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station_logo = [[Image:WestPalmsCW.jpg]]|

station_slogan = |

station_branding = ''CW West Palm'' (''CW 34'' on website)|

analog = 34 ([[Ultra high frequency|UHF]])|

digital = 50 (UHF)|

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owner = [[CBS Corporation]]|

former_affiliations = [[Independent station|Independent]] (1966, 1989-95)<br>[[CBS]] (1966-89)<br>[[WB Television Network|WB]] (secondary, early 2000s-2005)|

homepage = [http://www.upn3434cwtv.com/ www.upn3434cwtv.com]|

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In [[1995]], [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]/[[Viacom]] (who would eventually buy WTVX in 1997, along with CBS in 2001) joined with [[Chris-Craft Industries|Chris-Craft]]/United Television to form the United Paramount Network, or [[UPN]]. WTVX immediately became an affiliate of this network. By the late 1990's WTVX had started to move away from cartoons and sitcoms, adding more talk/reality and court shows. In the early [[2000s]], they also started to carry [[The WB Television Network|WB]] programming when possible, and soon rebranded from ''UPN34'' to ''TVX34'', which was based off of their call letters.

In the fall of [[2005]], [[WTCN-CA]], then a little-known community access channel, became the new [[The WB Television Network|WB]] affiliate for West Palm Beach, so WTVX returned to the UPN34 branding. However, that branding will be short-lived as the WB and UPN announced a merger between the two struggling networks on [[January 24]], [[2006]]. The new network, called [[The CW Television Network|The CW]], will be affiliated with WTVX effective in September 2006. The station will brand itself as '''CW West Palm's CW'''. Accordingly, channel 34 has redesigned their website, similar to many of its sister stations, this features its new logo. They have also recently shown their CW logo on-screen during programs with the tagline "Coming September 18th" below it, in place of their standard UPN34 bug. Current WB affiliate WTCN-CA will affiliate with [[My Network TV]].

Despite the call sign, it was never owned by the [[TVX Broadcast Group]], which, coincidentally, was a predecessor to the Paramount Stations Group, which is now called the CBS Television Stations Group.

WTVX is one of three former CBS affiliates that have since became UPN stations owned by CBS, along with [[KSTW]] in [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]]/[[Tacoma, Washington]] and [[WPCW]] in [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]] (when it was in [[Johnstown, Pennsylvania|Johnstown]]), incidentally, both of the latter stations will also become CW stations.

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== External links ==

*[http://www.upn3434cwtv.com Official website]

*{{TVQ|WTVX}}

{{WPB TV}}