WFUT-DT

WFUT-DT

Newark, New Jersey/ New York City, New York United States
City	Newark, New Jersey
Branding	UniMás Nueva York
Channels	Digital: 30 (UHF) Virtual: 68 ()
Affiliations	.1: UniMás .2: Univision .3: GetTV .4: Escape
Owner	Univision Communications (Univision New York, LLC)
First air date	September 29, 1974; 42 years ago (1974-09-29)
Call letters' meaning	TeleFUTura (former affiliation)
Sister station(s)	WADO, WXNY-FM, WXTV
Former callsigns	WBTB-TV (1974–1977) WTVG (1977–1979) WWHT (1979–1987) WHSE-TV (1987–2001)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 68 (UHF, 1974–2009) Digital: 53 (UHF, 1999–2009)
Former affiliations	Independent (1974–1977, 2001–2002) Wometco Home Theater (1977–1985) FNN (1981–1985) Music Videos (1985–1986) HSN (1986–2001) ABC (2001; temporarily fed from WABC-TV) TeleFutura (2002–2013)
Transmitter power	200 kW
Height	429 m (1,407 ft)
Class	DT (Digital Television)
Facility ID	60555
Transmitter coordinates	40°44′54″N 73°59′10″W / 40.74833°N 73.98611°W / 40.74833; -73.98611Coordinates: 40°44′54″N 73°59′10″W / 40.74833°N 73.98611°W / 40.74833; -73.98611
Licensing authority	FCC
Public license information:	Profile CDBS
Website	UniMás

WFUT-DT, virtual channel 68 (UHF digital channel 30), is a UniMás owned-and-operated television station serving New York City, New York, United States that is licensed to Newark, New Jersey. The station is owned by Univision Communications, as part of a duopoly with Univision owned-and-operated station WXTV (channel 41). The two stations share studios and offices in Teaneck, New Jersey, WFUT's transmitter is located at the Empire State Building in midtown Manhattan.

WFUT's programming is simulcast on a satellite station, WFTY-DT (virtual channel 67, UHF digital channel 23) in Smithtown, New York, which serves the eastern areas of Long Island.

The station first signed on the air on September 29, 1974 as WBTB-TV (named for original owners Blonder-Tongue Broadcasting; its calls before that were WWRO-TV in its construction permit, but the calls were changed by the first transmission, a test card with a drawing of a shade tree with the WBTB calls). Unfortunately, the station went dark in February 1975 because many cable systems refused to carry the station and few viewers were either aware of, or simply did not care much for a UHF television station at the upper end of the dial.

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