# WAMI-DT > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/WAMI-DT > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/WAMI-DT.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAMI-DT > Source revision: 1357178895 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Television station in Hollywood, Florida}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox television station | callsign = WAMI-DT | city = Hollywood, Florida | logo = WAMI-DT (2021).svg | logo_size = 200px | branding = {{lang|es|italic=no|UniMás Miami}} | digital = 24 ([UHF](/source/UHF)) | virtual = 69 | affiliations = {{ubl|'''69.1:''' [UniMás](/source/UniM%C3%A1s) / [Univision](/source/Univision) (alternate)|''for others, see {{section link||Subchannels}}''}} | owner = [TelevisaUnivision](/source/TelevisaUnivision) | licensee = UniMás Miami [LLC](/source/LLC) | location = {{ubl|[Hollywood](/source/Hollywood%2C_Florida)–[Miami](/source/Miami)–[Fort Lauderdale](/source/Fort_Lauderdale)–|[West Palm Beach, Florida](/source/West_Palm_Beach%2C_Florida)}} | country = United States | airdate = {{Start date|1988|8|10}} | callsign_meaning = Miami | sister_stations = [WLTV-DT](/source/WLTV-DT), [WAMR-FM](/source/WAMR-FM), [WRTO-FM](/source/WRTO-FM) | former_callsigns = {{ubl|WYHS (1988–1992)|WYHS-TV (1992–1998)|WAMI-TV (1998–2009)}} | former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 69 (UHF, 1988–2009)|'''Digital:''' 47 (UHF, until 2018)}} | former_affiliations = {{ubl|[HSN](/source/HSN) (1988–1998)|[Independent](/source/independent_station) (1998–2002)|[Fox Kids](/source/Fox_Kids) (secondary, 1997–2001)}} | erp = 1,000 kW | haat = {{convert|297|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} | facility_id = 60536 | coordinates = {{Coord|25|59|10|N|80|11|36.3|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}} | licensing_authority = [FCC](/source/FCC) | website = [http://www.univision.com/content/channel.jhtml?chid=6&schid=1611 UniMás] }} '''WAMI-DT''' (channel 69) is a [television station](/source/television_station) licensed to [Hollywood, Florida](/source/Hollywood%2C_Florida), United States, serving as the [Miami](/source/Miami)-area outlet for the Spanish-language network [UniMás](/source/UniM%C3%A1s). It is [owned and operated](/source/owned_and_operated) by [TelevisaUnivision](/source/TelevisaUnivision) alongside [Univision](/source/Univision) station [WLTV-DT](/source/WLTV-DT) (channel 23). The two stations share studios known as "NewsPort" (a {{convert|150,000|sqft|m2|-2|adj=on|disp=sqbr}} converted studio facility that also houses ''[N+ Univision](/source/N%2B_Univision)'') on Northwest 30th Terrace in [Doral](/source/Doral%2C_Florida); WAMI-DT's transmitter is located in the Dale Village [mobile home park](/source/mobile_home_park) in [Pembroke Park, Florida](/source/Pembroke_Park%2C_Florida). WAMI is one of two [commercial](/source/commercial_broadcasting) television stations with a [city of license](/source/city_of_license) in [Broward County](/source/Broward_County), the other being [Telemundo](/source/Telemundo) station [WSCV](/source/WSCV) (channel 51), licensed to [Fort Lauderdale](/source/Fort_Lauderdale). The station also serves as the ''de facto'' UniMás outlet for the [West Palm Beach](/source/West_Palm_Beach) market, as that area does not have a UniMás station of its own. ==History== Prior to being used by a full-power station, the channel 69 allocation was occupied by W69AA, a translator for [WCIX](/source/WFOR-TV) (channel 6). The analog channel 6 transmitter was located in [Homestead](/source/Homestead%2C_Florida) because of station spacing restrictions to [channel 6](/source/WKMG-TV) in [Orlando](/source/Orlando%2C_Florida); W69AA and two other translators, all commissioned in 1972, provided WCIX programming to areas in Broward County and Boca Raton.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47705776/|first=Jack E.|last=Anderson|work=Miami Herald|title='Mini-Transmitters' Will Help Improve Channel 6's Picture|page=8-C|date=April 1, 1972|access-date=March 30, 2020}} As applications proceeded on the full-power allotment, W69AA was displaced; it went silent and returned as W58BU, a translator of [WTVJ](/source/WTVJ), on March 10, 1994.