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| City | Tampa, Florida |
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| Branding | Telemundo 49 |
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| History | |
First air date | October 29, 1987 (38 years ago) (1987-10-29) |
Former call signs | W57BA (1987–1994) |
Former channel numbers | Digital: 49 (UHF, until 2019) |
| Channel America (temporary, 1987–1988) | |
Call sign meaning | "Radio Mundo" (former calls of former sister radio stationWGES) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 74559 |
| Class | CD |
| ERP | 15kW |
| HAAT | 382.9 m (1,256 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 27°50′51.5″N82°15′49.4″W / 27.847639°N 82.263722°W /27.847639; -82.263722 |
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Public license information | |
| Website | www |
WRMD-CD (channel 49) is alow-power,Class A television station licensed toTampa, Florida, United States, serving as theTampa Bay Area's outlet for the Spanish-language networkTelemundo. The station isowned and operated byNBCUniversal'sTelemundo Station Group, and maintains studios on West Spruce Street in Tampa and a transmitter nearRiverview, Florida.
The station first signed on the air on October 29, 1987, originally broadcasting on UHF channel 57 as an affiliate ofChannel America. Shortly afterward, the station was acquired byZGS 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 forWTTA (channel 38)'s new digital signal on channel 57. In 2004, the station began to be carried onBright House Networks' cable systems in portions of the Tampa Bay market outside of Tampa proper.
On December 4, 2017,NBCUniversal'sTelemundo Station Group announced its purchase of ZGS' 13 television stations, including WRMD-CD.[2]
Before it launched its own newscasts, WRMD aired simulcasts ofWKAQ-TV newscasts fromSan Juan, Puerto Rico, along with weather forecasts from Orlando sister stationWTMO-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 airsFlorida Lottery drawings with Spanish language audio. On August 14, 2011, the station debuted its first locally produced program, a lifestyle and entertainment magazine program titledHolaciudad 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]
The station's signal ismultiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 49.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | WRMD-CD | Telemundo |
| 49.2 | 480i | 4:3 | Xitos | TeleXitos |
| 49.3 | 16:9 | CRIMES | NBC True CRMZ | |
| 49.4 | Oxygen | Oxygen |
Includes Spanish-language stations in out-of-state TV markets, but reaching a portion of Florida | ||
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