WIPR-TV
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| WIPR-TV | |
|---|---|
| San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
| Branding | Tu Universo Televisión / TuTV (Your Universe Television / YourTV) |
| Channels | Analog: 6 (VHF) |
| Translators | WIPM-TV 3 / DT 35 Mayagüez |
| Affiliations | PBS |
| Owner | Corporación de Puerto Rico para la Difusión Pública (Puerto Rico Public Broadcasting Corporation) |
| First air date | January 6, 1958 |
| Call letters’ meaning | Instrucción Pública Radio-Televisión |
| Former affiliations | NET (1958-1970) |
| Transmitter Power | 58.9 kW (analog) 500 kW (digital) 790 kW (after 2009) |
| Height | 825 m (analog) 776 m (digital) |
| Class | Full service |
| Facility ID | 53859 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | |
| 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 Corporación de Puerto Rico para la Difusión Pública (English: Puerto Rico Corporation for Public Broadcasting) 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."
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[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.
In 1996, WIPR-TV was the first Puerto Rican television station that would broadcast their programs via the internet.
[edit] Primetime Schedule
Movies are in red; Documentary are in yellow;Educative are in violet; Comedies are in pink; Dramas are in beige; Musical Shows are in blue; Talk/Forum Shows are in purple; Sports programming is in gold; News programming is in orange.
| 7:00 PM | 7:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | |
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| Sunday | Documentos TV | Así Canta PR | De Tal Palo | Cultura Viva | Masterpiece Theater | |||
| Monday | Dímelo | Tiempo Pedidio | Geoambiente | TUTV Noticias | Nueva Economia | Expresate | ||
| Tuesday | ¿Qué Pasa, USA? | Qué Familia, Mi Familia | Cultura Viva | Asi Canta PR | ||||
| Wednesday | Lexicon | Prohibido Olvidar | ¿Y Cómo Fue? | Estudio Electoral | Show De Chucho | |||
| Thursday | En La Punta De La Lengua | Cultura Viva | Noche De Gala | |||||
| Friday | Jacobo Y El Arte | De Pura Cepa | Detras Del Telón | Un Dia Antes | Soundstage | |||
| Saturday | Cuéntame Como Pasó | TU Cine TV | TU Cine TV | |||||
[edit] Programming
[edit] TuTV Informa
In 1996, WIPR launched a newscast created by then president, Jorge Inserni, branded as Noti-Seis 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.
[edit] List of original programs seen on WIPR-TV
- Desde Mi Pueblo, with Yoyo Boing, Deborah Carthy-Deu, and Tony Croatto
- 'Juego de Estrellas, with Edgardo Huertas
- Nuestra Musica, with different hosts every week
- Estas Invitado, with Marylin Pupo
- Voces en Función, with Lou Briel
- Noches de Café Teatro, with Maria Falcon
- Edgardo Huertas
- El Show de Chucho Avellanet
- A Toda Maquina, with Ivonne Goderich and Carlos Fontané
- Hoy, with Linette Torres and Yoyo Boing
- Mucho Gusto, with Johanna Rosaly
- Isla-Aeróbicos
- Pequeños en Acción, produced by Edgardo Huertas
- Maria Chuzema, produced by Tere Marichal
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Tu Universo Televisión
- Museum of Broadcasting and Communications: Puerto Rico
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WIPR-TV
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WIPM-TV
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WIPR-TV
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WIPM-TV
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