WAPA Media Group is an American mass media and entertainment corporation that is a division of Hemisphere Media Group with headquarters in

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. WAPA Media Group is mainly involved in television and radio production. The company is named after

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 ...

, the

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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

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), WAPA Digital (

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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

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

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for $130 million, the channel was referred to on air as ''Televicentro'' instead of ''WAPA Television''. LIN TV completed the sale of its Puerto Rico television operations on March 30, 2007. On December 17, 2007, the station changed its branding from ''Televicentro'' to ''WAPA'', developed a new format, changed its jingle, and redesigned its website.

WAPA Media Group

On May 9, 2022, Hemisphere Media Group purchased WKAQ, WKAQ-FM, WUKQ, WUKQ-FM, and WYEL from

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, seeking to merge the radio stations into the WAPA brand. On September 1, 2023, Hemisphere Media Group purchased WKAQ-AM and WKAQ-FM and announced that it would spin off WAPA-TV, WAPA Sports, WAPA América, and these two radio stations into a subsidiary. Jorge Hidalgo was selected as CEO of WAPA Media, while retaining his position as President and General Manager of the WAPA-TV station. Meanwhile, Héctor Martínez Souss continues to serve as President and General Manager of WKAQ-AM and WKAQ-FM.

Assets

WAPA Television

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(

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) *WAPA Deportes - Sports Channel *

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 E ...

Mayaguez (

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on DT4) *

WTIN-TV WAPA-TV (channel 4) is a Spanish language in the United States, Spanish-language independent television station in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is the flagship and namesake station of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, Guaynabo-based WAPA Media Group. WA ...

Ponce (

on DT4) *WAPA América - Cable superstation which broadcasts WAPA-TV programming in the United States *WAPA Digital - Social Media Platform and Website

Radio

* WKAQ 580 AM - Spanish News/Talk * WKAQ-FM 104.7 FM - Bilingual Top 40 * WUKQ 1420 AM - Spanish News/Talk * WUKQ-FM 98.7 FM - Bilingual Top 40 * WYEL 600 AM - Spanish News/Talk

References

External links and sources

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The Museum of Broadcasting – Puerto Rico TV Profile
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