WNJX-TV
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| Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | |
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| Branding | WAPA (general) Noticentro (newscasts) |
| Slogan |
Pensando en Ti (Thinking of you) |
| Channels |
Digital: 23 (UHF) Virtual: 4 () |
| Subchannels | 4.1 WAPA 4.2 WAPA 2 Deportes |
| Affiliations | WAPA-TV |
| Owner | Hemisphere Media Group (InterMedia Partners 73% Azteca Acquisition Corporation 27%) (Televicentro of Puerto Rico, LLC) |
| First air date | April 27, 1986 |
| Sister station(s) | WTIN-TV |
| Former callsigns | WUHM-TV (1967-1983) WQRD (1983-1986) |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 22 (UHF, 1986-2009) |
| Former affiliations | Repeater for WLII-DT (1986-1995) Repeater for WSTE-DT (1995-1999) |
| Transmitter power | 400 kW |
| Height | 693 m |
| Facility ID | 73336 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 18°8′52″N 66°58′59″W / 18.14778°N 66.98306°W |
| Website | www.wapa.tv |
WNJX-TV is a full-power television station in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico transmitting over digital channel 23, virtual 4. the station is owned by Hemisphere Media Group, a joint venture between InterMedia Partners (which owns a 73% interest) and Azteca Acquisition Corporation (which owns 27%). WNJX-TV maintains its transmitter at Monte del Estado in Maricao.
Although Puerto Rico is very small (120 x 40 miles), its terrain is so mountainous that there is no site where any one TV station can cover the entire island. No San Juan licensed station has ever been successful if they didn’t offer a signal to all of Puerto Rico. As a result, most San Juan stations reach San Juan and Ponce from sites like La Santa Mountain in the southeast, relying on affiliations or ownership of western stations to rebroadcast their signal into that part of Puerto Rico. Many of these western stations also originate some local programming.
The preferred western site is the Monte del Estado mountain. From there, a TV station reaches the entire western and northwestern shores of Puerto Rico plus penetrating east into the center of the island (but poorly to San Juan or Ponce.) It is home to educational WIPM-TV (3), WORA-TV (5), And now to WOLE-TV(12) and WNJX-TV(22.)
Both WOLE and WNJX began their operations on another mountain, Mount Atalaya which is located further west between Aguadilla and Mayaguez. They located there mainly because of potential interference from stations to the east --- Channel 12 in St. Thomas and Channels 18 and 24 in San Juan. The Atalaya site afforded coverage into Arecibo, Aguadilla, Mayaguez and down the western shore towards Cabo Rojo. Years later, rule changes allowed both WOLE and WNJX to move to the Monte del Estado, greatly increasing their coverage area which is of greater benefit to their San Juan originating stations.
Ana J. Plaza and her husband, long-time Caribbean broadcaster Glenn Tryon, filed the original 120 kW WNJX application in the hopes of gaining an affiliation with a San Juan originator. The station incorporated as WNJX-TV, INC. and came on the air April 27, 1986. The call letters stood for the nicknames of two of the wives associated with the station, “Ninin” and “Jan.” Offices and studios were opened in the Guanajibo Shopping Center in Mayaguez.
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