WECN
| Naranjito / San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
|---|---|
| Branding | Único TV |
| Channels |
Digital: 18 (UHF) Virtual: 18 () |
| Subchannels | 8.3 Tiva TV 18.1 Religious |
| Affiliations | Religious |
| Owner | Único TV Media (Encuentro Christian Network Corp.) |
| Founded | June 20, 1983 |
| First air date | 1986 |
| Call letters' meaning |
Encuentro; Encuentro Christian Network El Canal de Naranjito |
| Sister station(s) |
WRUA WJVP |
| Former callsigns | WART (1983-1986) WMPE (1986) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 64 (UHF, 1986–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Religious (1986-2007) Independent (2007-2010) teleSUR (2009-2014) HispanTV (2012-2013) ViVe (2013-2014) Silent (2014-2015) |
| Transmitter power | 50 kW |
| Height | 221 m |
| Facility ID | 19561 |
| Website | www.unicotv.com |
WECN, known locally as Único TV is a Spanish-language Religious television station in Naranjito, Puerto Rico, serving eastern Puerto Rico on digital channel 18. The station is owned by Único TV Media under its licensee, Encuentro Christian Network Corporation. WECN programming was also seen on WRUA, channel 33 in Fajardo before that station switched affiliations & frequency to Tiva TV. Since September 24, 2015, WECN returns to the air, broadcasting Religious programming on channel 18.1.
WECN Channel 64 began operations in 1986; branded as Telecadena ECN or Encuentro Christian Network, better known as El Canal de Naranjito. WECN thereafter is a Religious Independent station. The station was founded by Televangelist Rafael Torres Ortega, until his death on October 16, 2015. WECN has its studios & offices located at the Iglesia El Caballero de la Cruz Building in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. in the 1990s, WIRS channel 42 in Yauco, (now operated by America CV Network) joins the network and started broadcasting religious programming, throughout the northern Puerto Rico. In 1997, WRUA channel 34 in Fajardo, started broadcasting & joins the Telecadena ECN network, changed its branding to EncuentroVision.
In 2004, Lin Media, the former owners of WAPA-TV & WJPX purchased WIRS for $50,000, leaving WECN & WRUA as the remaiming religious stations.
From 2006 to 2007, WRUA operated as a standard independent station, using the Citytv branding, under license from CHUM Limited – it was the first Citytv franchise on American soil.Rogers Media discontinued the licensing for WRUA, after its acquisition of Citytv, and the station now serves as a translator for Tiva TV.
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