WXTV
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WXTV-DT channel 41 is a Univisión
owned-and-operated
television station, licensed to Paterson, New Jersey
and serving the New York metropolitan area
. WXTV's studios are located in Teaneck, New Jersey
, and its transmitter in on the Empire State Building
in Manhattan
. WXTV is one-half of a Univisión-owned duopoly in the New York City market with Telefutura
station WFUT-DT (channel 68), licensed to Newark, New Jersey
.
In 1970, the station became an all-Spanish language station, affiliated with the Spanish International Network, which became Univision in 1987. Since the mid-1980s, WXTV has used the slogan A su lado, an adaptation for the Hispanic market of the campaign On Your Side created by Frank Gari, and even used the similarly named news music package for a time.
The September 11, 2001 attacks
on the World Trade Center
did not affect WXTV's over-the-air signal, as WXTV's transmitter has always been at the Empire State Building
. WXTV and WCBS-TV
, who had a full-powered backup transmitter at the Empire State Building, were the only major New York City stations whose over-the-air signals weren't lost. In fact, channel 41's news anchors gave information and updates in English as well as Spanish on the attacks for the benefit of viewers without cable that lost access to the stations with transmitters at the WTC.
Digital channels>
Channel
Name
Video
Aspect
Programming
41.1
WXTV-DT
1080i
16:9
Main WXTV/Univisión programming
41.2
WFUT-DT
480i
4:3
Duplicate feed of sister station WFUT
as 41.
, has held that position since 1972. This gives him the distinction of being the longest-serving news anchor on a New York City television station, English or Spanish.
The 6 and 11 p.m. weekend newscasts tend to be pre-empted by Univision programming that runs longer than it is scheduled to air (which is rare for the primetime schedule, unless a football (soccer) match is airing). It also should be noted, that in the event that there is a technical fault occurring during WXTV's weekday newscasts, WXTV will cut to Univision's west coast feed until they are able to rejoin the east coast feed. If the fault occurred during A Las Seis newscast, WXTV will join the West Coast feed until 6:30 p.m. EDT for Noticiero Univision and if the fault occures during the Solo a Las Once newscast, WXTV will cut to the West Coast feed until 11:30 p.m. EDT for Noticiero Univision: Edicion Nocturna .
On June 22, 2010, WXTV-DT became the first Spanish-language television station in New York to broadcast its local newscasts in high definition.
Saturdays
Sundays
Weather team
Sports team
Reporters
Correspondents
Former on-air staff
Univision
Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...
owned-and-operated
Owned-and-operated station
In the broadcasting industry , an owned-and-operated station usually refers to a television station or radio station that is owned by the network with which it is associated...
television station, licensed to Paterson, New Jersey
Paterson, New Jersey
Paterson is a city serving as the county seat of Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, its population was 146,199, rendering it New Jersey's third largest city and one of the largest cities in the New York City Metropolitan Area, despite a decrease of 3,023...
and serving the New York metropolitan area
New York metropolitan area
The New York metropolitan area, also known as Greater New York, or the Tri-State area, is the region that composes of New York City and the surrounding region...
. WXTV's studios are located in Teaneck, New Jersey
Teaneck, New Jersey
Teaneck is a township in Bergen County, New Jersey, and a suburb in the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 39,776, making it the second-most populous among the 70 municipalities in Bergen County....
, and its transmitter in on the Empire State Building
Empire State Building
The Empire State Building is a 102-story landmark skyscraper and American cultural icon in New York City at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. It has a roof height of 1,250 feet , and with its antenna spire included, it stands a total of 1,454 ft high. Its name is derived...
in Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
. WXTV is one-half of a Univisión-owned duopoly in the New York City market with Telefutura
TeleFutura
TeleFutura is a U.S. Spanish-language broadcast television network owned by Univision with headquarters in Miami, Florida.-Overview:TeleFutura Is America’s #2 Spanish-Language Network in prime time...
station WFUT-DT (channel 68), licensed to Newark, New Jersey
Newark, New Jersey
Newark is the largest city in the American state of New Jersey, and the seat of Essex County. As of the 2010 United States Census, Newark had a population of 277,140, maintaining its status as the largest municipality in New Jersey. It is the 68th largest city in the U.S...