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47706150/|work=Sun-Sentinel|title=WCIX ads advise viewers on getting good reception|first=Jeffery D.|last=Zbar|page=Weekly Business 14|date=June 13, 1994|access-date=March 30, 2020}} ===Early years=== In 1981, four applications were received for a full-power television station on channel 69, from Whitco Broadcasters; Family Television 69, owned by Hialeah pastor Adib Eden Sr.; Golden East Broadcasters; and Christian Media of Florida.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47684238/four-companies-seek-license-to/|work=Miami Herald|date=November 3, 1981|first=Luther C.|last=Alexander Jr.|title=Four companies seek license to broadcast on new UHF channel|page=7BR|access-date=March 31, 2020}} In April, the FCC selected Whitco over the other applicants, saying that Christian Media of Florida's three pastor owners would not be able to balance ministry and station operations; Whitco offered $111,000 to its competitors to end the proceeding.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47684396/competitors-for-new-television-station/|title=Competitors for new television station give up|first=Mike|last=Sante|work=Miami Herald|page=3BR|date=July 6, 1983|access-date=March 31, 2020}} Whitco, owned by Eddie Whitehead and Thomas Coates, proposed the first African-American-owned television station in South Florida, aimed at the same audience.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47684306/|work=Miami Herald|page=1BR, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47684323/proposed-channel-69-new-station-new/ 5BR]|first=Mike|last=Sante|title=New station to focus on blacks' TV image|date=June 19, 1983|access-date=March 31, 2020}} The construction permit took the call letters WDEM and secured space on the new tower being built by [Guy Gannett Communications](/source/Guy_Gannett_Communications) in [Pembroke Park](/source/Pembroke_Park).{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47684462/she-aims-to-boost-image-and-ratings/|access-date=March 31, 2020|first=Linda|last=Thornton|title=SHE aims to boost image and ratings|work=Miami Herald|date=October 11, 1984|page=12D}} An attempt to sell a majority stake in the construction permit to an investor group that sought to program channel 69 as a Spanish-language station fell through in early 1985.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47684632/channel-69-purchase-in-doubt/|access-date=March 31, 2020|work=Miami Herald|first=Andres|last=Oppenheimer|date=June 13, 1985|title=Channel 69 purchase in doubt|page=17C}} On February 19, 1987, the Home Shopping Network ([HSN](/source/HSN)) announced that it was acquiring a majority stake in WDEM,{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47684735/hsn-calls-off-takeover-bid-for/|access-date=March 31, 2020|work=Miami Herald|title=HSN calls off takeover bid for C.O.M.B.|page=7C|date=February 20, 1987}} with the option to buy the facility outright upon completion for $10 million.{{cite news|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1987/BC-1987-02-23.pdf|work=Broadcasting|date=February 23, 1987|page=97|title=Last rites for HSN-C.O.M.B. merger|access-date=March 31, 2020}} WAMI first signed on the air on August 10, 1988, as WYHS-TV. Before the station launched, WYHS-TV simulcast audio from [WHYI-FM](/source/WHYI-FM) (Y-100) with live telecasting views of Miami before signing on. When it signed on, WYHS-TV carried programming from the Home Shopping Network. Two months later, HSN's broadcasting division, Silver King Communications, acquired the remainder of the station.{{cite news|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1988/BC-1988-10-24.pdf|access-date=March 31, 2020|date=October 24, 1988|work=Broadcasting|title=Changing Hands|page=62}} The primary purpose of these stations was to force carriage of HSN on cable providers in each [market](/source/media_market) through the [Federal Communications Commission](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission)'s [must-carry](/source/must-carry) provisions as [QVC](/source/QVC) was taking away a large slice of HSN's audience as several providers had held an ownership interest in QVC, but not HSN. Eventually, Silver King Communications acquired