WSFL-TV

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WSFL-TV (channel 39), branded as The Spot – South Florida 39, is an independent television station in Miami, Florida, United States. It is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company alongside Ion Television station WPXM-TV (channel 35). WSFL-TV's studios are located on Southwest 78th Avenue in Plantation; its transmitter is located in Andover. Channel 39 began broadcasting on October 16, 1982, as WDZL. Though it was the second major independent outlet in the city after WCIX-TV, it struggled in its early years. A mishap when the antenna was installed caused the original owners to develop financial difficulties that forced a sale of controlling interest to Odyssey Partners, while a third independent, WBFS-TV (channel 33), went on the air in December 1984 and nearly immediately surpassed WDZL in the ratings. Under the ownership of Renaissance Communications, the station aired Fox Kids programming in the Miami market, became affiliated with The WB in 1995, and began airing a 10 p.m. newscast produced by NBC station WTVJ in January 1997. The Tribune Company acquired Renaissance in a deal completed in March 1997. Tribune required a waiver to own the South Florida Sun-Sentinel newspaper and WDZL in the same market; under a temporary waiver it obtained from the Federal Communications Commission, it was required to keep their operations separate. WDZL became WBZL in April 1998 to emphasize its network affiliation. In 2002, the hold-separate condition was removed, and Tribune moved WBZL operations into the Sun-Sentinel facility in Fort Lauderdale; began featuring Sun-Sentinel content on channel 39's newscasts; and integrated their advertising sales and other operations. The WTVJ newscast was dropped in 2008 ahead of the 2009 debut of a four-hour morning show, originally known as SouthFlorida.com/Live and later The Morning Show; it lasted 16 months before being canceled due to low ratings. In 2014,...