WFXZ-CD

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WFXZ-CD
Boston, Massachusetts
United States
Branding MundoMax Boston
Channels Digital: 24 (UHF)
Virtual: 24 (PSIP)
Subchannels 24.1 MundoMax
24.2 Azteca
Affiliations MundoMax (2015–present)
Azteca (on main channel, 2006–2012; DT2, 2012–present)
Owner Prime Time Partners LLC
(WFXZ-CD Station, LLC)
Founded November 30, 1989
First air date 2000
Former callsigns W29BA (1989–1999)
W24CM (1999–2000)
WVXN-LP (2000–2001)
WVXN-CA (2001–2003)
WFXZ-CA (2003–2010)
Former channel number(s) Analog:
24 (UHF, 2000–2010)
Digital:
25 (UHF, 2010-2015)
Former affiliations Home shopping (2000–2001)
MTV2 (2001–2006)
MundoFox (2012-2015)
Transmitter power 15 kW
Class Class A
Facility ID 64833
Transmitter coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Profile
CDBS
Website www.mundofoxboston.com

WFXZ-CD, virtual channel 24 (UHF digital channel 24), is the MundoMax-affiliated television station located in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The station is owned by Prime Time Partners.[1] WFXZ-CD maintains studio facilities located in Woburn, and its transmitter is located in the Newton Upper Falls district of Newton. The station is available on Comcast Xfinity digital channels 300, 721 and 981, and Verizon FiOS channel 20.

History

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Logo as MundoFox

The station's construction permit was originally granted on November 30, 1989 as W29BA, operating on channel 29, which would be licensed to nearby Lawrence.[2] However, by the time finally it signed on the air with a home shopping service in early 2000, it had moved to channel 24, was licensed to Boston and adopted the W24CM call sign.[3]

A few months later, channel 24 changed its call letters to WVXN-LP. In 2001, the station was upgraded to Class A status and dropped home shopping programming in favor of affiliating with MTV2.[4] The station changed its callsign to WFXZ-CA in 2003. In July 2006, the station became the Boston affiliate of the Azteca América network (later renamed simply as "Azteca").[5]

WFXZ flash-cut its signal to digital transmission in 2010. Longtime owner Randolph Weigner agreed to sell WFXZ to Prime Time Partners in December 2011.[1] The station became a charter MundoFox affiliate when the network formally launched on August 13, 2012,[6] with Azteca America programming moving to its second digital subchannel.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[7][8]
24.1 720p 16:9 MndoMax Main WFXZ-CD programming / MundoMax
24.2 480i 4:3 Azteca Azteca
24.3 Hope Infomercials (previously Hope Channel)
24.4 WFXZSD4 Infomercials

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External links

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  7. RabbitEars TV Query for WFXZ
  8. Hope Channel in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Tampa! |accessdate=2014-12-14