WWSI

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WWSI
city =
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding = Telemundo 62
analog = 62 (UHF)
digital = 49 (UHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = Telemundo
network =
founded =
airdate = January 17, 2001
location = Atlantic City, New Jersey/
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns = WPHA (2000-2001)
WACI (1989-2000)
WDKZ
former_channel_numbers =
owner = ZGS Communications, Inc.
licensee =
sister_stations =
former_affiliations =
effective_radiated_power = 5000 kW (analog)
130 kW (digital)
HAAT = convert|296.3|m|ft|sp=us|lk=on (both)
class =
facility_id = 23142
coordinates = coord|39|37|54.8|N|74|21|12.8|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.wwsi-tv.com/ www.wwsi-tv.com]

WWSI (Channel 62) is a television station licensed to Atlantic City, New Jersey. It is considered to be the Philadelphia affiliate of the Spanish-language Telemundo television network. WWSI's transmitter is in Tuckerton, New Jersey; its tower is the tallest structure in New Jersey. The station has no local news department, and runs minimal local programming.

The station is unique in that, while its transmitter site is located in Ocean County, part of the New York City TV market, the station cannot be viewed on cable TV in Ocean County since it is licensed to a city in the Philadelphia TV market.

History

WWSI did not began operation until 2001. Prior to its airdate, its construction permit carried the call letters of WDKZ in 1989, followed that same year by WACI. In 2000 WACI became WPHA. The station then hit the air as WWSI, and adopted the Telemundo affiliation (originally on WTGI until 1998).In 2007, it introduced its own website [http://www.wwsi-tv.com www.wwsi-tv.com]

In January 2008, Hispanic Broadcasters Corporation agreed to sell WWSI to ZGS Communications for $10 million. cite web |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6524007.html |title=Deals |accessdate=2008-01-24 |format=html |work=Broadcasting & Cable ] The station officially became owned by ZGS on March 11 of that year.

External links

* [http://www.wwsi-tv.com/ WWSI-TV]
* [http://www.telemundo.com/ Telemundo]
*TVQ|WWSI
*BIA|WWSI|TV|TV

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