WURH-CD,

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13 ( UHF digital channel 29), is a low-powered, Class A

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, United States,

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ing the third

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member station

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(channel 2). Owned by

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, WURH-CD and WPBT are

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to Boynton Beach-licensed fellow PBS member

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(channel 42). The three stations share transmitter facilities on Northwest 199th Street in

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History

On October 16, 1990,

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890310UU became W25BF. On July 7, 1997, W25BF became WIMP-LP. WIMP became a class A station on September 18, 2001, and became WIMP-CA as a result. After a flash-cut to

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while staying on

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25, it became WIMP-CD in November 2011. Then-owner Sunshine Broadcasting Company sold WIMP-CD's spectrum as part of the

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, for $3,138,184. On December 15, 2017, Sunshine Broadcasting closed on the donation of the station to South Florida PBS, Inc. It planned to enter into a channel-sharing arrangement to operate the station on the spectrum allocated to their

. The station changed its call sign to WURH-CD on December 27, 2017. The station was previously affiliated with

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, and Elementos TV, a

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from

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Digital channel

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* URH-CD Low-power television stations in the United States Television channels and stations established in 1997 1997 establishments in Florida {{Miami-stub