Media of Puerto Rico
Encyclopedia
The Puerto Rico Media includes local radio stations, television stations and newspapers; for the majority of all these the language is Spanish
. There are also three stations of the US Armed Forces Radio and Television Service.
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
. There are also three stations of the US Armed Forces Radio and Television Service.
See also
- Media of the United StatesMedia of the United StatesMedia of the United States consist of several different types of communications media: television, radio, cinema, newspapers, magazines, and Internet-based Web sites. The U.S...
- Puerto RicoPuerto RicoPuerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
- List of newspapers in Puerto Rico
- List of Puerto Rican newspapers
Newspapers
- The San Juan StarThe San Juan StarThe now-defunct The San Juan Star was an English-language, Pulitzer Prize winning newspaper based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The newspaper was published by Star Media Network, a subdivision of San Juan Star, Inc., which once owned San Juan City Magazine, El Mayagüez Star, and El Ponce Star.The...
http://www.thesanjuanstar.com/ (no longer in publication) - Puerto Rico Daily SunPuerto Rico Daily SunPuerto Rico Daily Sun is the island's only daily English-language newspaper. The paper is based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is published seven days a week by Cooperativa Prensa Unida, a workers cooperative established in October 2008 by employees laid off from the defunct The San Juan Star, which...
http://www.prdailysun.com/ - El Nuevo DíaEl Nuevo DíaEl Nuevo Día is a Puerto Rican newspaper based in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico and distributed daily throughout Puerto Rico and some parts of the United States.- History :...
http://www.endi.com/ - El VoceroEl VoceroEl Vocero is a Puerto Rican newspaper that is published in San Juan.Published since 1974, El Vocero was at first the third of the four largest Puerto Rico newspapers, trailing El Mundo and El Nuevo Día and leading The San Juan Star in sales...
http://www.vocero.com/ - Primera Hora http://www.primerahora.com/
- La Estrella del OesteLa Estrella OesteLa Estrella Oeste and La Estrella Norte are two Spanish-language, regional newspapers based in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. Both editions cover 36 towns of the western and northern areas of Puerto Rico....
Radio stations
NB: Info from the 2005 edition of the WRTH (World Radio Television Handbook) and TVRadioWorld http://www.tvradioworld.comMain networks
- Cadena Radio Puerto Rico http://www.radiopr740.com/
- NotiUno http://www.notiuno.com/
- Radio Reloj
- Radio IslaWSKNWSKN is a radio station on 1320 AM. WSKN serves San Juan, Puerto Rico and is owned by Media Power Group. The station carries a Spanish language news and talk format....
http://www.radioisla1320.com
San Juan
Mayaguez
Ponce
Television stations
- WKAQ-TVWKAQ-TVWKAQ-TV is a full-power television station located in San Juan, Puerto Rico transmitting over digital 2.1. The station is owned and operated by NBCUniversal and is branded simply as Telemundo....
, channel 2 in San JuanSan Juan, Puerto RicoSan Juan , officially Municipio de la Ciudad Capital San Juan Bautista , is the capital and most populous municipality in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 395,326 making it the 46th-largest city under the jurisdiction of...
(TelemundoTelemundoTelemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....
)- WOLE-TVWOLE-TVWOLE-DT is a full-power television station licensed to Aguadilla, Puerto Rico transmitting over digital channel 12. The station has its studios in Aguadilla and its main offices are located in the Westernbank Building in downtown Mayagüez....
, channel 12 in AguadillaAguadilla, Puerto RicoAguadilla , founded in 1775 by Luis de Córdova, is a city located in the northwestern tip of Puerto Rico bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, north of Aguada, and Moca and west of Isabela. Aguadilla is spread over 15 wards and Aguadilla Pueblo...
(satellite)
- WOLE-TV
- WAPA-TVTelevicentroTelevicentro may refer to the following:*Televicentro 4 Former name of WAPA-TV, a television station in Puerto Rico*Televicentro , a television station in Honduras*Televicentro , a television station in Nicaragua...
, channel 4 http://www.televicentropr.com/ in San Juan (IndependentIndependent stationAn independent station is in the category of television terminology used to describe a television station broadcasting in the United States or Canada that is not affiliated with any television network....
