WJPX

WJPX

San Juan, Puerto Rico
City	San Juan, Puerto Rico
Channels	Digital: 21 (UHF) (shared with WTCV) Virtual: 24
Branding	América Tevé Puerto Rico
Programming
Affiliations	24.1: América Tevé 42.1: SonLife
Ownership
Owner	America CV Network (America-CV Stations Group, Inc.)
History
First air date	February 15, 1987
Former call signs	WSJN-TV (1987–1998)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 24 (UHF, 1987–2009)
Former affiliations	Independent (1987–1990, 1993–1998, 2000-2004) Silent (1990–1993) Pax TV (1998–2000) MTV (2004–2007) America CV Network (2007–2012) MundoFox/MundoMax (2012–2016)
Call sign meaning	San Juan PaX (former affiliation)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	58340
ERP	518 MHz 676 kW (main) 1,000 kW 36.79 kW (CP) 1686.5 kW (STA)
HAAT	564 m
Transmitter coordinates	18°10′3″N 66°34′35″W
Translator(s)	(see table)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	americatevepr.com

WIRS

Semi-Satellite of WJPX, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Yauco, Puerto Rico
City	Yauco, Puerto Rico
Channels	Digital: 17 (UHF) (shared with WVEO) Virtual: 42
Branding	Sonlife Broadcasting Network
Programming
Affiliations	17.3: SonLife 42.1: América Tevé
Ownership
Owner	America CV Network (America-CV Stations Group, Inc.)
History
First air date	December 1, 1991
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 42 (UHF, 1991–2009) Digital: 41 (UHF, 2004-2017)
Former affiliations	Religious independent (1991–2000) Telenet (2000-2004) MTV (2004–2007) America CV Network (2007-2012) América Tevé (2012-2016) MundoFox/MundoMax (2012-2016) Teveo (2016)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	39887
ERP	36.0 kW
HAAT	372 m
Transmitter coordinates	18°18′59″N 67°10′41″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.sonlifetv.com

WJPX, virtual channel 24 (UHF digitalchannel 21), is a Spanish-language Independent television station licensed to San Juan, Puerto Rico. The station brands itself as América TeVé Puerto Rico.

WIRS, virtual channel 42 (UHF digital channel 17), is a semi-satellite of WJPX and a Sonlife-affiliated television station licensed to Yauco, Puerto Rico.

The two stations share studio facilities located in Amelia Industrial Park in Guaynabo (shared studios with Mega TV owned-and-operated WTCV), and shared its transmitter facilities with WTCV located at Barrio Cubuy in Canovanas and the transmitter located at the WVEO transmitter site at Cerro Canta Gallo in Aguada.

There are owned by America CV Stations Group.

History

Former logo as a MundoMax affiliate, used from 2015 until 2016.

The station was founded in 1987 and was a 24-hour news station branded as WSJN 24 Horas, El Canal de Noticias. Some Puerto Rican television reporters started their careers at WSJN, such as Maria Celeste Arraras, Ada Torres Toro, Sol Sostre, Nelson Bermejo, Tony Dandrades, Luis Guardiola, Nellie Rivera, Lyanne Melendez, Edna Schmidt and Roberto Cortes.

In 1993, WSJN-TV returned to the air, and was owned by El Nuevo Comandante Racetrack corporation, broadcasting Horse racing, and it is branded as Telenet.

On January 13, 1998, WSJN-TV changed its callsign to the current WJPX, after Paxson Communications purchased the station. On August 31, 1998, WJPX, along with the rest of the Paxson stations, premiered the new Pax TV television network, with a programming mix of infomercials, off-network reruns labeled as "family entertainment", and The Worship Network during overnights.

WJPX was later sold to LIN TV in 2000, which affiliated the station with MTV. At that time, the station broadcast MTV programs (both locally produced and imported from the main MTV network), videos and horse races. The MTV branding and programming were licensed from Viacom, which, incidentally, once owned two of WJPX's then-sister stations: WWHO in Columbus, Ohio and WNDY-TV in Indianapolis, before those stations were sold to LIN in 2005.

On October 19, 2006 LIN TV announced that it had entered into an agreement to sell WJPX along with sister station WAPA-TV to InterMedia Partners for $130 million in cash. The sale was completed on March 30, 2007.

InterMedia Partners then sold the station again to Caribevision Station Group. The sale was completed in October 2007.

From March 19, 2009 the subchannel digital 24.2 began transmitting Camarero Racetrack.

