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WLMF-LD (channel 53) is a low-powered
television station A television station is a set of equipment managed by a business, organisation or other entity, such as an amateur television (ATV) operator, that transmits video content and audio content via radio waves directly from a transmitter on the earth ...
licensed to
Miami, Florida Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a East Coast of the United States, coastal metropolis and the County seat, county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade C ...
. Founded in 1987 by Paging Systems, Inc., a company based in
Burlingame, California Burlingame () is a city in San Mateo County, California. It is located on the San Francisco Peninsula and has a significant shoreline on San Francisco Bay. The city is named after diplomat Anson Burlingame and is known for its numerous eucalyp ...
, WLMF aired programs from the first channel of SCOLA, a service offering European television news and information. Currently, WLMF is owned by America CV Network as an affiliate of
LATV LATV (; originally pronounced on-air as from 2007 to 2014 and, since 2014, serving as a backronym for its on-air slogan, "Latino Alternative Television") is an American bilingual broadcast television network, digital publisher and media company ...
. WLMF moved from channel 53 to channel 51 upon transitioning to digital broadcasting, and has an application for a low-powered digital service that would air on channel 39. Earlier attempts to move to channel 3 were dismissed. The move to channel 51 was required because channels 52 through 59 were discontinued as part of the 2009 digital television transition and sold off as blocks of UHF spectrum.


Sale to America CV

On February 8, 2021, the station was sold to America CV Station Group and became a sister station to flagship stations
WJAN-CD WJAN-CD (channel 41) is a low-power, class A Spanish-language independent station licensed to Miami, Florida, United States. Owned by América CV Station Group, Inc., it is sister station to WFUN-LD (channel 48). The two stations share studios ...
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WFUN-LD WFUN-LD (channel 48) is a low-power Spanish-language independent television station in Miami, Florida, United States. It is owned by América CV Station Group, Inc., alongside fellow independent station WJAN-CD (channel 41). The two stations s ...
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