WAPA-TV
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| WKAQ , WKAQ-FM , WYEL , WNJX-TV | |
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Первая дата воздуха | 1 мая 1954 г. |
Бывший номер канала (ы) | Аналог: 4 ( VHF , 1954–2009) |
Знак Значения | Станция была основана Ассоциацией производителей сахара (Ассоциация Puerto Rico Sugar Grower) |
| Техническая информация [ 1 ] | |
Лицензионное орган | FCC |
| Идентификатор объекта | 52073 |
| Эрп | 1000 кВт |
| НЕНАВИДЕТЬ | 765 м (2510 футов) |
| Координаты передатчика | 18 ° 6′47,5 ″ с.ш. 66 ° 3′9,3 ″ ш / 18,113194 ° С. 66,052583 ° С |
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| Веб -сайт | www |
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Первая дата воздуха | 1970 |
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| Идентификатор объекта | 26681 |
| Эрп | 750 кВт |
| НЕНАВИДЕТЬ | 853 м (2799 футов) |
| Координаты передатчика | 18 ° 10′04,0 ″ с.ш. 66 ° 34′37,0 ″ со / 18,167778 ° с.ш. 66,576944 ° С |
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WAPA-TV (канал 4)-это на испанском языке независимая телевизионная станция в Сан-Хуане, Пуэрто- Рико Он принадлежит Wapa Media Group Студии WAPA-TV расположены на Авениде Луис Вигори в Гуайнабо , а ее передатчик расположен на башне трансмиссии WKAQ-TV (канал 2) в Серро-ла-Санте в Кейи недалеко от Бокк-Эстатальной горы.
Сигнал станции передается по всему Пуэрто-Рико через две полные спутниковые станции : WTIN-TV (цифровой канал 14, виртуальный канал 4) в Ponce и WNJX-TV (цифровой канал 31, виртуальный канал 4) в Mayagüez . WTIN-TV также транслирует два подканала, одновременно выступающие из WKAQ-TV, включая его программирование Telemundo , с использованием виртуальных каналов 2.11 и 2.21.
История
WAPA-TV начал вещание 1 мая 1954 года в качестве второй телевизионной станции, которая будет лицензирована в Пуэрто-Рико. Его вызовов -это частичная аббревиатура первоначальных владельцев станции, ныне несуществующей Asociación de Productores de Azúcar , или Ассоциации Puerto Rico Sugar Grower. В течение самых ранних лет станция была связана с NBC , ABC , Dumont и телевизионной сетью CMQ . [ 3 ]
которая в 1968 году была в 1968 году, последовавшей за цветом, следовавшим WKAQ-TV в 1968 г. Станция была первой на территории США , 1970-е и 1980-е годы, кошка, играющая в бонго (обычно известный как Gato de Wapa на испанском языке ) и, El следовательно Оригинальный испанский. Точно так же, в другой промо станции использовалась эта фраза, Hasta El Gato, Te-Ve El Cuatro , а сама кошка была попеременно известна как El Gato de Cuatro .
Как и другие талисманы, Эль Гато был замечен в разных ситуациях в разных промо в эфире. Помимо игры в бонго, он также играл на барабанах и был замечен в одном идентификаторе станции как матадор. Другой промо заставил его взаимодействовать с кошкой, которую видели в рекламе Telemundo . Эль Гато также иногда сопровождал его жена и дети (один мальчик и одна девочка), где они казались летающими в вертолетном форме, как логотип «4» канала и отмечали праздники, играя на музыкальных инструментах.
Конкуренты WAPA-TV включают WKAQ-TV (Telemundo), WLII ( Teleonce Affiliate Station Univision ) и PBS- станция WIPR-TV . WAPA-TV и WKAQ-TV боролись за титул самой популярной телевизионной станции Пуэрто-Рико с 1950-х годов, когда WLII вступил в битву в середине 1980-х годов.
В течение 1980 -х и начала 1990 -х годов станция стала очень успешной, смешивая американские шоу, переведенные на испанский язык с местными комедиями, такими как Cuqui , Cara O Cruz , Enterando Por La Cocina , Carmelo y Punto и Barrio Cuatro Calles . Тем не менее, он все еще отставал от WKAQ-TV как вторую наиболее популярную станцию Пуэрто-Рика. В начале 1990 -х годов WAPA переименовал себя с помощью лозунгов Wapailla! (броская вариация сленга Vamos Pailla , или «Пойдем!») и Wapa, Aqui Con La Gente («Вапа, здесь с людьми»). Эти лозунги сопровождались запоминающейся музыкальной партитурой и яркой, красочной графикой с изображением логотипа канала. В 1994 году WAPA стала первой телевизионной станцией в Пуэрто-Рико, которая использовала высококлассные графические анимации, чтобы оживить новый логотип, созданный и анимированные Pixel Light Studios из Нью-Йорка. Это дало станции очень «американский» внешний вид в эфире. Логотип, хотя и графически приятный, был медленно сброшен в пользу классического логотипа номера 4. Графика высокого класса была позже сброшена для более дешевой, внутренней графики.