an ownership interest in the [USA Network](/source/USA_Network), and as a result, later became [USA Broadcasting](/source/USA_Broadcasting), the broadcast arm of media company [USA Networks, Inc.](/source/USA_Networks) In the fall of 1997, channel 69 began carrying [Fox Kids](/source/Fox_Kids) programming, after it was dropped by the market's [WB](/source/The_WB) affiliate WDZL (channel 39, later WBZL and now [WSFL-TV](/source/WSFL-TV)), which acquired the block in 1993 after Fox affiliate [WSVN](/source/WSVN) (channel 7) decided to stop carrying Fox's children's programming. ===WAMI 69=== thumb|left|175px|WAMI logo; originally showing "Miami", it was later modified to incorporate the channel number. On June 8, 1998, at 6 a.m., channel 69 became an [independent station](/source/independent_station); the station also changed its call letters to WAMI-TV. The relaunch of channel 69 was known as the "Birth of a Station",{{cite news |last1=Littleton |first1=Cynthia |title=Diller puts WAMI on Miami |url=https://variety.com/1998/scene/vpage/diller-puts-wami-on-miami-1117471625/ |work=[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine)) |date=June 8, 1998 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920231115/https://variety.com/1998/scene/vpage/diller-puts-wami-on-miami-1117471625/ |archive-date=September 20, 2021}} where a soon-to-be mother was giving birth to the "Miami" thought-bubble station logo (the entire day before, the channel [stunted](/source/stunting_(broadcasting)) with the picture of a [sonogram](/source/medical_ultrasound) of the new logo as a lead into the introduction). Immediately after that sketch, real-time traffic and weather reports were shown. The revamped station adopted a general entertainment format with a strong focus on locally produced programs including a daily news program called ''The Times''; the sports discussion show ''SportsTown''; ''Generation ñ'', a program targeted at bilingual, 2nd generation Latinos in the U.S.; the lifestyle programs ''Ocean Drive'' (which was based on the magazine of the same name) and ''Ten's'' (which was also broadcast on [Dallas](/source/Dallas) sister station [KSTR-TV](/source/KSTR-TV) from 1999 to 2001); the dance program ''Barcode''; an alternative lifestyle program called ''Kenneth's Frequency''; and the talk show ''Out Loud'', which was hosted by Bill Teck and produced by Miami producer and media personality [Paul Bouche](/source/Paul_Bouche). The station's programming was mostly aimed at teenagers and young adults between the ages of 16 and 34. The format heavily took after the groundbreaking [CITY-TV](/source/CITY-TV) in Toronto, which carried a similar mix of syndicated shows and movies with locally produced programming. WAMI repackaged the Fox Kids block, incorporating it into the live, locally produced interactive children's show ''WAMI on Miami''. The hosts of that program would hold up a "WAMI" hand sign, holding up both hands, making "L" shapes, and crossing their hands together to form a "W", shouting; "Wami, baby!" to its on-air audience. Children would show up at WAMI-sponsored Fox Kids/''[Power Rangers](/source/Power_Rangers)'' events that were held throughout [Miami-Dade](/source/Miami-Dade) and Broward counties, mimicking their favorite ''WAMI on Miami'' on-air host. Another pickup for the station was ''[Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher](/source/Politically_Incorrect_with_Bill_Maher)'', which had not been cleared by the area's ABC affiliate, [WPLG](/source/WPLG).{{citation needed|date=March 2022}} The station soon began to heavily incorporate local remote interstitials that were broadcast live. WAMI-TV often shot its interstitials, "live" at remote locations all over Miami-Dade and Broward counties, with the WAMI interstitial host often literally pulling passers-by off the streets to read the cue cards announcing the programs that would be shown on the station during the next hour. Another short program not seen on most other USA-owned stations was the topical program ''Lips'', featuring a pair of ruby red lips in front of a black background, teasing the day's stories or issues, a concept that was thought to be inspired by ''[The Rocky Horror Picture Show](/source/The_Rocky_Horror_Picture_Show)''.