)- WTIN, channel 14 in PoncePonce, Puerto RicoPonce is both a city and a municipality in the southern part of Puerto Rico. The city is the seat of the municipal government.The city of Ponce, the fourth most populated in Puerto Rico, and the most populated outside of the San Juan metropolitan area, is named for Juan Ponce de León y Loayza, the...
(satellite) - WNJX-TVWNJX-TVWNJX-TV is a full-power television station in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico transmitting over analog channel 22, digital 23. WNJX-TV is owned by InterMedia Partners.- History :...
, channel 22 in MayagüezMayagüez, Puerto RicoMayagüez is the eighth-largest municipality of Puerto Rico. Originally founded as "Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria" it is also known as "La Sultana del Oeste" , "Ciudad de las Aguas Puras" , or "Ciudad del Mangó"...
(satellite)
- WTIN, channel 14 in Ponce
- WIPR-TVWIPR-TVWIPR-TV is an non-commercial educational, full-power public television station located in San Juan, Puerto Rico transmitting over analog channel 6, digital 43. The station is owned and operated by Corporación de Puerto Rico para la Difusión Pública ...
, channel 6 http://tutv.puertorico.pr http://www.pbs.org/stationfinder/index.html?station=WIPR in San Juan (PBSPublic Broadcasting ServiceThe Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
)- WIPM-TV, channel 3 in Mayagüez (satellite)
- WSTEWSTEWSTE-DT is a full-power television station licensed to Ponce, Puerto Rico. It transmits on digital channel 7 over a four-site distributed transmission system.WSTE is owned by Univision and is operated by the network as well through WLII in Caguas...
, channel 7 in Ponce (Independent) - WLII, channel 11 http://univision.centennialpr.net/ in CaguasCaguas, Puerto RicoCaguas , founded in 1775, is a city and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the Central Mountain Range of Puerto Rico, south of San Juan and Trujillo Alto, west of Gurabo and San Lorenzo, east of Aguas Buenas, Cidra, and Cayey....
(UnivisiónUnivisionUnivision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...
)- WSUR-TV, channel 9 in Ponce (satellite)
- WORA-TVWORA-TVWORA-TV is a full-power television station in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico transmitting over analog channel 5, digital 29. The station rebroadcasts over 95% of WLII's programing under an affiliation agreement. WORA-TV produces some programming of its own, mostly airing on Sunday afternoons. During local...
, channel 5 http://www.woratv.com in Mayagüez (satellite)
- WPRU-LPWPRU-LPWPRU-LP is an ABC-affiliated, low-power television station in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico transmitting over analog channel 20.Satellite and cable subscribers in Puerto Rico can watch WPRU on One Link, DirecTV, Choice Cable TV, and as part of the Puerto Rico locals package on Dish Network...
, channel 20 http://www.wprutv.com in Aguadilla (ABCAmerican Broadcasting CompanyThe American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
) - WSJX-LPWSJX-LPWSJX-LP is a Fox-affiliated, low-power television station in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico transmitting over analog channel 24. The station is owned by LKK Group along with sister stations WPRU-LP channel 20, and WSJP-LP channel 30....
, channel 24 http://www.foxtvpuertorico.com in Aguadilla (FOXFox Broadcasting CompanyFox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
) - WSJP-LPWSJP-LPWSJP-LP is a low-power television station in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico transmitting over analog channel 30. The station is owned by California-based LKK Group and is an affiliate of The CW Television Network and LATV...
, channel 30 http://www.cwtvpuertorico.com in Aguadilla (CWThe CW Television NetworkThe CW Television Network is a television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006–2007 television season. It is a joint venture between CBS Corporation, the former owners of United Paramount Network , and Time Warner's Warner Bros., former majority owner of The WB...
) - WMTJWMTJWMTJ is an educational, full-service, PBS member television station licensed to Fajardo, Puerto Rico transmitting over digital channel 16. The station is owned by the Ana G. Méndez University System and is branded as SíTV...
, channel 40 http://www.pbs.org/stationfinder/index.html?station=WMTJ in Rio Piedras (PBSPublic Broadcasting ServiceThe Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
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