On August 13, 2012, WJPX began broadcasting MundoFox; at that time, América Tevé moved to WIRS channel 42.1. On June 15, 2015, MundoFox (which became MundoMax the following month) was moved to channel 24.1 on WKPV in Ponce, WIRS, and WJWN-TV in San Sebastian, while América Tevé moved to channel 42.1 on WJPX, WKPV, and WJWN.

WJPX airs infomercials 19 hours a day on weekdays (11pm to 5pm), and 10 ½ hours & 8 hours on weekends (8:30am to 7pm & 11pm to 7am).

WJPX's affiliation with MundoMax ended on August 1, 2016. At that time, the station began to carry América Tevé on channel 24.1. On that same date, WIRS launched a new programming format called Teveo, which is stylized as a 24-hour news channel that airs each weekday from 5:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. and weekends from 7:00 to 11:00 p.m. Teveo carries all of the station's live newscasts, along with rebroadcasts of its 6:00 and 11:00 p.m. newscasts and its public affairs programs. It also added live weekday hour-long 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. newscasts on that date, making it the only station in Puerto Rico with newscasts in those timeslots. On weekends, Teveo carries a "week-in-review" selection of its news programs. Paid programming is shown at other times of the day. The channel is simulcast on WIRS digital channel 42.1, and is carried on Liberty channel 41, Claro TV channel 10 and Dish Network channel 7. On November 12, 2016, WIRS was disaffiliated with Teveo and switched to the Sonlife Broadcasting Network, a religious television network, owned by televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, which was seen on W26DK-D channel 25.2 in San Juan, W31DL-D channel 36.2 in Ponce and W51DJ-D channel 51.2 in Mayaguez.

Digital television

WJPX's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP short name	Programming
18.1	1080p	16:9	Mega-TV	Repeater For WTCV / Mega TV
24.1	720p	16:9	ATV.PR	Main WJPX programming / América Tevé Puerto Rico
42.1	480i	4:3	SBN.PR	Sonlife Broadcasting Network

WIRS's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP short name	Programming
17.3	480i	4:3	SBN.PR	Main WIRS programming / Sonlife Broadcasting Network
18.1	1080p	16:9	Mega TV	Repeater For WVOZ / Mega TV
42.1	720p	16:9	ATV.PR	América Tevé Puerto Rico

WJPX and WJWN-TV shut down their analog signals over UHF channels 24 and 38, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. WKPV and WIRS shut down their analog signals on channels 20 and 42 on April 17. The stations' digital signals remained on their pre-transition UHF channels 21, 19, 41 & 39. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the stations' virtual channels at UHF channels 24, 42, 20 and 38.

Satellite stations

WJPX and WIRS can be seen across Puerto Rico on the following stations:

Station	City of license	Digital channel	First air date	ERP	HAAT	Facility ID	Transmitter Coordinates	Public license information
WKPV	Ponce	36 (UHF) (shared with WVOZ-TV) (PSIP: 24)	August 6, 1985	23.5 kW (main) 52 kW (application) 1.83 kW (CP) 77.6 kW (STA)	250 m (820 ft)	58341	18°4′42″N 66°44′52″W	Profile LMS
WJWN-TV	San Sebastián	33 (UHF) (PSIP: 24)	1986	62.1 kW 245 kW (application)	625.7m	58342	18°8′53.1″N 66°58′58.6″W	Profile LMS

FCC spectrum auction & WJPX/WIRS sale

In 2012, the Federal Communications Commission announced they were going to hold a voluntary Incentive Auction for a portion of the radio frequency spectrum that is currently used by Digital Television broadcasters across the country. WJPX & WIRS announced he would participate in the auction, since it was estimated the stations would net somewhere in the range of $291 & US$264 Million, much more than it would be worth on the open market otherwise. Since that time the auction estimate has increased to somewhere between $220 & US$198 Million, with the auction currently scheduled to take place in early 2016.

Spectrum reallocation

On April 13, 2017, it was revealed that WKPV and WIRS's over-the-air spectrum had been sold in the FCC's spectrum reallocation auction, fetching $6,945,255 and $6,657,792 respectively. WKPV and WIRS will not sign off, but it will later share broadcast spectrum with WVEO in Aguadilla and WVOZ-TV in Ponce, both of them are Mega TV owned and operated. America CV stated that WJPX had a better signal than that of WKPV and WIRS.

External links

• America Tevé Puerto Rico
• Sonlife Broadcasting Network
• Facility details for Facility ID 58340 (WJPX) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• Facility details for Facility ID 58341 (WKPV) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• Facility details for Facility ID 58342 (WJWN-TV) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• Facility details for Facility ID 39887 (WIRS) in the FCC Licensing and Management System