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WORO-DT
WORO-DT (channel 13), branded on-air as TeleOro Canal 13, is an educational–religious independent television station licensed to Fajardo, Puerto Rico. United States. The station is owned by Grupo RTC under Puerto Rico's Roman Catholic Church - San Juan Archdiocese, WORO-DT's studios are located on Ave. Iturregui in Carolina, and its transmitter is located in the El Yunque National Forest. History A 25-year legal fight On July 16, 1958, Continental Broadcasting Corporation, owner of radio station WHOA in San Juan, was awarded a construction permit to build channel 13 in Fajardo, the first television station to be licensed there. The new station, which took the call letters WSTE (unrelated to the current WSTE on channel 7), proposed a transmitter in the Sardinera neighborhood of Fajardo. Continental's primary stakeholder, Carmina Méndez de Miller, sold the construction permit three years later to WSTE-TV, Inc., receiving 20 percent of the new company's stock; the new compan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WKVM
WKVM (810 AM broadcasting, AM), branded on-air as Radio Paz 810, is a commercial radio, non-commercial radio station in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The station is owned by Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico, Grupo RTC, under its licensee, Radio Paz/WKVM-AM Trust. It airs a mix of Christian radio, Catholic radio programs along with some non-religious shows. WKVM is powered at 50,000 watts at all times, the only radio station on Puerto Rico with the maximum power day and night. But because 810 AM is a clear channel station, clear channel frequency, WKVM uses a directional antenna at all times to avoid interference. External linksFCC History Cards for WKVM Radio stations in San Juan, Puerto Rico, KVM Radio stations established in 1945 1945 establishments in Puerto Rico Christian radio stations in Puerto Rico, KVM Catholic radio stations Catholic Church in Puerto Rico {{PuertoRico-radio-station-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Station
An independent station is a broadcast station, usually a television station, not affiliated with a larger broadcast television network, network. As such, it only broadcasts broadcast syndication, syndicated programs it has purchased; brokered programming, brokered programming, for which a third party pays the station for airtime; and local programs that it produces itself. In North American and Japanese television, independent stations with general entertainment formats emerged as a distinct class of station because their lack of network affiliation led to unique strategies in program content, scheduling, and promotion, as well as different economics compared to major network affiliates. The Big Three (American television), Big Three networks in the United States — American Broadcasting Company, ABC, CBS, and NBC — traditionally provided a substantial number of program hours per day to their affiliates, whereas later network startups—Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox, UPN, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EWTN Global Catholic Network
The Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) is an American basic cable television network which presents around-the-clock Catholic programming. It is the largest Catholic television network in America, and is purported to be "the world's largest religious media network", (and according to the network itself) reaching 425 million people in 160 countries, with 11 networks. The network was originally founded by Mother Angelica , in 1980 and began broadcasting on 15 August 1981 from a garage studio at the Our Lady of the Angels Monastery in Irondale, Alabama, which Mother Angelica founded in 1962. She hosted her own show, ''Mother Angelica Live'', until health issues led to her retirement in September 2001. As of 2017, Michael P. Warsaw, who is a consultant to the Vatican's Dicastery for Communications, leads EWTN. In addition to its television network, EWTN owns the ''National Catholic Register'' newspaper, which it acquired in January 2011, and Catholic News Agency. The network m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archdiocese Of San Juan De Puerto Rico
The Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico (; ) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church– comprising the northeast portion of the island of Puerto Rico. Its jurisdiction includes the municipalities of Dorado, Toa Baja, Cataño, Toa Alta, Bayamón, Guaynabo, San Juan, Trujillo Alto, and Carolina. History On November 15, 1504, Pope Julius II issued the papal bull ''Illius fulciti,'' which erected the first ecclesiastical province in the New World. It established the Archdiocese of Hyaguata (located at Santo Domingo), the Diocese of Magua (located at Concepción de La Vega), and the Diocese of Bayuna (located at Lares de Guahaba). As all the dioceses were located on the island of Hispañiola, the Spanish Crown requested that the Diocese of Bayuna be transferred to Puerto Rico. The Bull never went into effect due to the objection of Ferdinand II of Aragon who opposed that the bull gave the dioceses the right to receive a portion of the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WORO (FM)
WORO (92.5 FM), branded on-air as Oro 92.5, is a radio station that broadcasts in a Spanish-language easy listening radio format. It is owned by the Catholic Church. Licensed to Corozal, Puerto Rico Corozal () is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the central-eastern region, north of Orocovis and Barranquitas; south of Vega Alta; southwest of Toa Alta; east of Morovis and Orocovis; and west of Naranjito. Corozal is spre ..., it serves the central-eastern Puerto Rico area. The station is owned by Grupo RTC, under its licensee Radio ORO/WORO-FM Trust Archdiocese of San Juan. References External links * ORO Radio stations established in 1968 Catholic Church in Puerto Rico 1968 establishments in Puerto Rico Corozal, Puerto Rico Easy listening radio stations {{PuertoRico-radio-station-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Griffin Communications
