WRFB

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WRFB
Satellite of WORA-TV, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
City Carolina, Puerto Rico
Channels
Branding
  • WORA 5 / ABC Puerto Rico (general)
  • ABC News Extra (newscasts)
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • Telecinco Media Holdings
  • (Telecinco, Inc.)
WORA-TV
History
FoundedOctober 2, 1989
First air date
1997(27 years ago) (1997)
Former call signs
  • WDZE (1997–1998)
  • WZDE (1998–2001)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 52 (UHF, 1997–2009)
  • Digital: 51 (UHF, 2009–2017)
  • Virtual: 51 (2009–2019)
Call sign meaning
R&F Broadcasting (former owner)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 54443
ERP
HAAT 305.8 m (1,003 ft)
Transmitter coordinates 18°16′26.06″N66°5′40.41″W / 18.2739056°N 66.0945583°W / 18.2739056; -66.0945583
Translator(s)
Links
Public license information
Website www.abc.pr

WRFB (channel 5), branded ABC Puerto Rico, is a television station licensed to Carolina, serving the San Juan area as an affiliate of ABC. It is a full-time satellite of Mayagüez-licensed WORA-TV (channel 5) which is owned by Telecinco Media Holdings. WRFB's transmitter is located on Cerro Marquesa in Aguas Buenas; its parent station maintains studios on Ponce de León Avenue in Santurce, with additional studios at the Guanajibo Building in Mayagüez.

Contents

Sale to Telecinco

On June 15, 2017, WRFB sold for over $600,000 to Telecinco, Inc. through subsidiary ERA International Corporation, and after the transaction with a $30,000 deposit had been made by the buyer, this became a sister station of WORA-TV in Mayagüez. WRFB was to be used to bring ABC network programming as a satellite of WORA-DT2, and TVE programming from VIVE/WORA-DT3, expanding the coverage area. The sale of WRFB to Telecinco was completed on October 22, 2017.

Due to the passage of Hurricane Maria, WRFB went off the air on September 20. WRFB returned to the air for a brief period of testing, then went silent once again on August 19, 2018. After months off the air, the station returned to the air on February 22, 2019 as a repeater for WORA-TV and switched its virtual channel position from channel 51 to channel 5.

Technical information

Subchannels

Subchannels of WORA-TV, WRFB and repeaters [2] [3]
Channel Res. Aspect Short nameProgramming
  • WORA-TV
  • WRFB
W05CY-DW10BG-D
5.15.510.1 720p 16:9 ABC-PR ABC
5.25.610.2UIA-TVInter Online TV
5.35.710.3 480i VIVEVIVE Television / 24h
5.45.810.4 720p Tele5.4 Telecinco / Camarero TV

Analog-to-digital conversion

On June 12, 2009, WRFB signed off its analog signal and completed its move to digital.

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References

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  2. "RabbitEars TV Query for WORA". RabbitEars.info . Archived from the original on November 1, 2014. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
  3. "RabbitEars TV Query for WRFB". RabbitEars.info . Retrieved December 27, 2024.