WNJU
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HAAT | 496 m (1,627 ft) |
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Transmitter coordinates | 40°42′46.8″N 74°0′47.3″W / 40.713000°N 74.013139°W |
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Website | www |
WNJU (channel 47) is a
Conceived to replace
In 1984, WNJU became a part of a second Spanish-language television network, NetSpan. After
History
Early years
On December 17, 1962, the New Jersey Television Broadcasting Company was granted a
Channel 47 in Linden was a backup plan: the company had previously asked for the assignment of channel 14 to Newark, the city of license of WNTA-TV, arguing that the conversion of WNTA-TV to noncommercial WNET effectively gave all seven VHF stations to New York City.[6] Even before filing for the permit, New Jersey Television Broadcasting had set up in the Mosque Theater (now Newark Symphony Hall) at 1020 Broad Street in Newark, WNTA-TV's former home, which included a 10,000-square-foot (930 m2) studio that was the largest at any non-network TV station in the United States;[7] it announced it would use the former WNTA-TV transmitter site in West Orange and stocked its staff with several channel 13 veterans.[8] When the permit was issued, Cooperstein announced that the station would launch in late 1963.[9]
However, within a month of obtaining the permit, the new WNJU-TV decided on an Empire State Building site for its transmitter, which was approved by the FCC in April 1964.[3] Cooperstein felt that this would be necessary to have picture quality parity with the New York stations.[7] It had settled on a program format of shows for New Jersey audiences during the day and specialty ethnic programs at night.[10] In March 1965, the station revealed a schedule with 19 hours a week of Spanish-language programming and another seven for Black audiences.[11]
WNJU-TV signed on the air on May 16, 1965, as the first commercial UHF station in the
In 1967, WNJU-TV went all-color and also became the first New York-area television station to automate its transmitter;[16] it opted not to move to the World Trade Center when it was built for financial reasons.[17] In 1969, it added another type of specialty program to its diverse slate: daytime coverage of the stock markets.[18] That same year, however, Cooperstein resigned, citing a "basic policy difference" with the board of directors.[19]
Screen Gems ownership
WNJU-TV was sold in the fall of 1970 for $8 million (a fairly high price for a UHF station in that time) to
In 1975, WNJU-TV received a short-term license renewal for only one year (instead of the then-customary three) for failure to abide by a previous pledge to limit commercials to 16 minutes per hour, which the station exceeded more than 16 percent of the time.[22]
The station had evolved to carry mostly Spanish programming, along with some ethnic brokered programs that aired on weekends including shows in
To STV or not to STV
In 1978, Columbia Pictures applied for authority to broadcast
Jerry Perenchio, one of the shareholders in Chartwell, and his Tandem Productions acquired 80 percent of WNJU-TV from Columbia Pictures in late 1979 for $5 million.[29] Chartwell gave the idea of bringing ON TV to New York serious thought; it pursued rights to the New York Yankees at a reported offer of $20 million a year and lost.[30] It also proposed using the multichannel audio capability of the STV system to present some programs in English and Spanish simultaneously.[31] A technical improvement also came in 1980, when WXTV and WNJU were approved to move to the World Trade Center.[32]
The idea of turning channel 47 into a subscription station was dropped in January 1981, with competition from
NetSpan and Telemundo
In 1970, Carlos Barba, a former Cuban TV star who had been WAPA-TV's general manager,
ON TV folded in 1985, and on the way out, it made two major contributions to the launch of a second Spanish-language television network by selling Los Angeles-area KBSC-TV to Estrella Communications, a
With WNJU and WSCV now Reliance-owned, on January 12, 1987,
In October 2001,
After the
On January 14, 2022, WNJU announced that it would move its studios into NBC's headquarters at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in late 2023, sharing the second floor space with WNBC; New York City was the last NBC–Telemundo duopoly market where the two networks' stations maintained separate facilities.[56] In August 2022, NBCUniversal indicated that it would split Studio 3B, former home of NBC Nightly News and Today, between WNJU and WNBC.[57]
News operation
WNJU launched its news operation in the mid-1980s, with 6 p.m. newscasts anchored by Jorge L. Ramos; an 11 p.m. edition followed in 1996.[58] In 1997, it launched a weekend edition of Noticiero 47; a morning newscast called Noticiero 47 Primera Edición followed in 2001.[59] However, due to company-wide cutbacks, WNJU pulled the plug on its morning, midday, and weekend newscasts in 2009.[60]
Weekend newscasts were restored in 2011, along with the launch of a new public affairs show, Enfoque New York.[61] In November 2012, a new morning newscast was introduced, called Buenos Días, Nueva York.[62]
On September 18, 2014, Telemundo announced a new 5:30 p.m./4:30 p.m. newscast for all 14 of its owned-and-operated stations, including WNJU.[63] In 2018, a noon newscast was added at 10 Telemundo stations, including WNJU.[64]
Notable current on-air staff
- Audris Rijo – on Acceso Total
Notable former on-air staff
- John F. Bateman – host, Rutgers Football Highlights[65]
- Brook Benton – host, The Brook Benton Show[66]
- Buck Canel – anchor, Spanish News and Sports[65]
- Myer Feldman – host, Jewish Issues[65]
- Hal Jackson – host, World of Entertainment[65]
- Helen Meyner – Helen Meyner Program[65]
- Jorge L. Ramos – anchor[58]
- Jackie Robinson – host, A Time to Talk[66]
- Myrta Silva – host, Una Hora Contigo (An Hour With You)[67]
- Billy Taylor – host, Jazz in America[68]
- Richard Voliva – host, High School Wrestling[65]
- Zacherley – host, Disco-Teen[65]
Technical information
Subchannels
WNJU presents two subchannels on the multiplex shared with WNBC:
Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
---|---|---|---|---|
47.1 | 1080i | 16:9 |
WNJU-HD | Main WNJU programming / Telemundo |
47.2 | 480i | TeleX | TeleXitos |
Analog-to-digital conversion
WNJU discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over
On April 13, 2017, it was revealed that the over-the-air spectrum of sister station WNBC had been sold in the FCC's
Notes
- ^ A television station could be placed in any city within 15 miles (24 km) of the actual allocation, as Linden is to New Brunswick.
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