WIPR-TV
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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 English translation of its callsign meaning is "Instructional/Public Radio and Television."
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 programing.
External links
- [Tu Universo Televisión]
- [PBS]
- [Puerto Rico profile at the M.B.C.]
- [Query the FCC's TV station database for WIPR-TV]
- [Query the FCC's TV station database for WIPM-TV]
| Television>Broadcast television stations in the Puerto Rico market | ||
|---|---|---|
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WKAQ 2 (TEL) -
WAPA 4 / WTIN 14 / WNJX 22 (Ind) -
WORA 5 (UNI) -
WIPR 6 / WIPM 3 (PBS) -
WSTE 7 (Ind) -
WLII 11 / WSUR 9 (UNI) -
WOLE 12 (TEL)
WORO 13 (Ind/Rel.) -
WSJN 15 / WQSJ 48 (Rel.) -
WOST 16 -
WTCV 18 / WVEO 44 / WVOZ 48 (Ind) -
WIMN 20 (Rel.) -
WPRU 20 (ABC) -
WXWZ 22 (Rel.)
WSJX 24 (CBS/Fox) -
WJPX 24 / WKPV 20 / WJWN 38 / WIRS 42 (MTV) -
WWKQ 26 -
WVQS 28 -
WSJP 30 (WB/UPN/The CW) -
WSJU 30 (Ind)
WELU 32 (Rel.) -
WQQZ 33 -
WRUA 34 (Citytv) -
WDWL 36 (TBN) -
WMTJ 40 / WQTO 26 (PBS) -
W44CK 44 (3ABN) -
WIDP 46 (Rel.) -
WQHA 50 (Rel.)
WRFB 52 (Ind) -
WCCV 54 / WVSN 68 (Rel.) -
WUJA 58 (Rel.) -
WMEI 60 -
WECN 64 (Rel.) -
WTPM 67 (Rel.)
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| Local cable television channels | ||
| El Canal del Tiempo - Telemundo Puerto Rico - WAPA America | ||
| Broadcast television stations in the U.S. Virgin Islands market | ||
|---|---|---|
| WKAQ 2 (TEL) - WAPA 4 (Ind) - WIPR 6 (PBS) - WSVI 8 (ABC) - WTJX 12 (PBS) - WVGN 14 (NBC) - WVIF 15 - WVXF 17 (CBS) - WMNS 22 (Ind) W29CB 29 (3ABN) - W34DO 34 (Ind) - W35CE 35 (TBN) - WBIV 38 (Ind) - WCVI 39 (UPN/UATV/The CW) - WEYA 52 (Ind) - WEON 60 (Fox) | ||
| Digital only stations | ||
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WZVI 43 (ABC)
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| Past broadcast stations WBNB 10 (CBS) |
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