WRUA

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WRUA
TIVA TV logo.png
Channels
BrandingTiva TV
Programming
Subchannels 8.8: Tiva TV
64.1: Único TV
Affiliations Spanish Independent
Ownership
Owner
  • Eastern Television
    (a subsidiary of Iglesia Cristiana El Caballero de la Cruz, Inc.)
  • (Eastern Television Corporation)
OperatorGrupo TIVA
WECN
History
Founded1990
First air date
March 7, 1997;26 years ago (1997-03-07)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
34 (UHF, 1997–2009)
Digital:
33 (UHF, 2009-2018)
Religious (via WECN; 1997-2006, 2007-2010)
Citytv (2006-2007)
teleSUR (2010-2014)
Silent (2014-2015)
The Retro Channel (2015)
Technical information
Facility ID 15320
ERP 50 kW (main)
18 kW (STA)
HAAT 823.1 m (2,700 ft)
Transmitter coordinates 18°18′29.0″N65°47′40.0″W / 18.308056°N 65.794444°W / 18.308056; -65.794444
Translator(s) WSJN-CD 8.1 San Juan
WQSJ-CD 8.1 Quebradillas
W08EI-D 8.2 Guaynabo
W08EJ-D 8.2 Añasco
W08EH-D 8.1 Ponce
Links
Website www.tivatv.com
www.unicotv.com
W08EI-D
Translator of WRUA,
Fajardo, Puerto Rico
Channels
Brandingsee WRUA
Salvacion TV (on DT2)
Programming
Subchannels 8.2: Tiva TV
8.3: Salvación TV
8.7: Paraiso TV
AffiliationsIndependent
Ownership
Owner
  • Grupo TIVA
  • (Alejandro Luciano)
History
Founded2010
First air date
June 6, 2014;8 years ago (2014-06-06)
Technical information
Facility ID 182428
Class LPTV
ERP 1,000 kW
HAAT 776 m (2,546 ft)

WRUA (channel 8), branded on-air as Tiva TV, is a Spanish-language independent television station serving northeastern Puerto Rico that is licensed to Fajardo. The station is owned by Eastern Television Corporation and operated by Grupo TIVA, a joint venture between Dr. Norman Gonzalez Chacon, under Dr. Norman's Broadcasting (stockholder), Iglesia Cristiana El Caballero de la Cruz (station licensee) & Alejandro Luciano (shareholder, owner of translator stations). The station is showing lifestyle and health programs. WRUA maintains its studios located at Julio Andino Street, at the corner of Simon Madera Avenue in Rio Piedras and its transmitter is located in the El Yunque National Forest.

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W08EI-D (virtual and digital channel 8) in Guaynabo operates as a full-time translator of WRUA, serving San Juan and eastern Puerto Rico. The station is owned by Alejandro Luciano. The transmitter is located at Cerro La Marquesa in Aguas Buenas.

History

On March 7, 1997, WRUA channel 34 started broadcasting religious programming. WRUA was owned by Damarys de Jesus, who serves as a general manager. In 2000, WRUA is sold to Eastern Television Corporation for $40,000, and joining the Telecadena ECN religious network, as satellite of WECN.

From 2006 to 2007, WRUA operated as a standard independent station, using the Citytv branding, under license from CHUM Limited – it was the first Citytv franchise on American soil. Rogers Media discontinued the licensing for WRUA, after its acquisition of Citytv, and the station formerly serves as a translator for WECN.

Both prior to its time as Citytv and after, WRUA was and still is a religious station.

WECN & WRUA forces to shut down on October 22, 2014, due to financial reasons. as of 2015, WECN is Silent, and its sale is pending to the new officers & directors, under Único TV Media for $1.9 million. On March 1, 2015; WRUA returns to the air, and will become a Satellite of WVQS-LD, repeating Telemicro Internacional on Channel 33.1 & The Retro Channel on 33.2. On April 17, WRUA will become a full-time Locally owned Independent station, broadcasting Retro Music Videos on channel 33.1, just before WVQS-LD moves CTNi to 50.1 & Telemicro Internacional to WSJU-TV channel 31.1.

On August 10, 2015, WRUA moves its frequency from 33.1 to channel 8.1, becoming a satellite of WWXY-LD, as part of the Tiva TV Network.

On October 27, 2015, WRUA will sell $1,000,000 to Grupo TIVA (Dr. Norman Gonzalez, president, Edwin Gonzalez, general manager), the owners of WWXY-LD, marking its move to low-power channel 38, and will become the first full-power VHF O&O television station to be owned by TIVA. The sale was completed on December 7, 2015.

Digital television

The stations' digital signals are multiplexed:

Virtual channels for WRUA
ChannelVideoAspectShort nameProgramming [1]
8.8 720p 16:9 TIVAMain WRUA programming / TIVA TV
64.1 480i WECNTranslator of WECN / Único TV
Virtual channels for W08EI-D (digital channel 8)
Channel Video Aspect Short nameProgramming [2]
8.2 720p 16:9 Tiva HDTranslator of WRUA / TIVA TV
8.3Salv TVSalvación TV
8.7 480i WTPMTranslator of WTPM-LD / Paraiso TV

Analog-to-digital conversion

On February 17, 2009, WECN and WRUA signed off their analog signals.

Translator stations

WRUA can be seen across Puerto Rico on the following stations:

City of licenseCallsignChannel
San Juan WSJN-CD 8.1
Guaynabo W08EI-D8.2
Ponce W08EH-D8.1
Añasco W08EJ-D8.1
Quebradillas WQSJ-CD 8.1

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References

  1. ↑ "RabbitEars TV Query for WRUA". Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
  2. ↑ "RabbitEars TV Query for W08EI-D". Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
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