First air date October 29, 1987 | ||
Branding Telemundo TampaTelenoticias Tampa (newscasts) Call letters' meaning W Radio Mundo (in reference to its AM sister, WRMD-AM 680 (now WGES)) | ||
WRMD-CD, virtual and UHF digital channel 49, is a low-powered Telemundo-affiliated television station located in Tampa, Florida, United States. The station is owned by ZGS Communications. WRMD maintains studio facilities located on West Spruce Street in Tampa, and its transmitter located atop the Park Tower in downtown Tampa. In addition to its own low-powered digital signal, WRMD-CD also receives full-market over-the-air coverage on the third digital subchannel (although, only in standard definition, digital subchannel 49.2 for those with digital converters) of WTOG's (and as well as the third digital subchannel of translators, W23CN-D (channel 23) in Sebring and W26DP-D (channel 26) in Inverness). This airs on UHF channel 44.3 from the same Riverview, Florida transmitter (as well as over W23CN-D (via channel 23.3) in Sebring and W26DP-D (via channel 26.3) in Inverness), although this digital subchannel is mapped to Virtual Channel 49.2.
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History
The station first signed on the air on October 29, 1987, originally broadcasting on UHF channel 57 as an affiliate of Channel America. Shortly afterward, the station was acquired by ZGS Communications, which converted the station into the Tampa Bay market's new Telemundo affiliate. WMRD originally broadcast on UHF channel 57 until the early 2000s, when the station relocated to UHF channel 49, to make room for WTTA (channel 38)'s new digital signal on channel 57. In 2004, the station began to be carried on Bright House Networks's cable systems in portions of the Tampa Bay market outside of Tampa proper.
Digital channels
The station's digital channel is multiplexed:
Local programming
WRMD-CD airs a simulcast of Telenoticias de Puerto Rico from Telemundo owned-and-operated station WKAQ-TV in San Juan each weeknight at 6:00 p.m. The station also airs one-minute local weather briefs throughout the day as well as Spanish-language Florida Lottery drawings. On August 14, 2011, the station debuted its first locally-produced program, a lifestyle and entertainment magazine program titled Holaciudad teve!, which airs Sundays at 6 p.m.
News Operation
On September 9, 2014 it launch the station's first Spanish language newscast [1] Which didn't debut Monday it was a Tuesday because of the holiday. Building a new set graphics with hiring 15 staffers with new news department. Before launch of news operation weather cut-in from WTMO-CD and news updates some simulcast of Telenoticias de Puerto Rico. Newscast air Monday-Friday 6 p.m. and 11 p.m..