WZXZ-CA
Encyclopedia
WZXZ-CA is a Class A
low-powered television station in Orlando, Florida
. It is owned by L4 Media Group, and broadcasts on UHF
channel 36 (analog
).
The station originally signed on as an affiliate of The Box. Following The Box's acquisition by Viacom in 2001, it began carrying programming from MTV2
.
From 2004 to late summer of 2006, WZXZ carried the Spanish music video channel Mas Musica, now known as MTV Tr3́s. However, when Mas Musica became MTV Tr3́s, WZXZ resumed simulcast of MTV2 for a short period of time, rather than picking up MTV Tr3́s, for unknown reasons.
For some part of later 2006, it had shown a repeated loop of a religious infomercial
. This was the last actual programming shown on the channel. For most of 2007, the station was broadcasting nothing but the screen saver from a DVD player, accompanied by an outdated severe weather warning crawl across the screen.
Most recently, sometime around the start of January 2008, the station was transmitting a color bar test pattern
with call letters displayed via CHARGEN
overlay. This is presumably due to no station ID being displayed per FCC requirements for some time (aside from when the EAS
-triggered warnings would occasionally be scrolled).
As of September 2008, the station started airing Caribevision
, a Spanish television network based out of Miami and New York City.
Class A television service
The class A television service is a system for regulating some low-power television stations in the United States. Class A stations are denoted by the broadcast callsign suffix "-CA" or "-CD" , although very many analog -CA stations have a digital companion channel that was assigned the -LD...
low-powered television station in Orlando, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...
. It is owned by L4 Media Group, and broadcasts on UHF
Ultra high frequency
Ultra-High Frequency designates the ITU Radio frequency range of electromagnetic waves between 300 MHz and 3 GHz , also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from one to ten decimetres...
channel 36 (analog
Analog television
Analog television is the analog transmission that involves the broadcasting of encoded analog audio and analog video signal: one in which the message conveyed by the broadcast signal is a function of deliberate variations in the amplitude and/or frequency of the signal...
).
The station originally signed on as an affiliate of The Box. Following The Box's acquisition by Viacom in 2001, it began carrying programming from MTV2
MTV2
MTV2 is a cable network that is widely available in the United States on digital cable and satellite television, and is progressively being added to analogue cable lineups across the nation...
.
From 2004 to late summer of 2006, WZXZ carried the Spanish music video channel Mas Musica, now known as MTV Tr3́s. However, when Mas Musica became MTV Tr3́s, WZXZ resumed simulcast of MTV2 for a short period of time, rather than picking up MTV Tr3́s, for unknown reasons.
For some part of later 2006, it had shown a repeated loop of a religious infomercial
Infomercial
Infomercials are direct response television commercials which generally include a phone number or website. There are long-form infomercials, which are typically between 15 and 30 minutes in length, and short-form infomercials, which are typically 30 seconds to 120 seconds in length. Infomercials...
. This was the last actual programming shown on the channel. For most of 2007, the station was broadcasting nothing but the screen saver from a DVD player, accompanied by an outdated severe weather warning crawl across the screen.
Most recently, sometime around the start of January 2008, the station was transmitting a color bar test pattern
Test Pattern
Test Pattern may refer to:* Test Pattern , a Canadian game show* Test Pattern , an album by Sonia Dada* Test pattern or test card, a television test signal...
with call letters displayed via CHARGEN
CHARGEN
The Character Generator Protocol is a service of the Internet Protocol Suite defined in RFC 864 in 1983 by Jon Postel. It is intended for testing, debugging, and measurement purposes....
overlay. This is presumably due to no station ID being displayed per FCC requirements for some time (aside from when the EAS
Emergency Alert System
The Emergency Alert System is a national warning system in the United States put into place on January 1, 1997, when it superseded the Emergency Broadcast System , which itself had superseded the CONELRAD System...
-triggered warnings would occasionally be scrolled).
As of September 2008, the station started airing Caribevision
CaribeVisión
CV Network is a Spanish television network in the United States. The network launched in 2007 with owned and operated stations in New York City, Chicago, Miami, and San Juan until November 2009....
, a Spanish television network based out of Miami and New York City.