В 1997 году, под рулем бывшего руководителя Univision Miguel Banojian, WAPA-TV достиг своего наибольшего увеличения в истории зрителей. Во время пребывания в должности Баножяна сеть производила больше локальных программ, чем когда -либо прежде, увеличивая свои местные новостные программы и транслировав несколько спортивных мероприятий, включая Сери Дель Карибе (Карибское издание американской бейсбольной серии World ) и чемпионата мира по боксу, продюсированные в партнерстве (с тех пор. В начале 1980 -х годов) с Дон Кинг (WAPA также иногда транслировал бои, продвигаемые соперником Кинга Бобом Арумом и другими промоутерами, такими как Боб Андреоли).
В 1998 году WAPA снова переименован в новое имя и логотип; TeleviceNtro (бренд, который использовался ранее в 1970 -х и 1980 -х годах). Он также зарегистрировал свою позицию в качестве крупной пуэрториканской телевизионной станции, главным образом благодаря своей новой ориентации на программы на местном уровне. Его новый лозунг, Como Tú, Boricua («Как вы, пуэрториканцы» - поклон давнему разговорному прозвищу для пуэрториканцев), подчеркнул тот факт, что это была единственная местная коммерческая станция, оставшаяся в Пуэрто -Рико, который был запрограммирован на локальном уровне. Несмотря на новое название, местные жители все еще называли станцию либо Эль Кутро , либо просто «вапа». В том же году бывший генеральный директор WKAQ-TV Джо Рамос был назначен президентом WAPA-TV.
In September 2004, WAPA-TV became the first Puerto Rican station, and the seventh television station in the U.S. (including territories) to become a satellite-distributed superstation. WAPA America can be seen in the U.S. mainland through DirecTV and Dish Network, and on various cable television providers including Xfinity, Spectrum, Verizon FiOS and Optimum, but this is not the first time WAPA-TV has had any presence in the United States. In 1968, WAPA-TV had WNJU-TV (Channel 47) not only as its sister station but also as its affiliate, predating WAPA America by decades. WNJU-TV was owned by Screen Gems before selling it in 1984 to a consortium that would launch the NetSpan network, later evolving into Telemundo.
On October 19, 2006. LIN TV announced that it had entered into an agreement to sell its Puerto Rico television operations to InterMedia Partners for $130 million in cash.[4] The sale was completed on March 30, 2007.
On December 17, 2007, the station changed its branding from Televicentro to wapa, in all lowercase letters. Following the rebrand, the station began developing a new format, changing its jingle and redesigning their website.[5][6] 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.[7]
On January 23, 2013, InterMedia Partners announced that it would merge WAPA-TV and WAPA America, along with its stake in Cinelatino, with the shell corporation Azteca Acquisition Corporation (which is not associated with the Mexican-based Azteca group or the Azteca América network) to form Hemisphere Media Group. 73% of the new company is owned by InterMedia.[8]
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.
On November 9, 2020, WAPA-TV named Jorge Hidalgo as president and general manager of the station effective January 1, 2021, after Javier Maynulet left the station after two years.[9] Hidalgo currently serves as a Senior Vice President of Operations for Hemisphere Media Group.
Outages
On December 3, 2015, WAPA-TV along with WIPR-TV went off-air, due to a transmitter outage at Cerro La Santa in Cayey. The station was still watchable on Liberty, Dish Network, DirecTV and Claro TV. The transmitter was repaired and placed back on air on December 10, 2015. Repairs were made by WAPA's engineering department.
On September 20, 2017, the main transmission tower of WAPA-TV was destroyed during Hurricane Maria. This caused the station to be off-air for two days until they began transmitting through Univision-owned stations WSTE-DT (until October 30) and WLII-DT (until November 17; which was owned by Univision at the time) from their transmitter in Aguas Buenas. Since November 18, the station then began transmitting its main programming (virtual channel 4.1) through station WKAQ-TV and WAPA Deportes (4.2) through WIPR-TV.
