WRCF-CD (channel 29) 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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outlet WVEN-TV (channel 43). Both stations share studios on Douglas Avenue in

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, while WRCF-CD's transmitter is located in unincorporated Bithlo, Florida. Even though WRCF-CD operates a digital signal of its own, the low-power broadcasting radius only covers the immediate Orlando area. Therefore, in order to reach the entire market, it is

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high definition on WVEN-TV's seventh

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(43.7) from the same transmitter site.

Sale to Univision

On May 8, 2017, LocusPoint Networks agreed to sell WRCF-CD to Univision Communications' Univision Local Media for $2.5 million. The sale was completed on August 14. On October 13, 2021,

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announced that it was ceding control of WVEN-TV and WRCF-CD back to Univision along with the UniMás affiliation then held by

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Technical information

Subchannel

Sometime in 2019, WRCF-CD upgraded its channel into

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16:9 high definition. It has previously been offered in

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4:3

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Logos

WRCF-CD Logo.png, Former WRCF-CD logo until 2020.

References

External links

UniMás network affiliates RCF-CD Television channels and stations established in 1991 1991 establishments in Florida Low-power television stations in the United States {{Florida-tv-station-stub