Griffin Media is an American media company based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The company began as a subsidiary of Muskogee-based Griffin Foods, which produces a line of pancake and waffle syrups and other foods. It owns Oklahoma's two large CBS affiliates, KWTV-DT in Oklahoma City and KOTV-DT in Tulsa, and duopoly partners in each of those markets, MyNetworkTV outlet KSBI-TV in Oklahoma City and The CW outlet KQCW-DT in Tulsa. It also owns five radio stations in Tulsa. History Early history John Toole "J. T." Griffin – the owner and president of the Griffin Grocery Company, a Muskogee-based Wholesaling, wholesaler and manufacturer of condiments and baking products that he inherited from his father, John Taylor Griffin, after the elder company co-founder died in 1944 – entered the communications industry in October 1938, when he purchased local radio station KOMA (1520 AM, now KOKC (AM), KOKC) from Hearst Communications, Hearst Radio for $315,000. Griffin would eventually b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sardinera
Sardinera is a barrio in the municipality of Fajardo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,190. History Sardinera was in Spain's gazetteers until Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an unincorporated territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census of Puerto Rico finding that the combined population of Naranjo and Sardinera barrios was 999. A shipment of cocaine with an estimated value of over US$6 million was confiscated in early 2021 at the marina in Sardinera. During the COVID-19 Pandemic, residents of Sardinera were able to participate in (curbside pickup) thus were able to pick up free meals from local food establishments. This initiative was launched by Mayor José Aníbal “Joey” Meléndez Méndez to tackle hunger. See also * List of communities in Puerto Rico In the archipelago and island of Puerto Rico, there ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolina, Puerto Rico
Carolina (; ) is a Carolina barrio-pueblo, city and Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality on the northeastern coastal plain of Puerto Rico, immediately east of San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan and Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, Trujillo Alto, north of Gurabo, Puerto Rico, Gurabo and Juncos, Puerto Rico, Juncos, and west of Canóvanas, Puerto Rico, Canóvanas and Loíza, Puerto Rico, Loíza. Part of the San Juan–Bayamón–Caguas metropolitan area, San Juan metropolitan area, Carolina is spread over 12 barrios and the downtown area and administrative center of Carolina barrio-pueblo, Carolina Pueblo. In the coastal region of the municipality lies the resort and residential district of Isla Verde, Puerto Rico, Isla Verde, where the main international airport of Puerto Rico, the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, is located. Carolina is the third most populated municipality in the Geography of Puerto Rico, archipelago and island. History The town was founded by Spanish col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Yunque National Forest
El Yunque National Forest (), formerly known as the Caribbean National Forest (or ''Bosque Nacional del Caribe''), is a forest located in northeastern Puerto Rico. While there are both temperate and tropical rainforests in other states and territories, it is the only tropical rainforest in the United States National Forest System and the United States Forest Service. El Yunque National Forest is located on the slopes of the Sierra de Luquillo mountains, encompassing more than 28,000 acres (43.753 mi2 or 113.32 km2) of land, making it the largest block of public land in Puerto Rico. The forest contains and is named after named Pico El Yunque, the second highest mountain in the Sierra de Luquillo. Other peaks within the national forest are Pico del Este, Pico del Oeste, El Cacique and the highest peak, El Toro, which is the highest point in the national forest and in eastern Puerto Rico rising 3,494 feet (1,065 m) above sea level. Ample rainfall (over 20 feet a yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WQBS (AM)
WQBS (870 kHz), branded on-air as QBS 870 AM, is an AM radio station broadcasting a Talk/Personality/Salsa format. Licensed to San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan ( , ; Spanish for "Saint John the Baptist, John") is the capital city and most populous Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality in the Commonwealth (U.S. insular area), Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the ..., it serves the Puerto Rico area. The station is currently owned by Aerco Broadcasting Corporation. WQBS's audio signal was broadcast on WSJU-TV channel 31.4 in San Juan, branded as WQBS TV. WQBS TV is the first over-the-air television channel that broadcasts programming from a radio station. WQBS Radio & WQBS TV broadcasts from studios in the IBC-AERCO Building in Rio Piedras. The channel ceased operations on September 5, 2018. On June 20, 2024, Aerco Broadcasting Corporation announced a sale of WQBS to SMD Media Group, a new conglomerate that unite three radio networks convertin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WSTE-DT
WSTE-DT (channel 7), branded on air as Teleisla, is a Spanish-language independent television station licensed to Ponce, Puerto Rico. Owned by TelevisaUnivision, the station maintains studios on Calle Carazo in Guaynabo. To provide island-wide coverage, WSTE maintains a network of five transmitter sites, located at Cerro Maravilla in Ponce, at Cerro La Marquesa in Aguas Buenas, at Cerro Canta Gallo in Aguada, on Highway 22 in Arecibo, and at the Monte del Estado in San Germán. History WRIK-TV The station first signed on as WRIK-TV on February 2, 1958, after receiving the FCC permit to go on the air on channel 7.''PUERTO RICO''. Museum of Broadcast Communications. Retrieved December 10, 2011. It was the first television station in Ponce, and the fourth in Puerto Rico, after [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
