WSFL
WSFL (Channel 19) and WELR-CD (Channel 66) are both Television stations. SFL is licensed to Miami but ELR is broadcasting from the Everglades. Both broadcasting The CW and Estrella TV, and both are each Owned and Operated by Liberian Broadcasting, 50/50 owned by Estrella Media and Viacom. Due to it being the only station in Miami with a Discord server, It’s also known as: The Neckbeard Station.
History[edit | edit source]
Original Ownership[edit | edit source]
The station was originally founded by a clay version of Garfield crafted by Jim Davis himself, Dated to 1980. The station was originally known as WGAR-FL back when Florida had a law stating that:
“All call signs must have -FL or else your license will be canceled for: “Not enough Florida Pride.”
This as a result led to the station sneakily using this rule to better represent it’s owner. It used to be,only broadcasting an image of Garfield spinning around. This lasted until the clay that 1st founded the station died of hardening in 1989. As a result,the station was taken off the air and it’s license was put up for sale.
Weigel Broadcasting Ownership[edit | edit source]
Partial Univision Affiliation[edit | edit source]
Weigel Broadcasting, the founders of WCIU-TV purchased the station in 1990, Renaming it to WICU-FL due to the fact that this article was originally up for the Intensive Care Unit and because of the fact that the station was supposed to represent WCIU, Causing a common ownership and a Univision affiliation. This lasted until WCIU-TV lost the affiliation in 1996 and it was agreed that the station would not only broadcast The WB but also Valuevision, a network made for shopping and scamming and Azteca America, their replacement for Univision.
The WB/Valuevision/Azteca America Affiliation[edit | edit source]
The station, with this unholy fusion of 3 networks operated decently, especially when the station stopped signing off. In 2000, In order to represent South Florida, they became WSFL-FL. Eventually, in 2001 they dropped their Valuevision affiliation due to people hating the channel for scamming, and WELR-CA (later -CD in 2010) became under ownership of Weigel, causing the only station located in the swampy nightmare to be converted into a mere translator.
The WB/Azteca America Affiliation[edit | edit source]
Eventually, The CW Broke out of The WB and UPN in 2006,WSFL was chosen to carry the affiliation. Also in this exact date, Florida dropped their -FL mandate, causing multiple stations, including WSFL-FL to become simply: WSFL.
The CW/Azteca America Affiliation[edit | edit source]
This was the affiliation duo that slid through the digital transition of 2009, as Azteca America was moved to DT2 for the 1st time and ShopNBC, previously ValueVision took the DT3 slot. This lasted until Azteca America ended their almost 2-Decade affiliation on 2015. So they just chose to take up Estrella TV, finally selling the station to Liberian Broadcasting.
The CW/Estrella TV O&O station[edit | edit source]
This is when the station earned it’s own other subchannels,Up to 7 of them and how it earned it’s own nickname: the neckbeard station, due to Liberian Broadcasting investing to Discord in 2019.
Technical Information[edit | edit source]
The station’s signal is multiplexed.
| Channel | Video | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19/66.1 | 1080p | 16:9 | WSFL-CW | The CW |
| 19/66.2 | 720p | WSFL-ES | Estrella TV | |
| 19/66.3 | 480i | WSFL-SH | ShopHQ | |
| 19/66.4 | 4:3 | WSFL-CB | Claybee (Goblin-language) | |
| 19/66.5 | WSFL-SL | Searchlight | ||
| 19.6 | WSFL-SK | Skitz! | ||
| 19.7 | WGAR-FL | Garfield Spinning |
Digital Transition[edit | edit source]
The station shut down it’s analog signal on 2010, due to requests for the station to continue broadcasting after the FCC got threatened by a strange orange cat. It remained on virtual channel 39 but moved to digital channel 19, since that was where FamilyNet/HSN affiliate W64KI-D (Now WSKI-CD) wanted to move.