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WSJU-TV
WSJU-TV (channel 31) was a television station in San Juan, Puerto Rico, owned by Aerco Broadcasting Corporation. The station's studios were located at the IBC-AERCO building at 1554 Bori Street, Urb. Antonsanti in Rio Piedras. Its transmitter was located at Cerro la Marquesa in Aguas Buenas.
During most of the 2000s, the station's programming consisted mostly of music videos until it became an affiliate of Spanish Broadcasting System's Mega TV on August 25, 2008. It was carried by Dish Network and Liberty Puerto Rico.
The El Imparcial newspaper built WITA-TV, which operated from June 1966 to June 1967. The station was a financial failure and left the air after a year of broadcasting. The construction permit and additional permits for stations in Ponce and Mayagüez were sold in 1969; the new owner came close to rebuilding the San Juan station and signing on the others but saw its finances unravel and never put any of them back on the air.
WRWR-TV received its construction permit on December 18, 1980. Its original permitholders, La Fe del Progreso Broadcasting Corporation, envisioned it as a religious station to be called Nueva Visión (New Vision). The station began broadcasting on channel 30 on May 30, 1985. It was known as Cinema 30 and broadcast older movies. It had translators on channels 16 (WTRA) in Mayagüez and 48 (WIEC) in Ponce. The station was in poor financial condition; by February 1987, it was noted that infomercials and home shopping were taking up an increasing amount of its airtime. Bay Broadcasting attempted to get Mexican broadcaster Televisa to invest in the station. The next month, it affiliated with Univision. In the meantime, the station battled through bankruptcy proceedings initiated in Florida and later transferred to Puerto Rico courts.
The station went off the air around 1991. It then reappeared around 1999 through 2000. It applied to assign its station license from Three Star Telecast to International Broadcasting Corp.
Prior to and including the early 1990s, the call letters WSJU (now WTCV) were used by an NBC affiliated station broadcasting on UHF channel 18 (Liberty channel 12) with studios in Carolina, Puerto Rico. Most of the programming was in English, making it one of at least two stations at the time to broadcast in English (the other was WPRV-TV, "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 Starring 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 on top of the peak of El Yunque. Broadcasting hours ran from 6 a.m. to midnight daily. At the end of each broadcast day, the station played video rolls of the Puerto Rican and United States national anthems.
Today, the Carolina studios for the former WSJU are owned and operated by the local affiliate of the Catholic Radio and Television Network, TeleOro channel 13 (WORO-DT; formerly WPRV-TV).
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WSJU-TV
WSJU-TV (channel 31) was a television station in San Juan, Puerto Rico, owned by Aerco Broadcasting Corporation. The station's studios were located at the IBC-AERCO building at 1554 Bori Street, Urb. Antonsanti in Rio Piedras. Its transmitter was located at Cerro la Marquesa in Aguas Buenas.
During most of the 2000s, the station's programming consisted mostly of music videos until it became an affiliate of Spanish Broadcasting System's Mega TV on August 25, 2008. It was carried by Dish Network and Liberty Puerto Rico.
The El Imparcial newspaper built WITA-TV, which operated from June 1966 to June 1967. The station was a financial failure and left the air after a year of broadcasting. The construction permit and additional permits for stations in Ponce and Mayagüez were sold in 1969; the new owner came close to rebuilding the San Juan station and signing on the others but saw its finances unravel and never put any of them back on the air.
WRWR-TV received its construction permit on December 18, 1980. Its original permitholders, La Fe del Progreso Broadcasting Corporation, envisioned it as a religious station to be called Nueva Visión (New Vision). The station began broadcasting on channel 30 on May 30, 1985. It was known as Cinema 30 and broadcast older movies. It had translators on channels 16 (WTRA) in Mayagüez and 48 (WIEC) in Ponce. The station was in poor financial condition; by February 1987, it was noted that infomercials and home shopping were taking up an increasing amount of its airtime. Bay Broadcasting attempted to get Mexican broadcaster Televisa to invest in the station. The next month, it affiliated with Univision. In the meantime, the station battled through bankruptcy proceedings initiated in Florida and later transferred to Puerto Rico courts.
The station went off the air around 1991. It then reappeared around 1999 through 2000. It applied to assign its station license from Three Star Telecast to International Broadcasting Corp.
Prior to and including the early 1990s, the call letters WSJU (now WTCV) were used by an NBC affiliated station broadcasting on UHF channel 18 (Liberty channel 12) with studios in Carolina, Puerto Rico. Most of the programming was in English, making it one of at least two stations at the time to broadcast in English (the other was WPRV-TV, "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 Starring 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 on top of the peak of El Yunque. Broadcasting hours ran from 6 a.m. to midnight daily. At the end of each broadcast day, the station played video rolls of the Puerto Rican and United States national anthems.
Today, the Carolina studios for the former WSJU are owned and operated by the local affiliate of the Catholic Radio and Television Network, TeleOro channel 13 (WORO-DT; formerly WPRV-TV).