WVEN-TV

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WVEN-TV
Daytona Beach / Orlando, Florida
Channels 26 (UHF) analog,
49 (UHF) digital
Affiliations Univision
Owner Entravision
Founded January 2, 1988
Call letters meaning W VEN (Spainsh for "come")
Former callsigns WAYQ (1988-1992)
WNTO-TV (1992-1996)
Former affiliations independent (1988-1996)

WVEN-TV channel 26 is a television affiliate of Univision licensed to serve Daytona Beach, Florida, but with sufficient signal to cover Orlando and Melbourne, Florida. The station is owned by Entravision and offers a Spanish language entertainment format. WVEN takes its call letters from the word "Ven", which in English means "Come".

WVEN can also be seen on WVCI-LP channel 16 in Orlando and W46DB channel 46 in Melbourne.

[edit] History

Beach TV partners signed on Channel 26 and named them WAYQ on January 2, 1988. The station would simulcast 56 WAYK in Melbourne, which had a poor signal in Orlando and no signal in Daytona Beach. Orlando was then served by 2 stations with a poor signal. The stations ran a general entertainment format with cartoons, drama shows, first run syndicated shows and old movies. Nearly the entire schedule was supported by barter.

In 1992 the stations were both sold to Robert Rich, to move the stations toward more paid programming. The stations were renamed WIRB 56 and WNTO 26. In 1996 Paxson bought 56 WIRB while Entravision bought 26 WNTO. At that time, Entravision moved its low-powered Univision affiliate, WVEN-LP channel 63 to the channel 26 signal (which was re-called with the WVEN calls), increasing its viewership across east central Florida. Meanwhile, channel 56 became WOPX and ran Paxson's programming.

Channel 26 later moved its transmitter 20 miles to the west, which gave both Orlando and Melbourne a Grade B signal.

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Broadcast television in the Orlando / Daytona Beach / Melbourne market  (Nielsen DMA #19)

WESH 2 (NBC) - WKMG 6 (CBS) - WFTV 9 (ABC) - WTMO 15 (TEL) - WCEU 15 (PBS) - WKCF 18 (The CW) - W21AU 21 (AZA) - WMFE 24 (PBS) - WVEN 26 (UNI) - WRDQ 27 (Ind) - WRCF 29 (A1) - WOFL 35 (Fox) - WZXZ 36 (MTV2) - WOTF 43 (TFU) - WLCB 45 (TLN / Faith TV) - WOGX 51 (Fox) - WTGL 52 (TBN) - WOPX 56 (i) - WRBW 65 (MNTV) - WBCC 68 (PBS)
Local digital television channels

WACX 40 (Ind/Rel)
Gainesville channels serving Ocala, part of the Orlando market

WUFT 5 (PBS) - WCJB 20 (ABC) (The CW on DT2) 
Local cable television channels

Central Florida News 13
Spanish-Language Television Stations in the state of Florida

Miami - Fort Lauderdale: WGEN 8 (Spanish Independent, Key West) - WSBS 22 (Spanish Independent, Key West) - WLTV 23 (Univision, Miami) - WJAN-CA 41 (Spanish Independent / CNN Español, Miami) - WSCV 51 (Telemundo, Fort Lauderdale) - WEYS-LP 56 (ALMA, Miami) - WAMI 69 (TeleFutura, Hollywood)

Tampa - St. Petersburg: WXAX-LP 26 (Azteca América, Tampa) - WTAM-LP 30 (Multimedios, Tampa) - WRMD-LP 49 (Telemundo, Tampa) - WFTT 50 (TeleFutura, Tampa) - WVEA 62 (Univision, Venice)

Orlando - Daytona Beach - Melbourne: WTMO 15 (Telemundo, Kissimmee) - W21AU 21 (Azteca América, Orlando) - WVEN 26 (Univision, Daytona Beach) - WOTF 43 (TeleFutura, Melbourne)

West Palm Beach - Fort Pierce: WWHB-CA 48 (Azteca América, Stuart)

Fort Myers - Naples: WUVF-CA 2/WTLE-LP 18 (Univision, Naples/Ft. Myers) - WTPH-LP 14 (Azteca América, Ft. Myers) - WWDT-CA 43 (Telemundo, Naples) - WLZE-LP 65 (TeleFutura, Ft. Myers)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, NBC, PBS, Religious, and Other stations in Florida
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