WFPA-CD


WFPA-CD, virtual channel 28, is a low-power, Class A UniMás owned-and-operated television station licensed to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Owned by the Univision Local Media subsidiary of Univision Communications, it is sister to the group's duopoly of Vineland, New Jersey-licensed Univision owned-and-operated station WUVP-DT and Wildwood, New Jersey-licensed True Crime Network affiliate WMGM-TV. WFPA and WUVP share studios on Delsea Drive in Franklin Township; WFPA's transmitter is located in the Roxborough section of Philadelphia.

History

The station originally operated as a repeater of New York City's Univision owned-and-operated station, WXTV. It was first licensed as a translator, W35AB, operating on UHF channel 35. After WYBE was granted a license to operate a full-power station on channel 35, the translator moved to channel 28 and was ultimately relicensed as a low-power station, WXTV-LP. In 2002, Univision Communications acquired WUVP, and moved its programming there. Channel 28 began to air programming from the then-new TeleFutura network, and its call letters were changed to WFPA-CA.
In June 2006, the station was added to Philadelphia area Comcast systems on digital cable channel 251. WFPA is also available to DirecTV customers as part of the Philadelphia local channel package. It's also on FiOS in widescreen SD from WUVP-DT 65.2.
In some areas of the market, especially those north of Philadelphia, WFPA's signal causes some reception issues with the digital signal of New York City's WNBC, which broadcasts its digital signal on channel 28.
On June 3, 2015, the station was licensed for digital operation and changed its call sign to WFPA-CD.