WITV (Florida)

WITV
Channels
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerGerico Investment Company
History
First air date
December 1, 1953
(70 years ago) (1953-12-01)
Last air date
  • May 11, 1958
    (66 years ago)     (1958-05-11)
  • (4 years, 161 days)
Technical information
ERP465 kW[1]
HAAT730 ft (220 m)
Transmitter coordinates25°58′46″N 80°11′50″W / 25.97944°N 80.19722°W / 25.97944; -80.19722

WITV was a television station that broadcast on channel 17 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States. Owned by the Gerico Investment Company, it was the third television station on the air in the Miami–Fort Lauderdale area and the fourth in South Florida, operating from December 1953 to May 1958. It was doomed by troubles that plagued ultra high frequency (UHF) television in the days before the All-Channel Receiver Act and particularly the arrival of two additional VHF TV stations to Miami in 1956 and 1957. The WITV transmitter facility was purchased by the Dade County School Board, eventually resulting in the reactivation of channel 17 as Miami-based WLRN-TV in 1962.

  1. ^ "WITV" (PDF). Television Factbook. Fall 1957. p. 84. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 12, 2021. Retrieved February 15, 2022 – via World Radio History.