WJPX

WJPX

San Juan, Puerto Rico
City	San Juan, Puerto Rico
Branding	MundoMax Puerto Rico (general/DT1) América Tevé (general/DT2)
Slogan	Vive al Maximo (general/DT1) Siempre Juntos (general/DT2)
Channels	Digital: 21 (UHF) Virtual: 24 (PSIP)
Subchannels	24.1 MundoMax 42.1 América Tevé 24.3 Centro Medico Adaptogeno
Translators	WKPV 24.1/42.1 Ponce WJWN-TV 24.1/42.1 San Sebastian
Affiliations	MundoMax
Owner	America CV Network (America-CV Stations Group, Inc.)
First air date	February 15, 1987
Call letters' meaning	San Juan Pax
Former callsigns	WSJN-TV (1987-1998)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 24 (1987-2009)
Former affiliations	Independent (1987-1990, 1993-1998, 2000-2004) Silent (1990-1993) Pax TV (1998-2000) MTV (2004-2007) America CV Network (2007-2012) MundoFox (2012-2015)
Transmitter power	1000 kW
Height	564 m
Facility ID	39887
Transmitter coordinates	18°10′3″N 66°34′35″W / 18.16750°N 66.57639°W / 18.16750; -66.57639
Website	mundomaxpr.com americatevepr.com

WIRS

Yauco, Puerto Rico
City	Yauco, Puerto Rico
Branding	América Tevé (general/DT1) MundoMax Puerto Rico (general/DT2)
Slogan	Siempre Juntos (general) Vive al Máximo (DT2)
Channels	Digital: 41 (UHF) Virtual: 42 (PSIP)
Subchannels	24.1 MundoMax 42.1 América Tevé 42.3 Centro Medico Adaptogeno
Affiliations	Independent MundoMax (on DT2)
Owner	America CV Network (America-CV Stations Group, Inc.)
First air date	December 1, 1991
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 42 (1991-2009)
Former affiliations	Religious independent (1991-2004) MTV (2004-2007) America CV Network (2007-2012) MundoFox (2012-2015)
Transmitter power	185 kW
Height	832 m
Facility ID	58340
Transmitter coordinates	18°16′38.5″N 65°51′13.1″W / 18.277361°N 65.853639°W / 18.277361; -65.853639

WJPX is a full-power television station in San Juan, Puerto Rico transmitting over digital channel 21, virtual 24, which is the island's affiliate for MundoMax, the Spanish-language television network owned by RCN Televisión.

WIRS is also a full-power television station in Yauco, Puerto Rico, transmitting over digital channel 41, virtual 42. It serves as an Independent television station, broadcasting América Tevé.

The two stations share studio facilities located in Calle Turquesa 2020, Urb. Bucare in Guaynabo, and its transmitters are located at Barrio Cubuy in Canovanas and at Monte de Jayuya in Jayuya.

There are owned by America CV Stations Group.

History

The station was founded in 1987 and was a 24-hour news station branded as WSJN 24 Horas, El Canal de Noticias. Some Puerto Rican television reporters started their careers at WSJN, such as Maria Celeste Arraras, Ada Torres Toro, Sol Sostre, Carlos Montero, Jorge Castro, Lyanne Melendez, Edna Schmidt and Roberto Cortes.

In 1993, WSJN-TV returns to the air, and was owned by El Nuevo Comandante Racetrack corporation, broadcasting Horse racing, and it is branded as Telenet.

On January 13, 1998, WSJN-TV changes its callsign to the current WJPX, after former owner Paxson Communications sell the station. On August 31, 1998, WJPX, along with the rest of the Paxson stations, premiered the new Pax TV television network, with a programming mix of infomercials, off-network reruns labeled as "family entertainment", and The Worship Network during overnights.

WJPX was later owned by LIN TV, which branded the station MTV. At that time, the station broadcast MTV programs (both locally produced and imported from the main MTV network), videos and horse races. The MTV branding and programming were licensed from Viacom, which, incidentally, once owned two of WJPX's then-sister stations: WWHO in Columbus, Ohio and WNDY-TV in Indianapolis, before those stations were sold to LIN in 2005.

On October 19, 2006 LIN TV announced that it had entered into an agreement to sell WJPX along with sister station WAPA-TV to InterMedia Partners for $130 million in cash.^[1] The sale was completed on March 30, 2007.

InterMedia Partners then sold the station again to Caribevision Station Group. The sale was completed in October 2007.

From March 19, 2009 the subchannel digital 24.2 began transnmiting Camarero Racetrack.

On August 13, 2012, It Begins Broadcasting the Spanish language MundoFox Network after America Teve moves to WIRS Channel 42.1.

On June 15, 2015, MundoMax Puerto Rico stations, WKPV in Ponce, WIRS & WJWN-TV in San Sebastian, moves its frequencies to Channel 24.1, while ATevé moves to Channel 42.1 in Ponce, San Juan & San Sebastian.

Digital television

WJPX & WJWN-TV shut down its analog signal over UHF channels 24 & 38, 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. WKPV & WIRS, will also shut down its analog signal on channels 20 & 42 on April 17. The station's digitals signals remained on its pre-transition UHF channels 21, 19, 41 & 39. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channels at UHF channels 24, 42, 20 & 38.

Satellite stations

WJPX can be seen across Puerto Rico on the following stations:

External links

• Query the FCC's TV station database for WJPX
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WKPV
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WJWN-TV
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WIRS
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WJPX-TV
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WKPV-TV
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WJWN-TV
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WIRS-TV

References