WBEH-CD
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First air date | March 2, 1993 |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 30129 |
| Class | CD |
| ERP | 15 kW |
| HAAT | 184.6 m (606 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 25°46′19.0″N 80°11′31.0″W / 25.771944°N 80.191944°W |
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WBEH-CD (channel 38) is a low-power, Class A religious television station in Miami, Florida, United States, owned and operated by the Daystar Television Network.
History
[edit]Launched March 2, 1993, W20BE on channel 20 went defunct within six months.[a] The license was reactivated on September 27, 1995, becoming W20BE once more. What followed was a move to channel 27 as W27BS on January 9, 1997; and an attempt to move to channel 61, which would have made the station W61DD—the same day the change was made in FCC records on July 1, 1999; the calls changed again to W31CD and the station moved to channel 31. On May 31, 2000, W31CD became WPMF-LP, and a year later, WPMF received a Class A television license (though its calls retained the "-LP" suffix). The station received its license to broadcast digitally on January 3, 2014, at which point the call sign changed to WPMF-CD.
WPMF-LP joined Azteca América in November 2002.[3] In 2011, it switched to My Family TV, which became The Family Channel in 2013. On November 1, 2017, WPMF-CD rejoined Azteca América, replacing WGEN-TV (channel 8).[4] The station changed its call sign to WBEH-CD on November 9, 2018.
HC2 Holdings planned to acquire the station from Prime Time Partners in June 2019, along with WSPF-CD.[5] The sale of WBEH-CD would fall through in 2020; in June 2022, Prime Time Partners would sell the station to the Word of God Fellowship, parent of the Daystar Television Network.[6]
Subchannels
[edit]The station's signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 38.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | WBEH-CD | Daystar |
| 38.2 | 720p | WBEH-ES | Daystar Español | |
| 38.3 | 480i | WBEH-SD | Daystar Reflections |
Notes
[edit]- ^ FCC records: the station is listed as DW20BE for a point of time—a D in front of a call sign always indicates a defunct license.
References
[edit]- ^ "Assignments". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. June 23, 2022. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WBEH-CD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Morales, Magaly (November 27, 2002). "Azteca, Fourth Latin Network, Airs On Ch. 31". South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Archived from the original on July 28, 2014. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
- ^ Jacobson, Adam (January 5, 2018). "Exclusive: 'Estrella TV' Ready For A Big Miami Return". Radio & Television Business Report. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
As of November 1, Azteca América has used its original affiliation partner in South Florida — Class A WPMF-38 in Miami — as its broadcast home.
- ^ "HC2 Holdings Buys Two Florida LPTVs - TV News Check". April 20, 2024.
- ^ Jacobson, Adam (June 24, 2022). "Bob Behar Finally Bids Farewell To A Miami LPTV Property". Radio & Television Business Report. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
- ^ "Digital TV Market Listing for WBEH-CD". RabbitEars.info. Retrieved April 30, 2024.