{{cite web|date=March 13, 2009|title=The Legend of WAMI-TV|url=http://ke4qpf.com/wami/index.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929034605/http://ke4qpf.com/wami/index.html|archive-date=September 29, 2020|access-date=March 13, 2009|website=KE4QPF.com}} WAMI-TV prominently used the on-air station "bug" or WAMI station ID logo, a variation of the WAMI "thought bubble"; the [station ID](/source/station_ID) graphic would flash on the lower part of the screen, at the top, and bottom of the hour, or each time a program returned from commercial break, and then fade out. WAMI's vice president of promotions ordered that the logo bug remain on-screen during its programs, around the clock, and to give it a translucent appearance so that it was seen constantly. WAMI also featured "WAMI-cams", which were three to five-second on-air spots that were used to fill airtime, usually catching a glimpse of [South Beach](/source/South_Beach) street life, scenic views, or interesting goings-on in Miami, followed a "pop" sound and the appearance of the WAMI "thought bubble" graphic. The rest of WAMI-TV's programming schedule was supplemented with some first-run syndicated [reality](/source/reality_television) and [talk shows](/source/talk_shows), syndicated reruns of network [sitcom](/source/sitcom)s, movies (under the ''WAMI Movie Palace'' banner), [cartoons](/source/animated_cartoon) and a few [religious programs](/source/religious_broadcasting). By December 1998, after only six months on the air, WAMI-TV had outbid [UPN](/source/UPN) owned-and-operated station [WBFS-TV](/source/WBFS-TV) (channel 33) and WB affiliate WBZL to land an exclusive six-year contract for the local television rights to [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) games from the [Florida Marlins](/source/Florida_Marlins). WAMI had also procured the rights to broadcast [Miami Heat](/source/Miami_Heat) [NBA](/source/NBA) games prior to the station's relaunch.{{cite news|last=Paxman|first=Andrew|date=December 16, 1998|title=WAMI nabs Marlins rights|work=[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine))|publisher=[Penske Media Corporation](/source/Penske_Media_Corporation)|url=https://variety.com/1998/biz/news/wami-nabs-marlin-rights-1117489536/|url-status=live|access-date=May 3, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112034426/http://variety.com/1998/biz/news/wami-nabs-marlin-rights-1117489536/|archive-date=January 12, 2016}} By late 1999, WAMI had grown into its role as the "[flagship station](/source/flagship_station)" of what was to become the USA Broadcasting Network, comprising thirteen stations scattered around the country in major U.S. cities, twelve of which were former HSN affiliates. All of these stations, which were owned by [Barry Diller](/source/Barry_Diller), were to gradually be converted to follow WAMI's format, called "CityVision".{{cite news |last=Fabrikant |first=Geraldine |date=May 3, 2008 |title=Diller's Latest Tele-Vision; First, a Network of Cubic Zirconium. Now, a Station of Lips and Hardbodies. |work=The New York Times |location=New York, New York |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9905E0D81130F930A15752C1A96E958260 |access-date=May 3, 2008}} The "CityVision" concept was based on Diller's theory that local programming was being ignored on most broadcast stations, and that the general public wanted a sense of what is going on in their communities on television. A scaled-down version of the format was adopted by USA Broadcasting-owned sister stations KHSX-TV in Dallas (which became KSTR-TV and rebranded as "K-Star 49"), WHSH-TV in [Boston](/source/Boston) (which became WHUB-TV and rebranded as "Hub 66"; it is now [WUTF-TV](/source/WUTF-TV)) and WHOT-TV in [Atlanta](/source/Atlanta) (which rebranded as "Hotlanta 34"; it is now [WUVG-TV](/source/WUVG-TV)). The rest of the former HSN-affiliated stations owned by USA that were due to be converted were WHSE-TV (now [WFUT-DT](/source/WFUT-DT)) and WHSI (now [WFTY-DT](/source/WFTY-DT)) in the New York City market (whose calls were to be changed to WORX and rebranded as "The Works" upon the format change), WEHS (now [WXFT-DT](/source/WXFT-DT)) in [Chicago](/source/Chicago) (which