WIPR-TV
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

WIPR-TV (channel 6) is a
non-commercial educational A non-commercial educational station (NCE station) is a radio station or television station that does not accept on-air advertisements (television advertisement, TV ads or radio advertisement, radio ads), as defined in the United States by the Fed ...
public television station in
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 ...
, owned by the '' Corporación de Puerto Rico para la Difusión Pública'' (English: Puerto Rico Public Broadcasting Corporation). Most of the channel's content is local programming. WIPR-TV's studios are located on Hostos Avenue in Hato Rey. Its transmitter is located at Cerro La Santa in Cayey near the Bosque Estatal de Carite mountain reserve. Much of WIPR's programming is in Spanish, as with most
Puerto Rico ; abbreviated PR), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is a Government of Puerto Rico, self-governing Caribbean Geography of Puerto Rico, archipelago and island organized as an Territories of the United States, unincorporated territo ...
television stations. The station is branded as ''WIPR Television''. Previously, the station was branded as , , and . WIPR-TV also operates a
semi-satellite A broadcast relay station, also known as a satellite station, relay transmitter, broadcast translator (U.S.), re-broadcaster (Canada), repeater (two-way radio) or complementary station (Mexico), is a broadcast transmitter which repeats (or trans ...
on the island's west coast, WIPM-TV (channel 3) in Mayagüez. WIPM-TV's transmitter is located atop Monte del Estado in Maricao.


History

WIPR-TV was created as a result of lobbying for public broadcasting in Puerto Rico, beginning in the 1950s. The station went on the air for the first time on Three Kings Day (January 6), 1958, becoming the first
educational television Educational television or learning television is the use of television programs in the field of distance education. It may be in the form of individual television programs or dedicated specialty channels that are often associated with cable televi ...
station in
Latin America Latin America is the cultural region of the Americas where Romance languages are predominantly spoken, primarily Spanish language, Spanish and Portuguese language, Portuguese. Latin America is defined according to cultural identity, not geogr ...
, and the facilities were dedicated in memory of revered Borinquen entertainer Ramón Rivero (Diplo). It was also the first non-commercial station in the
Caribbean The Caribbean ( , ; ; ; ) is a region in the middle of the Americas centered around the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, mostly overlapping with the West Indies. Bordered by North America to the north, Central America ...
, and the first to stream on the Internet. The station was one of the few TV stations in Puerto Rico with English-language programming as part of their PBS membership and also carried PBS Kids programming. This ended on July 1, 2011, after WIPR and PBS failed to reach an agreement to renew the station's membership, with money previously allocated to PBS membership dues being invested in the station's local programming. WMTJ then became the island's only PBS station. WIPR-TV and WIPM-TV ended regular programming on their analog signals, over VHF channels 6 and 3, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. As part of the SAFER Act, WIPR-TV and WIPM-TV kept its analog signal on the air until July 12 to inform viewers of the digital television transition through a loop of
public service announcement A public service announcement (PSA) is a message in the public interest disseminated by the media without charge to raise public awareness and change behavior. Oftentimes these messages feature unsettling imagery, ideas or behaviors that are des ...
s from the
National Association of Broadcasters The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) is a Industry trade group, trade association and lobbying, lobby group representing the interests of commercial and non-commercial over-the-air radio and television broadcasting, broadcasters in th ...
. On April 26, 2022, WIPR-TV officially rejoined PBS after ten years as an educational independent station and returned to being Puerto Rico's primary PBS member station.


Programming

WIPR-TV shows local programming as well as PBS programming, including educational, children's, and human interest shows.


In the 1980s the station had a popular newscast called ("World View"), hosted by Doris Torres. In 1995, WIPR launched a newscast branded as or "News Six". The newscast was first anchored by Pedro Luis García and Gloria Soltero and only had a 6 p.m. edition. Later that year, the station premiered a 9 p.m. edition anchored by the same 6 p.m. team. In 2002, a new news format was created with a local newscast () and an international newscast (); the newscasts were anchored by Gloria Soltero and David Reyes. TUTV also produced a weekly in-depth newscast on Sundays, called ''TUTV Analiza''. TUTV's programming received various awards. Locally, was awarded by the
American Heart Association The American Heart Association (AHA) is a nonprofit organization in the United States that funds cardiovascular medical research, educates consumers on healthy living and fosters appropriate Heart, cardiac care in an effort to reduce disability ...
. Five productions received
Emmy Award The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the year, each with their own set of rules and award categor ...
nominations and one of TUTV's producers received an Emmy in the Entertainment Program category. On August 31, 2009, when TUTV was rebranded as "Puerto Rico TV", its news department was relaunched as ; around this time, WIPR introduced a 24-hour news channel of the same name on channels 6.5 and 3.5. On September 26, 2018, was rebranded as .


List of original programs seen on WIPR-TV

* ''Aquí Estamos'' with Shanira Blanco * ''Estudio Actoral'' with Dean Zayas * ''El Show De Chucho Avellanet'' * ''Noches de Ayer'' with
Tommy Muñiz Lucas Tomás Muñiz Ramírez (4 February 1922 – 15 January 2009), better known as Tommy Muñiz, was a Puerto Rican comedy and drama actor, media producer, businessman and network owner. He is considered to be one of the pioneering figures of ...
* ''Días de Cine'' with Edgardo Huertas * ''En la Cancha'' with Tony Lebrón and Jerry González * ''Esto lo hago Yo'' with Douglas Candelario * ''Medios Sociales'' with Yizette Cifredo * ''Sábados Sinfonicos'' * ''Notiséis Especial'' * ''Los Más Buscados'' * ''Detrás del Fotógrafo'' * ''Alianza al Día'' * ''Música para Tus Oidos'' with Hermes Croatto * ''Animaleando'' with Nynah * ''Te Cuento lo que Leí'' * ''Prohibido Olvidar'' * ''Al Máximo con Geraldine'' * ''Agenda Puerto Rico'' * ''Impulso del Oeste'' * ''En La Punta de la Lengua'' * ''Travesías con Sabor'' * ''Prohibido Olvidar''


Technical information

The stations' digital signals are multiplexed:


Digital and high definition

WIPR-TV, the island's first public television station, also became the first in the evolution to digital and high definition. On July 7, 2008, President Víctor J. Montilla (now, Executive VP & general manager of New Channels at
WORA-TV WORA-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, affiliated with American Broadcasting Company, ABC and owned by Telecinco Media Holdings. WORA-TV's studios are located on Ponce de León Avenue in Santurce, Puerto Rico, S ...
) held a press conference at the station, where he inaugurated WIPR-TV's high-definition facilities. TUTV became the first station in Puerto Rico to produce and broadcast in high-definition format. The station upgraded its lighting and built new sets as part of the transition. The first program to be transmitted in this format was ''Contigo''.


See also

* WIPR (AM) * WIPR-FM


References


External links


WIPR-TV
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wipr-Tv PBS member stations IPR-TV Television channels and stations established in 1958 1958 establishments in Puerto Rico Public broadcasting in Puerto Rico