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. Repairs caused by the old transmitter equipment were made by the engineering department.
DirecTV-WAPA carriage dispute
On May 4, 2018, Hemisphere Media Group became involved in a retransmission consent dispute with DirecTV, resulting in WAPA-TV's removal from DirecTV's Puerto Rico channel lineup.[10] The station was restored on June 14, 2018, after the two sides came to a new agreement.[11]
Dish-WAPA carriage dispute
On October 24, 2019, at 7 p.m., Hemisphere Media Group became involved in a retransmission consent dispute with Dish Network, resulting in WAPA-TV's removal from Dish's Puerto Rico channel lineup. The station was restored on December 17, 2019, after the two sides came to a new agreement.
Programming
NotiCentro
NotiCentro (a Spanish translation of NewsCenter) is the name of WAPA-TV's news division; the station presently broadcasts 44 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with eight hours each weekday and two hours each on Saturdays and Sundays). The news operation began in 1967 with Cuban-born Evelio Otero as the sole anchorman for the 6 p.m. newscast. Soon after, Carlos Ruben Ortiz joined the news staff for the 6 p.m. broadcast. Otero remained alone on camera, until his departure from WAPA in 1980 to take the senior editor position at the Voice of America in Washington. Ortiz shared the anchor slot at 6 p.m. with then newcomer Guillermo José Torres, a former radio announcer born in Juana Diaz who has since become the longest standing news anchor on the island, with a career spanning 43 years (Torres retired on August 5, 2013). The format predated the NewsCenter format which became popular on NBC affiliates in the 1970s.
In its beginnings, NotiCentro 4 ran for only fifteen minutes in the afternoon, with a half-hour edition at 10 p.m.; there was also a weekend edition. Eventually, the program's running time was increased to a full hour. After Otero's departure, New York City–born William "Bill" Pérez became WAPA's news director (Torres held the post for a while, but eventually asked to serve only as a news anchor). In the late 1970s, Enrique Cruz, Luz Nereida Vélez, Sylvia Gómez, Luis Rigual, Cyd Marie Fleming, José Esteves, Luis Francisco Ojeda and others joined the news department.
In 1980, NotiCentro 4 inaugurated a new studio. In 1981, Pedro Rosa Nales joined the team. In 1982, Enrique Cruz, also known as "Kike Cruz", replaced Torres as show director. In 1983, Rigual died, and was replaced as main sports anchor by Rafael Bracero. Bobby Angleró joined the team of reporters as Bracero's main helper in 1983, the same year that the Coquí Satellite was inaugurated by the station. Coquí Satellite helped the station deliver breaking news quicker, and helped deliver the news on occasions such as the Challenger explosion, when Torres interrupted Ángela Meyer on her Chanita Gobernadora comedy section to break the news to the public only minutes after it had happened.
In the early 2000s, WAPA-TV began using a helicopter for newsgathering called SuperCóptero ("SuperChopper"). The SuperCóptero had mostly been used to report on traffic conditions in the metropolitan area on the 4 and 5 p.m. newscasts. WAPA-TV was the only local station to have a helicopter, but regular use of the SuperCóptero was soon discontinued due to budget cuts; WAPA now only uses the helicopter for special events such as elections and breaking news coverage.
NotiCentro ran a local cable channel, WAPA Tiempo, which featured weather forecasts for Puerto Rico 24 hours a day. Originally named El Canal del Tiempo (its name changed to avoid confusion with The Weather Channel cable network), it could be seen on all three cable companies then serving Puerto Rico at the time (OneLink Communications, Choice Cable TV, and Liberty Puerto Rico; all of them now merged as the latter); it was also broadcast on WAPA-TV digital subchannel 4.3. WAPA Tiempo was discontinued on September 1, 2012, due to WAPA Deportes (subchannel 4.2) upgrading to Full HD resolution to broadcast MLB postseason games; the channel was also dropped from Liberty cable.
WAPA-TV uses the same logo for NotiCentro (formerly NotiCentro 4), only changing the word WAPA to NotiCentro. The music package previously used for the newscast was "News Authority" by 615 Music and has been used since 2004. In the past, the station used "WNDU 1986 News Theme", "Turn to News", "Newswatch 24", "News One" and "Impact" among others. NotiCentro now uses the same music for all its segments and bumpers except for its news résumé En Una Semana ("In One Week"), which used the NotiCentro 4 graphics and music package from 1999 but now uses the current graphics and music package. Since 2012, WAPA-TV uses the "Truth" music package by 615 Music with "Truth V1" from 2012 to 2017, and "Truth V2" since 2017 for all newscasts.