was to become WNDE and be rebranded as "Windy"), [WQHS-TV](/source/WQHS-TV) in [Cleveland](/source/Cleveland), KHSC-TV (now [KFTR-DT](/source/KFTR-DT)) in Los Angeles (whose calls were to be changed to KLIK and be rebranded as "Click"), WHSP (now [WUVP-DT](/source/WUVP-DT)) in [Philadelphia](/source/Philadelphia), WHSW (now [WUTB](/source/WUTB)) in [Baltimore](/source/Baltimore), KHSH (now [KFTH-DT](/source/KFTH-DT)) in [Houston](/source/Houston) and WBHS (now [WFTT-DT](/source/WFTT-DT)) in [Tampa](/source/Tampa). ===Sale to Univision and switch to a Spanish-language format=== Due to financial problems that USA Networks began facing in 2000, the company began looking to divest some of its assets. USA Broadcasting, as one of these assets, was considered for divestiture as part of a deal to help USA Networks repair its financial footing. In 2001, the remaining entertainment units of USA Broadcasting were sold to [Vivendi Universal](/source/Vivendi_Universal), along with $10.3 billion worth of shares held by Barry Diller. The television stations were to be sold to [The Walt Disney Company](/source/The_Walt_Disney_Company), but [Univision Communications](/source/Univision_Communications) outbid its competition in a close race. The sale was finalized on January 3, 2002.{{cite web |date=January 28, 2009 |title=05-21-02 Federal Communications Commission Grants Clearance for Univision's Proposed Acquisition of USA Broadcasting |url=http://www.univision.net/corp/en/pr/Los_Angeles_21052002-1.html |access-date=January 28, 2009 |publisher=univision}} On January 14, 2002, WAMI-TV became a charter owned-and-operated station of Univision's fledgling Spanish-language secondary network, Telefutura (which rebranded as [UniMás](/source/UniM%C3%A1s) eleven years later on February 7, 2013). [WPXM-TV](/source/WPXM-TV) (channel 35) and West Palm Beach sister station [WPXP-TV](/source/WPXP-TV) acquired the rights to the Marlins telecasts (which were now produced by [Fox Sports](/source/Bally_Sports)), which aired through the Florida Marlins Television Network, eventually dropping them in [2005](/source/2005_Florida_Marlins_season) after Pax TV relaunched as [i: Independent Television](/source/Ion_Television) (the rights to Marlins and Heat telecasts are held by Sun Sports, now [Bally Sports Sun](/source/Bally_Sports_Sun)). In late 2009, most Univision-owned television stations, including WAMI and sister station WLTV, upgraded their main digital signals to transmit programming in [1080i](/source/1080i) [high definition](/source/High-definition_television). TeleFutura's sister network Univision became the last major over-the-air television network in the United States to begin offering high definition programming on [December 31](/source/New_Year's_Eve), 2009. ==Newscasts and local programming== Univision owned-and-operated sister station WLTV produces an hour-long weekday morning newscast for WAMI called ''{{lang|es|Noticias 23 Al Amanecer en UniMás Miami}}'', which airs Monday through Fridays at 7 a.m. and is an extension of WLTV's two-hour morning newscast. In addition, that station produces a [public affairs](/source/Public_affairs_(broadcasting)) program called {{lang|es|Ahora en Nuestra Comunidad}}, which airs on Saturday mornings at 6 a.m. on WAMI-DT with a rebroadcast on WLTV at 11:30 a.m. ===Awards and nominations=== WAMI-TV during its {{frac|2|1|2}} year run under USA Broadcasting ownership, received 18 Suncoast Regional [Emmy Award](/source/Emmy_Award)s and 22 [Promax Awards](/source/Promax_Awards). * 1998: 7 Regional Emmys{{cite news |date=May 3, 2008 |title=BNet USA Broadcasting Appoints Chris Sloan to Senior Vice President Creative Director in Charge of Promotions |publisher=BNet |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1999_May_17/ai_54652479 |access-date=May 3, 2008}} * 1999: 6 Regional Emmys, 10 Promax Awards{{cite web |date=March 13, 2009 |title=1999 Suncoast Regional Emmy Award Recipients |url=http://suncoast.emmyonline.org/emmy/1999Emmy/99emwin.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090308014943/http://suncoast.emmyonline.org/emmy/1999Emmy/99emwin.htm |archive-date=March 8, 2009 |access-date=March 13, 2009 |publisher=suncoast.emmyonline.org }} * 2000: 5 Regional Emmys,{{cite web |date=March 13, 2009 |title=2000 Suncoast Regional Emmy Award Nominees |url=http://suncoast.emmyonline.org/emmy/2000Awards/winners2000.