WLII
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| Caguas / San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
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| City | Caguas, Puerto Rico |
| Branding | Univision Puerto Rico |
| Slogan |
La que nos Une (The one that unites us) |
| Channels |
Digital: 11 (VHF) Virtual: 11 () |
| Subchannels | 11.1 Univision |
| Translators |
WOLE-DT 12.1 Aguadilla WSUR-DT 9.1 Ponce |
| Affiliations | Univision (2002-present) |
| Owner |
Univision Communications (WLII/WSUR License Partnership, G.P.) |
| Founded | April 27, 1986 |
| First air date | 1960 |
| Call letters' meaning |
Lorimar-Telepictures (former owner) II = two "I"'s representing the number "11" |
| Sister station(s) |
WSTE-DT WKAQ (AM) WKAQ-FM |
| Former callsigns | WKBM-TV (1960–1985) WLII (1985–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Independent (1960–1981 and 1986–2002) Silent (1981–1986) |
| Transmitter power | 48 kW |
| Height | 355 m |
| Facility ID | 19777 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 18°16′54″N 66°6′46″W / 18.28167°N 66.11278°W |
| Website | www |
WLII-DT, channel 11, is a Univision owned-and-operated television station that is licensed to Caguas, Puerto Rico. The station is owned by Univision Communications, and is sister to independent station WSTE-DT (channel 7) and radio stations WKAQ (580 AM) and WKAQ-FM (104.7). WLII's studios and transmitter are located in Guaynabo.
WLII operates a satellite station, WSUR-DT (channel 9), in Ponce. Locally owned WOLE-DT (channel 12) in Aguadilla repeats over 95% of WLII's programming under an affiliation agreement.
In 1960, Rafael Perez Perry received authorization from the government to start WKBM-TV, broadcasting on channel 11, as part of his new Telecadena Perez-Perry chain of television stations. Some of the shows that WKBM-TV aired throughout those years included: Una Hora Contigo and Tira y Tapate with Myrta Silva, Yo Soy el Gallo with José Miguel Class, El Show de Carmita with Carmita Jiménez, El Show de Lissette, El Show de Iris Chacón, El Hit del Momento and El Super Show Goya with Enrique Maluenda, Lillian Hurst and Luz Odilea Font, Una Chica llamada: Ivonne Coll, Cambia Cambia con Alfred D. Herger, Almorzando and Del Brazo with Ruth Fernández, and Mediodia Circular with Vilma Carbia. At the time, Perez Perry owned one of the most successful radio stations on the island, WKVM (810 AM). Unfortunately, Perez-Perry died of unknown causes in the late 1970s; his death eventually resulted in WKBM-TV declaring bankruptcy in 1981. The station went silent that year. Its former competition benefited from WKBM's demise – not only from a reduction in competition itself, but also from the availability of many of the stations' former hosts and talent.
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