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WAPA-TV
WAPA-TV (channel 4) is a Spanish-language independent television station in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is the flagship and namesake station of Guaynabo-based WAPA Media Group. WAPA-TV maintains studio facilities on Luis Vigoreaux Avenue in Guaynabo; its transmitter is located on the WKAQ-TV (channel 2) transmission tower at Cerro La Santa in Cayey near the Carite State Forest. WAPA-TV is the most watched television station in Puerto Rico. The station's signal is relayed across Puerto Rico through two full-power satellite stations: WTIN-TV (digital channel 14, virtual channel 4) in Ponce and WNJX-TV (digital channel 31, virtual channel 4) in Mayagüez. WTIN-TV also broadcasts two subchannels simulcast from WKAQ-TV, including its Telemundo programming, using virtual channels 2.11 and 2.21. History WAPA-TV began broadcasting on May 1, 1954, as the second television station to be licensed to Puerto Rico. Its callsign is a partial abbreviation of the station's origi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WKAQ-TV
WKAQ-TV (channel 2) is a television station in San Juan, Puerto Rico, serving as the U.S. territory's dual Telemundo and NBC outlet. It is owned and operated by the Telemundo Station Group subsidiary of NBCUniversal. WKAQ-TV's studios are located on Franklin Roosevelt Avenue in San Juan near Hiram Bithorn Stadium, and its transmitter is located on Cerro la Santa in Cayey near the Carite State Forest. WTIN-TV (channel 2.11) in Ponce and WNJX-TV (channel 2.12) in Mayagüez, branded on-air as Telemundo West, operate as full-time satellites of WKAQ-TV, which rebroadcast the station's programming to the southern and western regions of Puerto Rico under an affiliation agreement with Hemisphere Media Group (owner of parent station WAPA-TV, channel 4). WKAQ-TV formerly operated WOLE-TV (channel 12) in Aguadilla and WORA-TV (channel 5) in Mayagüez as satellite stations. WKAQ-TV also has three low-power translator facilities: W09AT-D in Fajardo, W28EH-D in Adjuntas and W28E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WAPA Media Group
WAPA Media Group is an American mass media and entertainment corporation that is a division of Hemisphere Media Group with headquarters in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. WAPA Media Group is mainly involved in television and radio production. The company is named after WAPA-TV, the call sign of the flagship television station primarily owned by Hemisphere Media Group before launching WAPA Media Group. The company encompasses WAPA-TV, its repeater stations across Puerto Rico, WAPA América (cable superstation), WAPA Digital (digital media division), WAPA Deportes (Sports Division), WKAQ-AM, and WKAQ-FM. History Televicentro de Puerto Rico First established in 1954, WAPA-TV was the second network to broadcast in Puerto Rico. Its call sign refers to the Association of Sugar Producers (Asociación de Productores de Azúcar) though its parent company was referred to as Televicentro de Puerto Rico. From 1998 until the channel's October 2006 acquisition by Hemisphere Media Group and InterMe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WNJX-TV
WNJX-TV (channel 4) is a Spanish-language independent television station in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. It is a full-time satellite of San Juan–based WAPA-TV (channel 4), owned by WAPA Media Group. WNJX-TV's transmitter is located at Monte del Estado in Maricao, while its parent station maintains studios on Avenida Luis Vigoreaux in Guaynabo. WNJX-TV's fourth digital subchannel operates as a full-time satellite of Telemundo owned-and-operated station WKAQ-TV (channel 2) under a time brokerage agreement with NBCUniversal's Telemundo Station Group. Branded on-air as Telemundo West, this subchannel is mapped to virtual channel 2.12 rather than 4.4. WNJX-DT4's parent station maintains studios on Roosevelt Avenue in San Juan. Technical information Subchannels The station's digital signal is multiplexed: Analog-to-digital conversion WNJX-TV shut down its analog signal over UHF channel 22, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Television Stations In Puerto Rico