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070212201254/http://suncoast.emmyonline.org/emmy/2000Awards/winners2000.htm |archive-date=February 12, 2007 |access-date=March 13, 2009 |publisher=suncoast.emmyonline.org }} 10 Promax Awards{{cite web |date=March 13, 2009 |title=Award Winners-Promax, BDA. ... |url=http://www2.promax.tv/awards/winners/results1.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080711064354/http://www2.promax.tv/awards/winners/results1.asp |archive-date=July 11, 2008 |access-date=March 13, 2009 |publisher=promaxbda}} * 2001: 2 Promax Awards ===Notable former on-air staff=== * [Mark Jones](/source/Mark_Jones_(sportscaster)) – ''SportsTown'' co-anchor * [Ben Mankiewicz](/source/Ben_Mankiewicz) – ''The Times'' news anchor * [John Mattes](/source/John_Mattes) – ''The Times'' investigative reporter * [Daniel Tosh](/source/Daniel_Tosh) – ''Tens'' co-host * [Cenk Uygur](/source/Cenk_Uygur) – WAMI-TV legal/writer/producer of ''The Times'' ==Technical information== ===Subchannels=== The station's digital signal is [multiplexed](/source/multiplex_(TV)): {| class="wikitable" |+Subchannels of WAMI-DT{{cite web|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WAMI#station|title=RabbitEars TV Query for WAMI|website=RabbitEars|accessdate=January 5, 2025}} ! scope = "col" | [Channel](/source/Digital_subchannel) ! scope = "col" | [Res.](/source/Display_resolution) ! scope = "col" | Short name ! scope = "col" | Programming |- ! scope = "row" | 69.1 | [720p](/source/720p) || WAMI-DT || [UniMás](/source/UniM%C3%A1s) |- ! scope = "row" | 69.2 | rowspan=3|[480i](/source/480i) || style="background-color: #f2d1de;"|Confess || style="background-color: #f2d1de;"|Confess 14px|alt=MPEG-4 video|link=MPEG-4 Part 2 |- ! scope = "row" | 69.3 | getTV || [Great](/source/Great_Entertainment_Television) ([4:3](/source/4%3A3)) |- ! scope = "row" | 69.5 | QUEST || [Quest](/source/Quest_(American_TV_network)) |- style="background-color:#DFEBF6; border-top: 2px solid #003399;" ! scope = "row" | [6.4](/source/WTVJ) | 480i || Oxygen || [Oxygen](/source/Oxygen_(TV_network)) ([WTVJ](/source/WTVJ)) |} {{legend|#f2d1de|Subchannel broadcast with [MPEG-4 video](/source/MPEG-4_Part_2)}} {{legend|#DFEBF6|Broadcast on behalf of another station}} ===Analog-to-digital conversion=== WAMI ended programming on its analog signal, on [UHF](/source/UHF) channel 69, On June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States [transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts](/source/Digital_television_transition_in_the_United_States) under federal mandate. The station's digital signal continued to broadcast on its pre-transition UHF channel 47, using [virtual channel](/source/virtual_channel) 69.{{cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 29, 2013 |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds |access-date=March 24, 2012}} Like all Univision-owned stations, it also retained the "-DT" suffix on their calls at the time of transition. ==References== {{reflist}} == External links == * [https://variety.com/1998/biz/news/wami-nabs-marlin-rights-1117489536/ Variety Business] * [http://www.univision.com/content/channel.jhtml?chid=6&schid=1611 UniMás] * [http://ke4qpf.com/wami/ The Legend of WAMI (unofficial, but links to archived, official pages through banner)] {{Miami TV}} {{WPB TV}} {{Florida Spanish Stations}} {{Univision Communications}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wami-Tv}} Category:1988 establishments in Florida Category:Great Entertainment Television affiliates Category:Hispanic and Latino American culture in Miami Category:Hollywood, Florida Category:Quest (American TV network) affiliates AMI-DT Category:TelevisaUnivision Category:Television channels and stations established in 1988 AMI-DT Category:UniMás affiliates --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [WAMI-DT](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAMI-DT) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAMI-DT?action=history)). 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