WKAQ-TV

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WKAQ-TV is a full-power television station located in San Juan, Puerto Rico transmitting over analog channel 2, digital 28. The station is owned and operated by NBC Universal and is branded simply as Telemundo.

WKAQ-TV has one full-power repeater station: WOLE-TV, channel 12 in Aguadilla. WOLE-TV repeats over 95% of WKAQ-TV's programing under an affiliation agreement. In the past they had used WORA-TV, channel 5 in Mayagüez. The station also has three low-power translator facilities: W09AT in Fajardo, W68BU in Adjuntas and W32AJ in Utuado.

History

WKAQ-TV became the first Puerto Rican TV station on March 28, 1954. The station was founded by Angel Ramos, founder of Puerto Rico's main newspaper at the time, "El Mundo" (The World) and Puerto Rico's first radio station (and third licensed radio station in the world), WKAQ. Ramos wanted to maintain a consistent branding between it's properties using the "mundo" theme, and thus named WKAQ-TV "Tele Mundo" (Tele World). He had tried to obtain a TV license as early as the mid 1940s, but due to an FCC licensing freeze for all new American TV stations, Ramos had to wait until 1954 to obtain the license.

During the station's history, WKAQ-TV battled fiercely with WAPA-TV to obtain the top position of Puerto Rican viewership. During the 1970s and 1980s, WKAQ-TV (then branded as Telemundo Canal 2), was a major producer of Puerto Rican Spanish soap operas. The channel was also known by it's "fingers" logo (a bold number 2 with the silhouette of two upright fingers inside the number), calling itself "El canal de los dedos" (The channel of the fingers).

WKAQ-TV has produced and broadcasted recognized local shows such as "El Show de las Doce", "En Casa de Juanma y Wiwi", "La Pension de Dona Tere", "El Show de las Doce", "No te Duermas", Marcano el Show", "Super Sabados", "Fantastico" among others. It also produced famous telenovelas such as "Tanairi", "Tomiko" and others. One of the most important producers at WKAQ-TV is Paquito Cordero, who has been at the station since 1954 both as an actor as well as producer, mostly for the cancelled "El Show de las Doce".

With the creation of the Telemundo Network in 1987, the station started branding itself as "Telemundo Puerto Rico". (Before, WKAQ-TV had branded itself as either Telemundo or just "Canal 2".) Since then, WKAQ-TV has since then become one of Telemundo's flagship stations, as well as the recognized original "Telemundo". It has been highly critiziced that because of the station's affiliation to the Telemundo Network, locally produced programming has been traded for "enlatados", or foreign Spanish programming such as Mexican and Venezuelan telenovelas. To avoid this critizism, in 2006, WKAQ-TV started airing the first Puerto Rican written and produced telenovela in 15 years: Dueña y Señora. To the general population, WKAQ-TV is still known simply as "Telemundo", and it is branded as such to this day.

WKAQ-TV's main slogans have been: Y como el dos no hay dos! (There's no two like channel two and Telemundo: tu canal, siempre (Telemundo: your channel, always).

In 2005, WKAQ-TV became a superstation when NBC Universal created the Telemundo Puerto Rico cable channel. The channel airs programs created by WKAQ-TV such as No te Duermas and TVO as well as the station's news program, Telenoticias en Acción. Telemundo Puerto Rico is aimed at Puerto Ricans and other Caribbean communities living in the mainland United States.

Programming

Telenoticias en Acción

Telenoticias is the name of WKAQ-TV's newscast. The show was started in 1954 and it was the first local television program. It was first anchored by Evelio Otero. In the 1960s, a renewed edition of Telenoticias started with different anchors.

Over the years, many people have worked on Telenoticas including: Bobby Anglero, Charito Fraticelli, Silvia Gómez, Aníbal González Irizárry, Juan Manuel Lebrón, Jorge Rivera Nieves, Ivonne Solla, Ramón Enrique Torres, and Bruni Velez.

For more than twenty years, Telenoticias only had 2 editions: the 5 o'clock edition and the 11 o'clock edition. However, in 2002, a weekend edition was introduced that started at 5 & 11 o'clock. In 2003, Telemundo por la Mañana started with Charito Fraticelli, Silverio Perez, Lourdes Collazo, and panel experts.

In the 1990s, Telenoticias used Frank Gari's Telemundo 1992 News Theme as the main theme music for its newscasts. This was replaced later by Telemundo News Theme, also by Gari. It's unknown if WKAQ-TV will start using WNBC's theme and graphics like other NBC Universal O&Os have done.

Newscasts

Weekdays

• Telenoticias A.M. - 4:55AM-9:00AM
• Telenoticias a las 11:00 AM - 11:00AM-11:30AM
• Telenoticias a las 5:00 PM - 5:00PM-6:00PM
• Telenoticias a las 11:00 PM - 11:00PM-11:30PM

Weekends

• Telenoticias Edición Sábado/Domingo - 5:00PM-6:00PM
• Telenoticias Edición Sábado/Domingo - 11:00PM-11:30PM

VIVA PUERTO RICO!!!!

Other programs produced by WKAQ-TV

• Pa' Que Te Lo Goces
• No te Duermas

Broadcasting

Satellite and translator stations

WKAQ-TV can be seen across Puerto Rico on the following stations:

• W09AT 9 in Fajardo
• WOLE-TV 12 in Aguadilla
• W32AJ 32 in Utuado
• W34CI 34 in Mayagüez (translator for WOLE-TV)
• W68BU 68 in Adjuntas

Digital television

• WKAQ-DT 28.1/2.1 - Simulcast of WKAQ-TV

Logos

Image:WKAQ 1970s.jpg|WKAQ as "2 WKAQ-TV" in the 1970s. Image:WKAQ 1992.jpg|WKAQ in 1992 -- also used on WORA-TV. Image:TelemundoPR.gif|Telemundo Puerto Rico cable channel logo.

External links

• [Telemundo]
• *[Telemundo Puerto Rico]
• [Query the FCC's TV station database for WKAQ-TV]
• [Query the FCC's TV station database for W09AT]
• [Query the FCC's TV station database for W68BU]
• [Query the FCC's TV station database for W32AJ]

Television>Broadcast television stations in the Puerto Rico market
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.)
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
WZVI 43 (ABC)
Past broadcast stations WBNB 10 (CBS)

Superstations in List_of_television_stations_in_North_America_by_media_market>North American markets
United States: KTLA | KWGN | WAPA | WGN | WKAQ | WPIX | WSBK | WTBS | WWOR
Mexico: Multimedios Television | XEFB | XEW | XHDF | XHGC | XHIMT
See Also: | List of American Over-The-Air Networks | Local American TV Stations (W) | Local American TV Stations (K) | | Local Canadian TV Stations | | Local Mexican TV Stations | | North American TV |

 

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