WNJU-TV
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Linden, New Jersey - New York, New York United States |
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| City | Linden, New Jersey |
| Branding | Telemundo NY |
| Slogan |
Trabajando Para Ti ("Working For You") |
| Channels |
Digital: 36 (UHF) (to move to 35 (UHF) and share with WNBC) Virtual: 47 () |
| Affiliations | Telemundo (O&O) |
| Owner |
NBCUniversal (NBC Telemundo License LLC) |
| First air date | May 16, 1965 |
| Call letters' meaning | New Jersey UHF |
| Sister station(s) |
WNBC SportsNet New York |
| Former affiliations |
Independent (1965–1987) NetSpan (1984–1987) |
| Transmitter power | 530 kW |
| Height | 519.1 m (1,703 ft) |
| Facility ID | 73333 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°44′54″N 73°59′10″W / 40.74833°N 73.98611°WCoordinates: 40°44′54″N 73°59′10″W / 40.74833°N 73.98611°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.telemundo47.com |
WNJU, virtual channel 47 (UHF digital channel 36 later move to 35 (UHF)), is the Spanish language Telemundo network operated television station, licensed to Linden, New Jersey and serving the New York City metropolitan area. WNJU is owned by the NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations subsidiary of NBCUniversal, as part of a duopoly with NBC's flagship station WNBC (channel 4). WNJU maintains studios and offices in Fort Lee, New Jersey, with transmitter located atop One World Trade Center.
WNJU-TV signed on the air on May 16, 1965 as the first commercial UHF station in the New York City television market. The station originally broadcast from the Mosque Theater (now Symphony Hall), located at 1020 Broad Street in Newark, in the former studios of WATV (channel 13; later WNTA, now WNET). The station was owned by Henry Becton (son of Maxwell Becton, co-founder of Becton Dickinson) and Fairleigh S. Dickinson Jr. (son of Fairleigh S. Dickinson Sr. the founder of Fairleigh Dickinson University and also the co-founder of Becton Dickinson. The general manager during WNJU's early years was pioneering UHF broadcaster Edwin Cooperstein. The station's initial schedule featured a mix of English, Asian, Spanish and Italian shows. During the mid-1960s, the station broadcast a live and locally produced teenage dance show called Disc-O-Teen, hosted by John Zacherle; and a folk music program, Rainbow Quest, hosted by Pete Seeger. WNJU was involved in some controversy when it aired bullfights, which some critics believed were too violent. The station was not profitable due to the lack of awareness of UHF stations in the New York metropolitan area. The market had seven VHF stations, six of which were commercial, at a time when most cities had an average of three commercial stations. WNJU already had two strikes against it, and served minority audiences with mostly brokered programming.
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