WURH-LD (channel 13) is a

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, United States. Known as The Health Channel, it is owned by

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and part of the multiplex containing

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(channel 2) and

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(channel 42). The stations' transmitter is on Northwest 199th Street in

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History

On October 16, 1990,

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890310UU became W25BF. On July 7, 1997, W25BF became WIMP-LP. WIMP became a Class A station on September 18, 2001, and became WIMP-CA as a result. After a

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while staying on physical channel 25, it became WIMP-CD in November 2011. Then-owner Sunshine Broadcasting Company sold WIMP-CD's spectrum as part of the broadcast incentive auction, for $3,138,184. On December 15, 2017, Sunshine Broadcasting closed on the donation of the station to South Florida PBS, Inc. It planned to enter into a channel-sharing arrangement to operate the station on the spectrum allocated to their

. The station changed its call sign to WURH-CD on December 27, 2017, and to WURH-LD on August 3, 2023, after South Florida PBS elected to revert the station to non–Class A status. The station was previously affiliated with

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and Elementos TV, a

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from

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Digital channel

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* URH-LD URH Television channels and stations established in 1997 1997 establishments in Florida {{Miami-stub