WJPX

WJPX
San Juan, Puerto Rico
City San Juan, Puerto Rico
Branding América Tevé Puerto Rico
Slogan Siempre Juntos
Channels Digital: 21 (UHF)
Virtual: 24 (PSIP)
Subchannels 24.1 América Tevé
42.1 SBN
Translators WKPV 20.1 Ponce
WJWN-TV 38.1 San Sebastian
Affiliations America Teve (2016–present)
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/MundoMax (2012–2016)
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 americatevepr.com
WIRS
(semi-satellite of WJPX)
Yauco, Puerto Rico
City Yauco, Puerto Rico
Branding Sonlife Broadcasting Network
Channels Digital: 41 (UHF)
Virtual: 42 (PSIP)
Subchannels 24.1 América Tevé
42.1 SBN
Affiliations Sonlife (2016–present)
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)
América Tevé (2012-2016)
MundoFox/MundoMax (2012-2016)
Teveo (2016)
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
Website www.sonlifetv.com

WJPX is a full-power television station in San Juan, Puerto Rico transmitting over digital channel 21, virtual 24, which serves as a Spanish-language Independent television station. The station brands itself as América Tevé Puerto Rico.

WIRS is also a full-power television station in Yauco, Puerto Rico, transmitting over digital channel 41, virtual 42. It serves as semi-satellite of WJPX. The station is an affiliate of the Sonlife Broadcasting Network.

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

Former logo as a MundoMax affiliate, used from 2015 until 2016.

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, Nelson Bermejo, Tony Dandrades, Lyanne Melendez, Edna Schmidt and Roberto Cortes.

In 1993, WSJN-TV returned 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 changed its callsign to the current WJPX, after Paxson Communications purchased 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, WJPX began broadcasting MundoFox; at that time, América Tevé moved to WIRS channel 42.1. On June 15, 2015, MundoFox (which became MundoMax the following month) was moved to channel 24.1 on WKPV in Ponce, WIRS, and WJWN-TV in San Sebastian, while América Tevé moved to channel 42.1 on WJPX, WKPV, and WJWN.

WJPX airs infomercials 8 hours a day (2am to 10am), 10 hours on Saturdays (2am to 9am & 10am to 12pm) and 11 hours on weekends (2am to 1pm).

WJPX's affiliation with MundoMax ended on August 1, 2016. At that time, the station began to carry América Tevé on channel 24.1.[2]On that same date, WIRS launched a new programming format called Teveo, which is stylized as a 24-hour news channel that airs each weekday from 5:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. and weekends from 7:00 to 11:00 p.m. Teveo carries all of the station's live newscasts, along with rebroadcasts of its 6:00 and 11:00 p.m. newscasts and its public affairs programs. It also added live weekday hour-long 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. newscasts on that date, making it the only station in Puerto Rico with newscasts in those timeslots. On weekends, Teveo carries a "week-in-review" selection of its news programs. Paid programming is shown at other times of the day. The channel is simulcast on WIRS digital channel 42.1, and is carried on Liberty channel 41, Claro TV channel 10 and Dish Network channel 7. On November 12, 2016, WIRS was disaffiliated with Teveo and switched to the Sonlife Broadcasting Network, a religious television network, owned by televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, which is also seen on W26DK-D channel 25.2 un San Juan, W31DL-D channel 36.2 in Ponce and W51DJ-D channel 51.2 in Mayaguez.

Local programs produced by WJPX

Digital television

WJPX's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP short name Programming[3]
24.1 480i 4:3 WJPX-D1 Main WJPX programming / America TeVe Puerto Rico
42.1 SBN-PR Sonlife Broadcasting Network

WIRS's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP short name Programming[4]
24.1 480i 4:3 ATV-PR America TeVe Puerto Rico
42.1 WIRS-D1 Main WIRS programming / Sonlife Broadcasting Network

WJPX and WJWN-TV shut down their analog signals over UHF channels 24 and 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 and WIRS shut down their analog signals on channels 20 and 42 on April 17. The stations' digital signals remained on their pre-transition UHF channels 21, 19, 41 & 39. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the stations' virtual channels at UHF channels 24, 42, 20 and 38.

Satellite stations

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

Station City of license Digital channel First air date ERP HAAT Facility ID Transmitter Coordinates
WKPV Ponce 19 (UHF)
(PSIP: 20)		 August 6, 1985 700 kW 269m 58341 18°4′42″N 66°44′52″W / 18.07833°N 66.74778°W / 18.07833; -66.74778 (WKPV)
WJWN-TV San Sebastián 39 (UHF)
(PSIP: 38)		 1986 700 kW 627m 58342 18°8′52″N 66°58′59″W / 18.14778°N 66.98306°W / 18.14778; -66.98306 (WJWN-TV)

FCC spectrum auction & WJPX/WIRS sale

In 2012, the Federal Communications Commission announced they were going to hold a voluntary Incentive Auction for a portion of the radio frequency spectrum that is currently used by Digital Television broadcasters across the country. WJPX & WIRS announced he would participate in the auction, since it was estimated the stations would net somewhere in the range of $291 & $264 Million USD, much more than it would be worth on the open market otherwise. Since that time the auction estimate has increased to somewhere between $220 & $198 Million USD, with the auction currently scheduled to take place in early 2016.

Spectrum reallocation

On April 13, 2017, it was revealed that WKPV and WIRS's over-the-air spectrum had been sold in the FCC's spectrum reallocation auction, fetching $6,945,255 and $6,657,792 respectively. WKPV and WIRS will not sign off, but it will later share broadcast spectrum with WVEO in Aguadilla and WVOZ-TV in Ponce, both of them are Mega TV owned and operated. America CV stated that WJPX had a better signal than that of WKPV and WIRS.

References

  1. ↑ "LIN TV to Sell Puerto Rico Operations". Retrieved 2007-05-25.
  2. ↑ "America Teve Expands Its Coverage In NY And Puerto Rico" (Press release). Hialeah Gardens, Fla.: America CV Network. PRNewswire. August 2, 2016. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
  3. ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for WJPX
  4. ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for WIRS
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