WITV (Florida)
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| Owner | Gerico Investment Company |
| History | |
First air date | December 1, 1953 |
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| Technical information | |
| ERP | 465 kW |
| HAAT | 223 m (730 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 25°58′46″N 80°11′50″W / 25.97944°N 80.19722°W |
WITV (channel 17) was a television station in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States. Owned by the Gerico Investment Company, it was the third television station on the air in the Miami–Fort Lauderdale area and the fourth in South Florida, operating from December 1953 to May 1958. It was doomed by troubles that plagued ultra high frequency (UHF) television in the days before the All-Channel Receiver Act and particularly the arrival of two additional VHF TV stations to Miami in 1956 and 1957. The WITV transmitter facility was purchased by the Dade County School Board, eventually resulting in the reactivation of channel 17 as Miami-based WLRN-TV in 1962.