WSVN

WSVN
Brand	WSVN 7 (general) 7 News (newscasts)
City of License	Miami, Florida
Market	Miami/Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Channel	7 digital 7 virutal 7.2 subcarrier: (Estrella TV) Formerly: 7 analog (1956-2009)
Network Affiliation	Current: FOX Historic: NBC (1956-1988) ABC (secondary, 1956-1957)
Founded	1956
Company	Sunbeam Television
President
Current Popular Non-Network Shows	Divorce Court Comics Unleashed Inside Edition

WSVN is a FOX affiliate in Miami/Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The station broadcasts on digital channel 7 displayed to tuners on virtual channel 7 and is owned by Sunbeam Television.

WSVN launched in 1956 as call letters WCKT affiliated with both NBC and ABC. In 1957, the station lost ABC to WPLG channel 10 signing on the air taking the network while WCKT became an exculsive NBC affiliate. In 1983, the station changed its call letters to the current WSVN. In 1988, the station became a FOX affiliate while former FOX affiliate WCIX became a CBS affiliate and former CBS affiliate WTVJ took over the NBC affiliation.

There is speculation that WSVN could lose the Fox affiliation if Sinclair Broadcasting's acquisition of Tribune stations goes through. Tribune owns CW affiliate WSFL/channel 39, which Sinclair would then resell to Fox in order to comply with ownership caps. Fox would move to WSFL while the CW would most likely go to a subchannel of CBS-owned WBFS/channel 33. WSVN would revert to independent status.

External Links

• Query the FCC's TV station database for WSVN