WUTF-DT
 
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Marlborough-Boston, Massachusetts United States |
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| City | Marlborough, Massachusetts |
| Branding | UniMás Boston |
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Digital: 27 (UHF) Virtual: 66 () |
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| Owner |
Univision Communications (UniMas Boston LLC) |
| Operator | Entravision Communications |
| First air date | February 12, 1985 |
| Call letters' meaning | Univision TeleFutura |
| Sister station(s) | WUNI |
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| 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°WCoordinates: 42°23′2″N 71°29′37″W / 42.38389°N 71.49361°W |
| 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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