.
History
WXTV first began broadcasting on August 4, 1968, from studios at 641 Main Street in Paterson, New Jersey as an English and Spanish-language television station. Studios later moved to 24 Meadowlands Parkway in Secaucus and are now at 500 Frank W. Burr Boulevard in Teaneck.In 1970, the station became an all-Spanish language station, affiliated with the Spanish International Network, which became Univision in 1987. Since the mid-1980s, WXTV has used the slogan A su lado, an adaptation for the Hispanic market of the campaign On Your Side created by Frank Gari, and even used the similarly named news music package for a time.
The September 11, 2001 attacks
September 11, 2001 attacks
The September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks (also referred to as September 11, September 11th or 9/119/11 is pronounced "nine eleven". The slash is not part of the pronunciation...
on the World Trade Center
World Trade Center
The original World Trade Center was a complex with seven buildings featuring landmark twin towers in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States. The complex opened on April 4, 1973, and was destroyed in 2001 during the September 11 attacks. The site is currently being rebuilt with five new...
did not affect WXTV's over-the-air signal, as WXTV's transmitter has always been at the Empire State Building
Empire State Building
The Empire State Building is a 102-story landmark skyscraper and American cultural icon in New York City at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. It has a roof height of 1,250 feet , and with its antenna spire included, it stands a total of 1,454 ft high. Its name is derived...
. WXTV and WCBS-TV
WCBS-TV
WCBS-TV, channel 2, is the flagship station of the CBS television network, located in New York City. The station's studios are located within the CBS Broadcast Center and its transmitter is atop the Empire State Building, both in Midtown Manhattan....
, who had a full-powered backup transmitter at the Empire State Building, were the only major New York City stations whose over-the-air signals weren't lost. In fact, channel 41's news anchors gave information and updates in English as well as Spanish on the attacks for the benefit of viewers without cable that lost access to the stations with transmitters at the WTC.
Digital television
Aspect ratio
The aspect ratio of a shape is the ratio of its longer dimension to its shorter dimension. It may be applied to two characteristic dimensions of a three-dimensional shape, such as the ratio of the longest and shortest axis, or for symmetrical objects that are described by just two measurements,...
1080i
1080i is the shorthand name for a high-definition television mode. The i means interlaced video; 1080i differs from 1080p, in which the p stands for progressive scan. The term 1080i assumes a widescreen aspect ratio of 16:9, implying a frame size of 1920×1080 pixels...
16:9
16:9 is an aspect ratio with a width of 16 units and height of 9. Since 2009, it has become the most common aspect ratio for sold televisions and computer monitors and is also the international standard format of HDTV, Full HD, non-HD digital television and analog widescreen television ...
480i
480i is the shorthand name for a video mode, namely the US NTSC television system or digital television systems with the same characteristics. The i, which is sometimes uppercase, stands for interlaced, the 480 for a vertical frame resolution of 480 lines containing picture information; while NTSC...
Analog-to-digital conversion
On June 12, 2009, WXTV discontinued regular analog programming on channel 41. The station remained on its pre-transition channel 40 using PSIP to display WXTV's virtual channelVirtual channel
In telecommunications, a logical channel number , also known as virtual channel, is a channel designation which differs from that of the actual radio channel on which the signal travels....
as 41.
News operation
WXTV is known for having newscasts whose ratings frequently rival its English-speaking counterparts. One of the station's news anchors, Rafael PinedaRafael Pineda
Rafael Pineda is a Cuban-American television news reporter and anchor for the Spanish language station WXTV, the Univision affiliate in New York City.Born in 1938 in Cuba, he later immigrated to the United States as an adult...
