WFOR-TV

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WFOR-TV (channel 4), branded as CBS Miami, is a television station in Miami, Florida, United States. It is owned and operated by the CBS television network through its CBS Television Stations division alongside WBFS-TV (channel 33), an affiliate of The CW. The two stations share studios on Northwest 18th Terrace in Doral; WFOR-TV's transmitter is located in Andover, Florida. The history of this station begins with the assignment of channel 6 as the fifth very high frequency (VHF) channel for Miami in 1957. However, unlike the previously available channels, channel 6 would need to broadcast from a site further south because it operated on the same frequency as a full-service station in Orlando. After a multiple-year proceeding, the Federal Communications Commission granted a construction permit to Coral Television for WCIX-TV in 1964. Coral's earlier attempts to build the transmitter on one of the upper Florida Keys failed to materialize, and the station began broadcasting in September 1967...

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