WWSI
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Atlantic City, New Jersey/ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States |
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| City | Atlantic City, New Jersey |
| Branding | Telemundo 62 (general) Noticiero Telemundo 62 (newscasts) |
| Channels |
Digital: 49 (UHF) Virtual: 62 () |
| Subchannels | 62.1 Telemundo 62.2 TeleXitos 10.3 NBC |
| Affiliations | Telemundo |
| Owner |
NBCUniversal (NBC Telemundo License LLC) |
| First air date | January 17, 2001 |
| Sister station(s) |
WCAU Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia |
| Former channel number(s) | 62 (UHF analog, 2001–2009) |
| Transmitter power | 860 kW |
| Height | 296.3 meters (972 ft) |
| Facility ID | 23142 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°44′4″N 74°50′28″W / 39.73444°N 74.84111°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | http://www.telemundo62.com/ |
WWSI, channel 62, is a Telemundo-owned television station licensed to Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA and serving Philadelphia, Pennsylvania television market. WWSI is owned by the NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations subsidiary of NBCUniversal, and operates as part of a duopoly with NBC owned-and-operated station WCAU (channel 10). The two stations share a studio facility in Bala Cynwyd Pennsylvania, and WWSI's transmitter is located in Waterford Township, New Jersey.
Prior to the station's formal sign-on, channel 62's original owners held a construction permit under the WDKZ call letters beginning in 1989, which subsequently changed to WACI that same year. In 2000, the callsign on the license was changed to WPHA. The station formally signed on the air as WWSI on January 17, 2001, and acquired the Telemundo affiliation (originally seen on WTGI – channel 61, now WPPX – until 1998, then WTVE – channel 51 – in Reading, Pennsylvania from 1998 to 2000). WWSI launched its website in 2007.
In January 2008, Hispanic Broadcasters Corporation agreed to sell WWSI to ZGS Communications for $10 million. The sale to ZGS was finalized on March 11 of that year.
On March 21, 2013, NBCUniversal entered into an agreement to acquire WWSI from ZGS Communications for $20 million. Prior to the sale agreement, WWSI had been the largest station (in terms of market size) aligned with Telemundo that was not an owned-and-operated station of the network. The deal created a duopoly with NBC-owned Philadelphia station WCAU. The sale was completed on July 2.
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