, has held that position since 1972. This gives him the distinction of being the longest-serving news anchor on a New York City television station, English or Spanish.
The 6 and 11 p.m. weekend newscasts tend to be pre-empted by Univision programming that runs longer than it is scheduled to air (which is rare for the primetime schedule, unless a football (soccer) match is airing). It also should be noted, that in the event that there is a technical fault occurring during WXTV's weekday newscasts, WXTV will cut to Univision's west coast feed until they are able to rejoin the east coast feed. If the fault occurred during A Las Seis newscast, WXTV will join the West Coast feed until 6:30 p.m. EDT for Noticiero Univision and if the fault occures during the Solo a Las Once newscast, WXTV will cut to the West Coast feed until 11:30 p.m. EDT for Noticiero Univision: Edicion Nocturna .
On June 22, 2010, WXTV-DT became the first Spanish-language television station in New York to broadcast its local newscasts in high definition.
Newscasts
Weekdays- Noticia 41 Al Despertar – 5-7 a.m.
- Noticia Univision Al Despierte En Telefuturo – 7-8 a.m. (on WFUT)
- Noticia 41 NOT FOR INTERNAL USE! – 6-6:30 p.m.
- Noticia 41 A Las Once – 11-11:30 p.m.
Saturdays
- Noticia 41 A Las Seis DIGA NO A LA PIRATERIA! – 6-6:30 p.m.
- Noticia 41 A Las Once – 11-11:30 p.m.
Sundays
- Noticia 41 A Las Seis – 6-6:30 p.m.
- Noticia 41 A Las Once – 11-11:30 p.m.
News team
Anchors- Merijoel Duran - weekday mornings, Noticias 41 Al Despertar
- Rafael PinedaRafael PinedaRafael Pineda is a Cuban-American television news reporter and anchor for the Spanish language station WXTV, the Univision affiliate in New York City.Born in 1938 in Cuba, he later immigrated to the United States as an adult...
- weeknights at 6 and 11 p.m. - Adriana Vargas - weeknights at 6 and 11 p.m.
- Sandra O'Neill - weekends at 6 and 11 p.m.; also weeknight reporter; substitute anchor
- Victor Javier Solano - weekends at 6 and 11 p.m,
- Enrique Teuteló - weekday mornings, Noticias 41 Al Despertar
Weather team
- Nilda Rosario - lead meteorologist; weeknights at 6 and 11 p.m.
- Carina Garcia - meteorologist; weekends at 6 and 11 p.m.
- Shirley Ponce - fill-in meteorologist; also serves as morning traffic anchor
Sports team
- Salvador Cruz - lead sports anchor; weeknights at 6 and 11 p.m.
- Jose Roig - sports anchor; weekends at 6 and 11 p.m.
Reporters
- Berenice Gartner - general assignment reporter
- Ana Ledo - general assignment reporter
- Alex RolandAlex RolandAlex Roland is a television journalist and news reporter. , he has received nine Emmy Awards for Excellence in Journalism. In 2009, he was honored with the Edward R. Murrow Award. Working with New York's Univisión news affiliate, WXTV-DT, Roland notably produces the segment "Our People", which...
- general assignment reporter - Rolman Vergaras - general assignment reporter
- Mariela Salgado - general assignment reporter
Correspondents
- Siria Gastelum - Univision Mexico CityMexico CityMexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
correspondent - Felipe Arias
Former on-air staff
- Denisse OllerDenisse OllerDenisse Oller is a chef, broadcaster, journalist, newspaper columnist, and a former Emmy award winning and acclaimed national news anchor for Univision Network and Telemundo Network....
- Arly Alfaro
- Miriam Ayala
- Soil Soistre
- Sofia La Chapel
- Luis Velasco
- Antoniol Martinez
- Birmania Rios' CAR
External links
- Univision.com >> Uniclave: Nueva York
- http://mipagina.univision.com/alexroland