This is a list of broadcast television stations that are licensed in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Full-Service stations VC refers to the station's PSIP virtual channel while RF refers to the station's physical RF channel. Defunct full-service stations *Channel 14: WPSJ - Ponce *Channel 14: WMEI - Arecibo (2007-2017) *Channel 16: WMGZ - Mayagüez *Channel 16: WTRA - Mayagüez (1986-1999) *Channel 18: WTSJ - San Juan (1964-1972) *Channel 20: WUHM-TV - Ponce (1970s) *Channel 30: WITA-TV - San Juan (1966-1967) *Channel 31: WSJU-TV - San Juan (1985-2017) *Channel 34: WFNN - Fajardo *Channel 36: WOTE - Bayamón *Channel 42: WUIA-TV - San Germán *Channel 46: WCNT - Cidra *Channel 62: WFEC-TV - San Juan LPTV stations Defunct/Inactive LPTV stations *Channel 8: W08AB (CDM Internacional) - Guayama *Channel 14: W14BM - Rio Piedras *Channel 17 (RF channel 17): W17CZ-D - San Juan *Channel 17 (RF channel 17): W17DK-D (TV RED) - Salinas *Channel 20: WPRU-LP - (ABC) - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WKAQ (AM)
WKAQ (580 Hertz, kHz) is a commercial AM radio, AM radio station in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Currently owned by WAPA Media Group, the station airs a Spanish language talk radio format. Its programming is repeated on WUKQ, which broadcasts on 1420 kHz in Ponce, Puerto Rico, Ponce, and WYEL which broadcasts on 600 kHz in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, Mayagüez. The station was the first radio station to broadcast in Puerto Rico. According to Ernesto Vigoreaux, in the early days of music in Puerto Rico, the musicians would record music ''at'' the WKAQ radio station. WKAQ is the Puerto Rico primary entry point station for the Emergency Alert System. WKAQ was owned for many years by Angel Ramos, owner of the ''El Mundo (Puerto Rico), El Mundo'' newspaper, and eventual namesake for WKAQ-TV, branded as Telemundo. The ''El Mundo'' operated until 1986 when labor strikes and acts of terrorism ended its operation. On May 9, 2022, :es:Hemisphere Media Group, Hemisphere Media Group, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WKAQ-FM
WKAQ-FM (104.7 MHz, "KQ105 FM") along with its satellite WUKQ-FM (98.7 MHz) are a pair of radio stations in Puerto Rico broadcasting a bilingual contemporary hit radio format. Licensed to San Juan, Puerto Rico, WKAQ-FM serves the eastern half of the island while WUKQ-FM, licensed to Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, serves the western half. The stations are currently owned by WAPA Media Group. The stations are relayed through booster stations, WKAQ-FM1 in Juana Díaz and WKAQ-FM2 in Fajardo, both operating at 104.7 FM, also on WUKQ-FM1 in Mayagüez, at 98.7 FM. KQ105 FM Radio is best known for its concerts "KQusticos", "KQ Live Concert", "KQ Sunsets", " Uforia Lounge @ The Mall of San Juan", popular hit music playlists, and for its great variety of music including all genres of pop, ballads, few salsa and merengue, and even reggaeton. It's also characterized for having less commercials per hour than any other local station with a programming based only on music 24 hours, 7 days a w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Vigoreaux
Luis Vigoreaux Rivera (April 12, 1928 – January 17, 1983) was a Puerto Rican radio and television show host, announcer, comedian and producer. Vigoreaux was considered a pioneer in the television business in Puerto Rico, and enjoyed success with several radio and television shows throughout his career. Vigoreaux was brutally murdered on January 17, 1983. His wife, Lydia Echevarría, was convicted in 1986 of planning the murder, along with hitmen Francisco "Papo" Newman and David López-Watts. Early years Vigoreaux was born on April 12, 1928, in the Chupacallos ward of Ceiba, Puerto Rico. He was one of the eight children of Eulalia Rivera and Enrique Vigoreaux, a sugarcane worker at Fajardo Sugar Company. His father died when he was young, forcing Eulalia to take charge of the family. When Vigoreaux was 14 years old, they moved to San Juan, specifically Río Piedras. Vigoreaux studied at the Vila Mayo High School. As a teenager, Vigoreaux found work in a radio station name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WYEL
WYEL (600 AM broadcasting, AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish language in the United States, Spanish language talk radio format, simulcast, repeating San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan station WKAQ (AM), WKAQ. It is licensed to Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, and is owned by WAPA Media Group. References External links Official website FCC History Cards for WYEL News and talk radio stations in Puerto Rico, YEL Radio stations established in 1948 Radio stations in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, YEL 1948 establishments in Puerto Rico {{PuertoRico-radio-station-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
