WUTF

WUTF-DT

Marlborough-Boston, Massachusetts United States
City	Marlborough, Massachusetts
Branding	UniMás Boston
Channels	Digital: 27 (UHF) Virtual: 66 ()
Subchannels	.1: 1080i 16:9 WUTF-DT .2: 480i 4:3 Bounce .3: 480i 4:3 GetTV .4: 480i 16:9 Grit
Affiliations	.1: UniMás .2: Bounce TV .3: GetTV .4: Grit
Owner	Univision Communications (UniMas Boston LLC)
Operator	Entravision Communications
First air date	February 12, 1985; 32 years ago (1985-02-12)
Call letters' meaning	Univision TeleFutura
Sister station(s)	WUNI
Former callsigns	WVJV-TV (1985–1987) WHSH (1987–1992) WHSH-TV (1992–2000) WHUB-TV (2000–2001) WFUB (2001) WUTF (2001–2003) WUTF-TV (2004–2009)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 66 (UHF, 1985–2009) Digital: 23 (UHF, 1998–2009)
Former affiliations	V66: music videos (1985–1987) HSN (1987–2000, 2001–2002) Independent (2000–2001) TeleFutura (2002–2013)
Transmitter power	100 kW
Height	333.8 m
Facility ID	60551
Transmitter coordinates	42°23′2″N 71°29′37″W / 42.38389°N 71.49361°W / 42.38389; -71.49361Coordinates: 42°23′2″N 71°29′37″W / 42.38389°N 71.49361°W / 42.38389; -71.49361
Licensing authority	FCC
Public license information:	Profile CDBS
Website	UniMás

WUTF-DT, virtual channel 66 (UHF digital channel 27), is an UniMás owned-and-operated television station serving Boston, Massachusetts, United States that is licensed to Marlborough. The station is owned by Univision Communications; Entravision Communications Corporation, which owns Univision affiliate WUNI (channel 27), operates WUTF under a management agreement. The two stations share studio facilities located on 4th Avenue in Needham, and its transmitter is located west of Sudbury.

The station first signed on the air on February 12, 1985 as WVJV-TV (branded as "V-66, the Beat of Boston"), maintaining a music video format at a time when they were a major part of the American culture (this was just four years after MTV launched in August 1981). The station was originally owned by longtime New England radio broadcasters John Garabedian (who later became host of the nationally syndicated radio show Open House Party) and Arnie "Woo-Woo" Ginsburg. Garabedian also owned WGTR (1060 AM, now WQOM); both WVJV and WGTR operated from studios in Natick. The music format combined videos from progressive rock (as heard on WBCN) and pop contemporary (as heard on WXKS-FM). Irrespective of the must-carry rule requiring cable systems to carry the station, many cable systems freely chose to carry WVJV instead of VH1. WVJV was also the first station in the Boston area to transmit in stereo.

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