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26, is a

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station serving the

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market. The station is owned by C&M Broadcasting Corporation. WCEA-LD is co-owned with ''

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'', a local Spanish language newspaper.

History

WCEA-LD was founded by Pedro Nicolas Cuenca in 1986 as W19AH, becoming WCEA-LP in 1995. It has always been a platform for local multicultural independent producers in the Boston market. The station also served as Boston's

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affiliate in the early 1990s, before W32AY (now

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) signed on in 1995. Initially broadcasting on channel 19, WCEA-LP was forced to vacate the channel to accommodate the digital signal of

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. In 2002, it moved to channel 3 via special temporary authority, but its application for the channel was subsequently dismissed by the

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due to objections from other Boston stations, AT&T Broadband, and RCN; soon thereafter, WCEA-LP relocated to channel 58. Since December 2010, Massachusetts Spanish TV Network (MAS TV) has partnered with WCEA-LD to provide programming, including local newscasts at 6 a.m. and noon.New network expands Spanish-language options
/ref> In the early 2010s, WCEA-LP had two applications convert to digital operations on channels 44 and 45, with both specifying a transmitter location atop the

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; the station ultimately chose to build the channel 45 facility.

Digital Television

Digital channels

* 26.1 main WCEA-LD programming / MAS TV * 26.2 teleSUR Boston * 26.3 Cristovisión * 26.4 Telemicro * 26.5 Telecentro * 26.6

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References

External links

* * Cuban-American culture CEA Dominican-American culture Hispanic and Latino American culture in Boston Puerto Rican culture in the United States Spanish-language mass media in Massachusetts Spanish-language television stations in Massachusetts Television channels and stations established in 1986 CEA-LD {{Massachusetts-tv-station-stub