WAPA-TV is a Spanish-language independent television station in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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14 Facts About WAPA-TV
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WAPA-TV's studios are located on Avenida Luis Vigoreaux in Guaynabo, and its transmitter is located at the WKAQ-TV transmission tower at Cerro La Santa in Cayey near the Bosque Estatal de Carite mountain reserve.
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WAPA-TV began broadcasting on May 1,1954, as the second television station to be licensed to Puerto Rico.
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WAPA-TV's competitors include WKAQ-TV, WLII and PBS member station WIPR-TV.
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In September 2004, WAPA-TV became the first Puerto Rican station, and the seventh television station in the US to become a satellite-distributed superstation.
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WAPA-TV had WNJU-TV Channel 47 not only as its sister station but as its affiliate, predating WAPA America by decades.
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WAPA-TV signed an agreement with Miss Puerto Rico Universe to produce a reality show titled Por la corona, which debuted on August 15,2008, where the public is able to select which five of the participants move directly to the pageant's semifinal via text messaging votes.
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On December 1,2017, WAPA-TV named Javier Maynulet Montilla as president and general manager, succeeding Ramos, who spent 20 years at the station until his retirement on April 27,2018.
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On November 9,2020, WAPA-TV named Jorge Hidalgo as president and general manager of the station effective January 1,2021, after Javier Maynulet leaves the station after 2 years.
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WAPA-TV has more than 40 years of broadcast experience in Hispanic television.
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On October 28,2018, one year after going dark, WAPA-TV returned to the air from its new transmitter installed at the WKAQ-TV tower location, broadcasting with High Quality Doble Data HD.
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WAPA-TV was the only local station to have a helicopter, but regular use of the SuperCoptero was discontinued due to budget cuts; WAPA now only uses the helicopter for special events such as elections and breaking news coverage.
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WAPA-TV uses the same logo for NotiCentro, changing the word WAPA to NotiCentro, but with the same red strips at the right.
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WAPA-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 4, on June 12,2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate.
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