Mega TV is an American

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based in

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, owned by

Spanish Broadcasting System Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. (SBS) is one of the largest owners and operators of radio stations in the United States. SBS is also invested in television and internet properties, deriving the majority of its income from advertising through i ...

(SBS). The network's flagship is

WSBS-TV WSBS-TV, virtual channel 22 (VHF digital channel 3), is a Mega TV owned-and-operated television station licensed to Key West, Florida, United States. It serves as the flagship station of owner Spanish Broadcasting System. WSBS-TV's studios ...

, a television station licensed to Key West, Florida, with studios also in Miami.

History

Mega TV was launched on March 1, 2006. Its original slate of programming includes productions aimed to young

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viewers. Mega TV seems to be following the same pattern traced by larger rivals such as the Hispanic

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and Azteca nearly 25 years ago – creating its own television personalities. In early 2007, the station cut 55 employees to save production costs. A vast majority of locally produced programs such as ''Desvelados'', ''Xpediente'', ''El Noticero'', ''El Vacilon'', ''Entre Fichas'', and ''Mega Especiales'', ''Puerta Astral'' ("''Star Port''") and ''Agenda del Inmigrante'' were supposedly placed on hiatus. The channel is scheduled for a summer run with changes in hosts and renamed ''Codigo Astral'' ("Star Code"). SBS has entered into agreements with other television stations to air Mega TV programming, including: WBWP-LD in

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; WHDO-CD in Orlando, Florida; WFHD-LD in

Tampa, Florida Tampa () is a city on the Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida. The city's borders include the north shore of Tampa Bay and the east shore of Old Tampa Bay. Tampa is the largest city in the Tampa Bay area and the seat of Hillsborough C ...

(future; currently, it is TBN repeater W36CO); WHDC-LD in

Mount Pleasant, South Carolina Mount Pleasant is a large suburban town in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States. In the Low Country, it is the fourth largest municipality and largest town in South Carolina, and for several years was one of the state's fastest-growin ...

; KODF-LD in

Dallas, Texas Dallas () is the third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the largest city in and seat of Dallas County wi ...

; WOCK-CD in

Chicago, Illinois (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = List of sovereign states, Count ...

; KLPS-LP in

Palm Springs, California Palm Springs (Cahuilla: ''Séc-he'') is a desert resort city in Riverside County, California, United States, within the Colorado Desert's Coachella Valley. The city covers approximately , making it the largest city in Riverside County by la ...

; KMCC in

Laughlin, Nevada Laughlin is an unincorporated resort town and census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada, United States. It is located on the Colorado River, directly across from the much larger Bullhead City, Arizona. Laughlin lies south of Las Vegas ...

;

WMEI WMEI, virtual and UHF digital channel 14, branded on-air as WMEI 14 and TeleMar, was a Retro TV/ Action Channel- affiliated television station licensed to Arecibo, Puerto Rico. The station was owned by Corporate Media Consultants Group, of wh ...

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; and

KSDI-LD KSDI-LD, VHF digital channel 12, is a low-powered Telemax- affiliated television station licensed to Fresno, California, United States. The station is owned by Cocola Broadcasting. History The station was noted for its commitment to local progra ...

Fresno, California Fresno () is a major city in the San Joaquin Valley of California, United States. It is the county seat of Fresno County and the largest city in the greater Central Valley region. It covers about and had a population of 542,107 in 2020, maki ...

. WHDO, WFHD, WHDC, KLPS, and KSDI show (or plan to show) Mega TV on

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s. As of May 27, 2013, WOCK-CD in Chicago no longer carries Mega TV.

