WIPR-TV

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WIPR-TV

San Juan, Puerto Rico
Branding	Tu Universo Televisión / TuTV (Your Television Universe / YourTV)
Channels	6 (VHF) analog, 55 (UHF) digital
Translators	WIPM-TV 3 / DT 35 Mayagüez
Affiliations	PBS
Owner	Puerto Rico Public Broadcasting Corporation
Founded	1958
Call letters meaning	W Instrucción Pública Radio-Televisión
Former affiliations	NET (1958-1970)
Transmitter Power	58.9 kW / 825 m (analog) 39 kW / 776 m (digital)
Class	Full service
Facility ID	53859
Website	www.tutv.puertorico.pr

WIPR-TV is an educational, full-power television station located in San Juan, Puerto Rico transmitting over analog channel 6, digital 55. The station is owned and operated by the Puerto Rico Public Broadcasting Corporation and is a member of PBS.

The station has one full-power satellite: WIPM-TV, channel 3 in Mayagüez. WIPM-TV, though mostly a repeater, does produce some local programming. Its studios and offices are located in South Post Street in Mayagüez. WIPM-TV's digital signal is not yet on the air.

Because of its audience, much of WIPR's programming is in Spanish, with local programming or Spanish dubs or subtitles of English PBS programming. The station is branded as TUTV - Tu Universo Televisión. During the 1990s, the station was branded as Teve 6 / Teve 3.

The English translation of its callsign meaning is "Instructional/Public Radio and Television."

1 History
2 Programming
- 2.1 TuTV Informa
3 Logos
4 External links

[edit] History

WIPR-TV was created as a result of lobbying for public broadcasting in Puerto Rico, beginning in the 1950s. The station went on the air for the first time in 1958 becoming the first educational television station in Latin America.

It was also unique among other government-controlled broadcasters in the Caribbean as it did not show commercials. All other government-controlled broadcasters (with the exception of Cuba and the US Virgin Islands) showed commercials.

The station was and still remains as one of the few TV stations in Puerto Rico with English-language programming.

[edit] Programming

[edit] TuTV Informa

In 1996, WIPR launched a newscast branded as NotiSeis or "News Six". The newscast was first anchored by Pedro Luis García and Gloria Soltero and only had a 6:00 PM edition. Later that year, the station premiered a 9:00 PM edition anchored by the same 6:00 PM team.

In 2001, WIPR changed its branding to TuTV – Tu Universo Televisión and the newscast was renamed TuTV Informa. Currently the newscast is anchored by Gloria Soltero and David Reyes. Along with the daily newscasts, WIPR produces an in-depth newscast called TuTV Analiza which airs weekly on Sundays.