WFPA-CD (channel 28) is a low-power, Class A television station in

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, United States, broadcasting the Spanish-language

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network. It is owned and operated by

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alongside

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–licensed

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owned-and-operated station WUVP-DT (channel 65) and

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–licensed

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affiliate

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(channel 40). The three stations share studios on North Delsea Drive in Vineland; WFPA-CD's transmitter is located in the Roxborough section of Philadelphia.

History

The station originally operated as a

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's Univision owned-and-operated station,

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. It was first licensed as a translator, W35AB, operating on UHF channel 35. After WYBE was granted a license to operate a full-power station on channel 35, the translator moved to channel 28 and was ultimately relicensed as a low-power station, WXTV-LP (although the station was instead branded as Univision 42). In 2002, Univision Communications acquired WUVP (channel 65), and moved its programming there. Channel 28 began to air programming from the then-new TeleFutura network (which relaunched as UniMás in January 2013), and its call letters were changed to WFPA-CA. In June 2006, the station was added to Philadelphia area

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systems on

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channel 251. WFPA is also available to DirecTV customers as part of the Philadelphia local channel package, as well as on FiOS in widescreen SD via WUVP-DT 65.2. In some areas of the market, especially those north of Philadelphia, WFPA's signal causes some reception issues with the

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signal of New York City's

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, which also broadcasts its digital signal on channel 35 (remapped to

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4). On June 3, 2015, the station was licensed for digital operation and changed its call sign to WFPA-CD.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is

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References

External links

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UniMás TV websiteWUVP Univision 65 Philadelphia website
{{Major U.S. TV O-O Stations FPA-CD UniMás network affiliates GetTV affiliates Quest (American TV network) affiliates Twist (TV network) affiliates Television channels and stations established in 1995 1995 establishments in Pennsylvania FPA-CD Low-power television stations in the United States