Programming

, Mega TV's original programming included: *''

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'' *''Antena Live'' *''Agenda del Inmigrante'' *''Dante Night Show'' *''En Corte con Ricardo Corona'' *''Ahora con Oscar Haza'' *''El Arañazo'' *''MegaNoticiero'' *''La Corte del Pueblo'' *''Cuéntame (2020)'' con Johnny Lozada y Ambar *''Mega Cine Cubano'' *''A Tacón Quita'o'' *''Vamonos de Viaje'' *''Cayo Hueso al Dia'' *''Mega Kids'' ( E/I programming) *''TV Martí'' *''22 Minutos'' *''Conectao's por la Cocina'' *''Ceriani'' *''Lo Mejor de La Radio en Mega TV'' *''Puerta Astral''/''Código Astral'' *''On The Street with Dariel Fernández'' *''Latin Angels'' *''Handyman'' *''Xpediente'' *''Show Business Extra'' *''

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en Mega TV'' *''El Circo de PR'' *''El Vacilón de NY'' *''Mundo Loco'' *''Testigo Directo'' *''Te Para Tres'' *''Codigo Secreto'' *''Esta es tu Casa'' con

Natalia Cruz Natalia Andrea (born August 18, 1976 in Barranquilla, Colombia) is a Colombian journalist and news anchor in the United States, three time Emmy Award winner, news anchor for "Mega News" on Mega TV and "TV Realtor" at Real Estate TV show "Esta Es ...

* ''Mega News'' * ''Corazones Guerreros'' con

Natalia Denegri Natalia Denegri (born 18 March 1976 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) producer and writer, residing in Miami, United States. She began her career as an actress and host in Argentina, where she participated in TV shows, plays and a radio program. In the ...

Current affiliates

Channel 22 Key West, Florida (Mega TV O&O/flagship station) * WTCV Channel 18.1

(Mega TV O&O) * WVEO Channel 18.1

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* WVOZ-TV Channel 18.1

Ponce, Puerto Rico Ponce (, , , ) is both a city and a municipality on the southern coast of Puerto Rico. The city is the seat of the municipal government. Ponce, Puerto Rico's most populated city outside the San Juan metropolitan area, was founded on 12 August 16 ...

* WORA-TV Channel 18.1

Mayagüez, Puerto Rico Mayagüez (, ) is a city and the eighth-largest municipality in Puerto Rico. It was founded as Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria de Mayagüez, and is also known as ''La Sultana del Oeste'' (The Sultaness of the West), ''Ciudad de las Aguas Pura ...

* WACX Channel 55.11 Orlando, Florida * WGCT-LD Channel 19.4

Former affiliates

* KMCC Channel 34

(Now an Ion Affiliate) * KLPS-LP channel 19

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(Now Defunct) * KTBU Channel 55

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(Now a

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Affiliate sold to Tegna Inc.) * WOCK-CD Channel 13

(Now an Independent station) * WBWP-LD Channel 57

(Now an Independent station) * KODF-LD Channel 27

(Now Silent) * KUVM-LD Channel 10.5 Houston, Texas (now Wizebuy TV) * WHDO-CD Channel 38.2 Orlando, Florida (Now BizTV) * WFTV Channel 9.2 Orlando, Florida (Now

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) *

W21AU-D W21AU-D, virtual and UHF digital channel 21, is a low-powered Nuestra Visión- affiliated television station licensed to Orlando, Florida, United States. The station is owned by Central Florida Broadcast Company. History It first signed on J ...

Channel 21.1 Orlando, Florida (now

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) * WSJU-TV Channel 31

(Now Defunct) *

Channel 14

(Now Defunct) * WOST Channel 22

(Now an Azteca América affiliate) * WATV-LD Channel 47 Orlando, Florida (Now an Azteca América affiliate) *

Channel 33

(Now a Telemax affiliate) * WHDC-LD Channel 12.2 Charleston, South Carolina (Subchannel now a Court TV affiliate) *

WTAM-LD WTAM-LD, virtual channel 30 (UHF digital channel 35), is a low-powered Estrella TV owned-and-operated television station licensed to Tampa, Florida, United States and also serving St. Petersburg. The station is owned by HC2 Holdings. The stati ...

Channel 30

(Now an Azteca América affiliate)

External links

* {{Broadcast Television Hispanic and Latino American culture in Miami Spanish-language television networks in the United States Spanish Broadcasting System stations Television channels and stations established in 2006 Spanish-language mass media in Florida