On May 20, 2019, NotiCentro expanded to 1+1⁄2 hours beginning at 4 p.m., renaming itself as NotiCentro Edición Estelar, with Normando Valentín serving as an anchor for the early evening newscast. Valentín has been with the station since 2003, and was morning anchor from 2008 to 2019. On February 3, 2020, Katiria Soto returns to WAPA-TV after five years working at WXTV-DT in New York, this time as a co-anchor of the 4 p.m. newscast.
Notable current on-air news staff
- Pedro Rosa Nales – anchor and reporter
- Luz Nereida Vélez – health reporter
- Ángel Rosa – political analyst
- Juan Dalmau – political analyst
- Jay Fonseca – general assignment reporter/analyst
Local program hosts
- Angelique Burgos – Burbu Nite
- Melwin Cedeño – Pégate Al Mediodía
- Junior Abrams - Pégate Al Mediodía (Host at Analisis Neutral with Eleuterio Quiñones)
- Jailene Cintrón – Pégate Al Mediodía
- Jaime Mayol - Viva la Tarde
- Alba Nydia Díaz – Viva la Tarde
- Rafael José – Viva la Tarde
- Sunshine Logroño – Pégate Al Mediodía, El Remix (producer)
- Marian Pabón – El Remix
- José Vega Santana Remi - Collaborator at Noticentro Al Amanecer
Notable former on-air staff
- Guillermo José Torres – anchorman (now retired)
- Rafael Bracero – sports anchor (previously at WLII-DT, now retired)
- Rubén Sánchez – (later at WJPX, WLII-DT and WTCV, now at WKAQ 580AM)
- Juan Manuel García Passalacqua – investigative reporter (now deceased)
- Cyd Marie Fleming – anchor/reporter (now at WLII-DT)
- Sylvia Gómez – anchor/reporter (now at WKAQ-TV)
- Jennifer Wolff – anchor/reporter (later at WLII-DT and WKAQ-TV)
- Keylla Hernández – anchor and reporter (now deceased)
- Zoe Laboy – political analyst (later at WKAQ-TV)
- Luis Francisco Ojeda – investigative reporter (later at WKAQ-AM, now retired)
- Carlos Díaz Olivo – political analyst (now at WKAQ-TV)
- Josue Carrion (later at WTCV and WLII-DT)
- Ivonne Orsini (now at WKAQ-TV)
- Raymond Arrieta (now at WKAQ-TV)
- Johnny Ray Rodriguez – comedian (previously at WKAQ-TV)
- Hector Travieso (later at WKAQ-TV)
- Kobbo Santarrosa (later at WTCV, now at WLII-DT)
- Hector Marcano – Producer & Host at El Super Show (later at WLII-DT, WJPX, WKAQ-TV, WIPR-TV and WTCV)
- Topy Mamery (later at WTCV, deceased)
- Roque Gallart (later at WTCV and WLII-DT, now at La Nueva 94 FM)
- Carmen Jovet – reporter (previously at WKAQ-TV, later at WIPR-TV, now at ABC Puerto Rico)
- Sonya Cortes – (previously at WLII-DT)
- Gary Rodríguez (now at WLII-DT)
- Gredmarie Colón (previously at WLII-DT)
- Tommy Ramos (previously at Telemundo)
- Efren Arroyo – investigative reporter and historian (previously at WKAQ-TV, deceased)
- Luis Rigual - sports anchor (deceased)
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 4.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | WAPA-HD | Main WAPA-TV programming |
| 4.2 | 720p | WAPA2HD | WAPA Deportes | |
| 4.3 | WAPA3 | WAPA 4.3 |
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 2.11 | 720p | 16:9 | WKAQ-DT | Telemundo West (WKAQ-TV) |
| 2.21 | 480i | WKAQ.2 | Punto 2 (WKAQ-DT2) | |
| 4.1 | 720p | 16:9 | WTIN-DT | Main WTIN-TV programming / WAPA-TV |
| 4.2 | WTIN-D2 | WAPA Deportes | ||
| 4.3 | 480i | WTIN-D3 | WAPA 4.3 |
Analog-to-digital conversion
WAPA-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 4, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 27,[14] using virtual channel 4.
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Внешние ссылки и источники
- Официальный сайт
- Музей вещания - профиль телевидения Пуэрто -Рико, архивные 26 октября 2008 года на The Wayback Machine