WMTJ
Encyclopedia
WMTJ 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 (YesTV). Its main studios are located in San Juan
.
The majority of the station's daily programming is from PBS, but it has some locally produced content as well.
WMTJ has one full-service satellite: WQTO, digital channel 25, in Ponce
. WMTJ's digital signal was not on the air until a couple months before the transition deadline. Digital transmitter deployment for WMTJ had been proven difficult as the transmitter site is located in a remote tropical forest on national park
land, requiring National Forest Service approvals of any new transmission tower.
Public Broadcasting Service
The 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....
member television station licensed to Fajardo, Puerto Rico
Fajardo, Puerto Rico
Fajardo is a small city in Puerto Rico located in the east region of the island, bordering the Atlantic Ocean, north of Ceiba and east of Luquillo.Fajardo is spread over 7 wards and Downtown Fajardo , which serves as the administrative center of the city...
transmitting over digital channel 16. The station is owned by the Ana G. Méndez University System
Ana G. Mendez University System
The Ana G. Méndez University System —or Sistema Universitario Ana G. Méndez in Spanish— is a private institution of higher education in Puerto Rico...
and is branded as SíTV (YesTV). Its main studios are located in San Juan
San Juan, Puerto Rico
San 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...
.
The majority of the station's daily programming is from PBS, but it has some locally produced content as well.
WMTJ has one full-service satellite: WQTO, digital channel 25, in Ponce
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Ponce 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...
. WMTJ's digital signal was not on the air until a couple months before the transition deadline. Digital transmitter deployment for WMTJ had been proven difficult as the transmitter site is located in a remote tropical forest on national park
National park
A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or...
land, requiring National Forest Service approvals of any new transmission tower.