Guaynabo (, ) is a Guaynabo barrio-pueblo, city and Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality on the northeastern coastal plain of Puerto Rico. Located west of the capital San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan, east of Bayamón, Puerto Rico, Bayamón, south of Cataño, Puerto Rico, Cataño and San Juan Bay, and north of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico, Aguas Buenas, Guaynabo is spread over 9 barrios and the downtown area and administrative center of Guaynabo barrio-pueblo, Guaynabo Pueblo. With a land area of and a population of 89,780 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is part of the San Juan–Bayamón–Caguas metropolitan area, San Juan metropolitan area. The studios of WAPA-TV, the most watched List of television stations in Puerto Rico, television station in Puerto Rico, are located in Guaynabo. History The first European settlement in Puerto Rico, Caparra Archaeological Site, Caparra, was founded in 1508 by Juan Ponce de León in land that is today part of Guayna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WTCV
WTCV (channel 18) is a television station in San Juan, Puerto Rico, serving as the U.S. territory's outlet for the Spanish-language network Mega TV. Owned and operated by Spanish Broadcasting System, it is sister to radio stations WZNT (93.7 FM), WZMT (93.3 FM), WODA (94.7 FM), WNOD (94.1 FM), W276AI (103.1 FM), WRXD (96.5 FM), WNVI (1040 AM), W233CW (94.5 FM), W238CR (95.5 FM), WIOB (97.5 FM), WMEG (106.9 FM) and WEGM (95.1 FM). WTCV shares studios with independent station WJPX (channel 24, owned by América-CV Station Group) at the Amelia Industrial Park in Guaynabo; the two stations share transmitter facilities at Barrio Cubuy in Canovanas. WTCV operates two satellite stations: WVEO (channel 17) in Aguadilla, with transmitter on Cerro Canto Gallo in Aguada, and WVOZ-TV (channel 36) in Ponce, with transmitter on Sec Servo Paso in Peñuelas. History During the 1980s and early 1990s, WTCV was known as WSJU (for San Juan) and was an NBC affiliate, one of three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cayey
Cayey (), officially Cayey de Muesas, is a mountain town and municipality in central Puerto Rico located on the Sierra de Cayey within the Central Mountain range, north east of Salinas and north of Guayama; south of Cidra and Caguas; east of Aibonito and west of San Lorenzo. Cayey is spread over 21 barrios plus Cayey Pueblo (the downtown area and the administrative center). It is part of the San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo Metropolitan Statistical Area. Cayey is notable for its surrounding mountains. The city has been actively growing since the 1990s, evidenced by its designation as a Metropolitan Area by the U.S. Census Bureau. It has experienced significant growth in commerce, and many major retailers, such as Wal-Mart have opened stores in the city. Industries in Cayey include sugar, tobacco and poultry. For tobacco there is a well-known company called Consolidated Cigar Corp. A new coliseum and hospital facilities have also been built. Coca-Cola is a major corporation that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cerro La Santa
Cerro La Santa is a 2,962 feet (903 m) high mountain and the highest point in the Sierra de Cayey in Puerto Rico. The peak of Cerro La Santa is located in the Carite State Forest, at a tri-point shared by the municipalities of Caguas (San Salvador), Cayey ( Farallón) and San Lorenzo ( Espino). Geography Cerro La Santa is the highest point in the Sierra de Cayey, a subrange of the Central Mountain Range (Cordillera Central) of Puerto Rico. Cerro Lucero, also located within the massif, follows close by with an elevation of 2,831 feet (862 m). Although not located at the peak of the mountain, the highest point of the municipalities of Guayama and Patillas is also found within the Cerro La Santa mountain massif. The summit of Cerro La Santa is located close to PR-184. With the exception of the tall antennas which provide signal to Puerto Rico's principal TV stations such as WKAQ-TV and WAPA-TV, these mountains are heavily forested by Sierra palm trees ('' Prestoea montana''). Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
