEA | Main WCEA-LD programming |
| 26.2 | TELESUR | Telesur | ||
| 26.3 | 4:3 | Caribe | Cristovision (Spanish religious) | |
| 26.6 | CVI | TeleAntilles |
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