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{{Short description|Television station in Orlando, Florida}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox television station
| callsign            = WTMO-CD
| logo                = Telemundo 31 (2019).svg
| branding            = Telemundo 31
| digital             = 31 ([[UHF]])
| virtual             = 31
| affiliations        = {{ubl|'''31.1:''' [[Telemundo]]|''for others, see {{Section link||Subchannels}}''}}
| translators         = {{ubl|[[WRDQ]] 27.3 Orlando|WKME-CD 21 (UHF) [[Kissimmee]]|WMVJ-CD 29 (UHF) [[Melbourne, Florida|Melbourne]]}}
| founded             = {{start date and age|1992|p=y}}
| location            = [[Orlando, Florida]]
| country             = United States
| callsign_meaning    = {{ubl|Telemundo Orlando|-or-|Telemundo}}
| sister_stations     = 
| owner               = [[Telemundo Station Group]]
| licensee            = NBC Telemundo License [[LLC]]
| former_callsigns    = {{ubl|W59BH (1987–1990)|W31AU (1990–1999)|WPXG-LP (1999–2007)|WTMO-CA (2007–2011)}}
| former_affiliations =
| erp                 = 15 [[kW]]
| haat                = {{convert|125.4|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| class               = [[Class A television service|CD]]
| facility_id         = 10073
| coordinates         = {{coord|28|36|22.6|N|81|27|23.9|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}
| licensing_authority = [[FCC]]
| website             = {{URL|http://www.telemundo31.com/}} 
}}

'''WTMO-CD''' (channel 31) is a [[Low-power broadcasting#Television|low-power]], [[Class A television station]] in [[Orlando, Florida]], United States, broadcasting the Spanish-language network [[Telemundo]]. [[Owned and operated]] by [[NBCUniversal]]'s [[Telemundo Station Group]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=NBCU Buying 13 Telemundo Affils From ZGS |url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/109362/nbcu-adding-zgs-stations-to-telemundo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206074450/http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/109362/nbcu-adding-zgs-stations-to-telemundo |archive-date=December 6, 2017 |access-date=January 4, 2018 |website=www.tvnewscheck.com |language=en}}</ref> the station has studios at the intersection of [[Sand Lake Road]] and [[Orange Blossom Trail]] in [[unincorporated area#United States|unincorporated]] [[Orange County, Florida|Orange County]] (using an Orlando mailing address), and its transmitter is located on Lake Sparling Road in [[Pine Hills, Florida|Pine Hills]].

WTMO-CD is [[simulcast]] on the third [[digital subchannel]] of [[independent station]] [[WRDQ]] (channel 27, owned by [[Cox Media Group]]), as well as on [[broadcast relay station#Broadcast translators|translators]] '''WKME-CD''' (channel 21) in [[Kissimmee]], and '''WMVJ-CD''' (channel 29) in [[Melbourne, Florida|Melbourne]].

==History==
Until February 9, 2007, WTMO's primary signal (as WTMO-LP) was the WKME transmitter. Until early 2006 at the latest, it was located on channel 40, but moved to channel 15 shortly before [[WACX]] signed on its digital signal on channel 40. Based in Kissimmee, this signal is far enough away with a directional pattern towards Kissimmee, so it would not interfere with WCEU (now [[WDSC-TV]]), which also broadcasts on channel 15. As a result, channel 15's coverage area only covers Kissimmee, forcing WTMO to reach the rest of the Orlando area via cable. In late 2006, ZGS acquired WDYB, WMVJ, and the channel 31 license (then WPXG-LP) from [[Tiger Eye Broadcasting]] to expand WTMO's [[Terrestrial television|over-the-air]] reach.<ref>{{cite news |date=November 20, 2006 |title=ZGS Communications acquires new TV stations |work=HispanicAd.com |url=http://www.hispanicad.com/cgi-bin/news/newsarticle.cgi?article_id=20687 |access-date=December 2, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927202413/http://www.hispanicad.com/cgi-bin/news/newsarticle.cgi?article_id=20687 |archive-date=September 27, 2007}}</ref> The station began broadcasting in digital on RF channel 31 on August 10, 2011.

On December 4, 2017, [[NBCUniversal]]'s [[Telemundo Station Group]] announced its purchase of ZGS' 13 television stations.<ref name="tvnc-saletotelemundo">{{cite news|last1=Miller|first1=Mark K.|title=NBCU Adding ZGS Stations To Telemundo|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/109362/nbcu-adding-zgs-stations-to-telemundo|access-date=December 4, 2017|work=TVNewsCheck|date=December 4, 2017|language=en}}</ref> The sale was completed on February 1, 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/telemundo-completes-acquisition-of-zgs-communications/199942|title=Telemundo Completes Acquisition of ZGS Communications|website=www.adweek.com|language=en-US|access-date=February 17, 2018}}</ref> WTMO is now owned by the same company that also owns nearby [[Universal Orlando Resort]], although the resort is part of a different subsidiary of NBCUniversal.

==Technical information==
===Subchannels===
The station's digital signal is [[multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|+Subchannels of WTMO-CD<ref>[http://rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WTMO-CD#station Digital TV Market Listing for WTMO-CD] RabbitEars.Info. Retrieved March 31, 2017.</ref>
! scope = "col" | [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! scope = "col" | [[Display resolution|Res.]]
! scope = "col" | [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! scope = "col" | Short name
! scope = "col" | Programming
|-
! scope = "row" | 31.1 
| [[1080i]] || rowspan=3|[[16:9]] || WTMO-CD || [[Telemundo]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 31.3 
| rowspan=2| [[480i]] || Xitos || [[TeleXitos]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 31.4 
| LX || [[NBC American Crimes]]
|}

===Translators===
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|61702|3=WKME-CD}}''' 21 [[Kissimmee]]
*'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|71238|3=WMVJ-CD}}''' 29 [[Melbourne, Florida|Melbourne]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.telemundo31.com/}}

{{Orlando TV}}
{{Florida Spanish Stations}}
{{NBCUniversal}}
{{Major U.S. TV O-O Stations}}

[[Category:Telemundo Station Group]]
[[Category:Television stations in Orlando, Florida|TMO-CD]]
[[Category:Low-power television stations in Florida|TMO]]
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1992]]
[[Category:Spanish-language television stations in Florida|TMO-CD]]
[[Category:1992 establishments in Florida]]
[[Category:TeleXitos affiliates]]