WSJU-TV
| San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
|---|---|
| Branding | Aerco Broadcasting Network |
| Channels |
Digital: 31 (UHF) Virtual: 31 () |
| Subchannels | 31.1 SuperLatina TV 31.2 Infomercials 31.3 France 24 31.4 WQBS 31.5 Latin Music TV 31.6 TeveSalud |
| Affiliations | SuperLatina TV (2016-present) |
| Owner | AiLive Network (Aerco Broadcasting Corporation) |
| Founded | 1966 |
| First air date | 1984 |
| Call letters' meaning | San Juan |
| Sister station(s) |
WIVE-LP WQBS WQBS-FM WIOA/WIOC WZET WIBS WRSJ WBYM WGIT |
| Former callsigns | WITA-TV (1966-1968) WUHT-TV (1968-1972) WRWR-TV (1984-2000) |
| Former channel number(s) | 30 (analog, 1984-2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Religious (1984-1985) Independent (1985-1986, 1989-1991, 1999-2008, 2009-2011) Univision (1987-1988) silent (1991-1999) Mega TV (2008-2009) Tiva TV (2011-2015) Telemicro Internacional (2015-2016) |
| Transmitter power | 66 kW |
| Height | 267 m |
| Facility ID | 4077 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 18°16′23″N 66°5′35″W / 18.27306°N 66.09306°W |
| Website |
http://www.ailivenetwork.com http://www.superlatinatv.com |
WSJU-TV is a full-power television station in San Juan, Puerto Rico transmitting over digital channel 31. The station is currently owned by Aerco Broadcasting Corporation. During most of the 2000s (decade), the station's programming mostly consisted of music videos until it became an affiliate of Spanish Broadcasting System's Mega TV on August 25, 2008. It is carried by Dish Network and Puerto Rico's three cable companies.
On May 29, 1966, WITA-TV signs on for the first time, as the first English-language television station in the island broadcasting in Color, and was owned by El Imparcial, but in 1967, El Imparcial, surrendered the WITA-TV license to the Federal Communications Commission, which canceled it in 1968.
Before the year 2000, the station's callsign was WRWR-TV. When the station first started, it was branded as Cinema 30 TV and was broadcasting older movies, then in 1986, became an affiliate of Univisión. The station went off the air around 1991. It then reappeared around 1999-2000.
Prior to, and including the early 1990s, the call letters WSJU (now WTCV) were owned by an NBC affiliated station broadcasting on UHF channel 18 (Liberty channel 12) with studios located in Carolina, Puerto Rico. Most of the programming was in the English language, making it one of at least two stations at the time to broadcast in English (the other was WPRV TV Channel 13, "The Bright Spot"). In addition to carrying local television programming, like The Judy Gordon Show and "Chicola y la Ganga," WSJU carried a variety of NBC programs such as "Wheel of Fortune," "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson" (and later Jay Leno), and "Late Night with David Letterman" during his run at NBC.
As with many stations serving the metropolitan area of San Juan and vicinity, the transmitter tower was located at the peak of El Yunque, the most famous peak in Puerto Rico. Broadcasting hours ran from 6am to 12am daily. At the end of each broadcast day, the station played video rolls of the Puerto Rican and United States national anthems.
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