WORO-DT
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WORO, WKVM | |
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Founded | 1984 |
First air date | November 1, 1984 |
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HAAT | 355 m (1,165 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 18°18′28″N 65°47′41″W / 18.30778°N 65.79472°W |
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Public license information | |
Website | www www |
WORO-DT (channel 13), branded on-air as TeleOro Canal 13, is an
History
A 25-year legal fight
On July 16, 1958, Continental Broadcasting Corporation, owner of radio station
Under Griffin-Leake control, WSTE set its sights on more powerful facilities. On November 10, 1961, just days after consummating its purchase, WSTE-TV, Inc., filed to move the tower to El Yunque, from which it would put a signal into San Juan. The Federal Communications Commission initially awarded the grant in May 1962, but a group of objectors soon emerged to appeal the grant in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. This group consisted of San Juan television stations WAPA-TV and WKAQ-TV, a consortium of mobile radio users, and San Juan's only UHF outlet, WTSJ-TV (channel 18), alleging potentially harmful interference, misrepresentations with the FCC, and potential harm to the development of UHF broadcasting. Two more site change amendments were made by WSTE in response to interference concerns to radar and aviation systems. However, these were not sufficient to cure the deficiencies, and in February 1968, the FCC rescinded the grant and designated WSTE's transmitter site application for hearing.[5]
In 1972, the FCC denied the revised application, this time on technical grounds, because the proposed station would not have provided a city-grade signal to 100 percent of Fajardo, the city of license. WSTE-TV appealed to the court of appeals, proposing to add a UHF translator on channel 56 in order to fill in gaps in coverage in Fajardo. The FCC had found in a 1971 case that the island's rugged terrain had merited tempering of the application of its rules. After the court found in WSTE's favor in 1977 in large part due to the translator application,[6] the FCC granted the application in 1979 and denied a petition for reconsideration by WAPA in 1980.[7]
As an English-language station
On November 1, 1984, channel 13 finally appeared in Puerto Rico, under the new call letters WPRV-TV.[8] The station, with facilities in Fajardo and the Río Piedras area of San Juan, was primarily an English-language outlet, affiliated with ABC and in the late 1980s and early 1990s with Fox (WUJA was the island's original Fox affiliate from 1986 to 1989).
WPRV-TV struggled financially throughout its history. In December 1987, it filed for
Archdiocesan ownership
In March 1994, WPRV-TV was sold to the
In 2002, WORO-TV leased its prime time hours to local producer Angelo Medina for his sport programming block branded as "Deportes 13". During these hours, Deportes 13 transmit sport-related programming and events such as MLB, National Basketball Association (NBA), Liga de Voleibol Superior Masculino among others. The format was discontinued on May 13, 2007.
Singer, writer and producer Silverio Pérez had a variety show called Buenas Noches con Silverio (Good Night with Silverio).
In August 2008, TeleOro announced that the station would develop a news program titled "Hora Informativa".[12] The program's goal is to cover local news as well as material that other channels consider "soft".[12] Segments were led by Luis Penchi and José Ángel Cordero and covered controversial themes that might not be covered otherwise due to the station's religious focus.[12] Today, WORO produces local news (branded as Noticias 13) weeknights at 6:00 and 11:00, as well as Saturday nights at 5:00 and Sunday afternoons at 4:00 p.m.
On September 20, 2017, in the aftermath of
Digital television
Digital channels
The station's digital signal is
Channel | Video | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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13.1 | 1080i | 16:9 |
WORO-HD | Main WORO-DT programming |
13.2 | 480i | EWTN | EWTN Español | |
13.3 | SHABUM | Shabum TV (Kids Programming) | ||
13.4 | WORO-SD | Main WORO-DT1 Programming / TeleOro |
Analog-to-digital conversion
On February 17, 2009, WORO signed off its analog signal and completed its move to digital.
Local Programs produced by WORO-DT
- Santa Misa
- Ábrete Corazón
- En Espíritu y Verdad
- Familia, Activa tu Fe
- Mente y Corazón
- Aviva
- Alpha y Omega
- Ecclesia de Eucaristía
- Maria: Modelo de la Iglesia
- El Pan de la Palabra
- Mundo Natural
- Coronilla de la Divina Misericordia
- Shabum y su Tienda Mágica
- Aprendo con Shabum
- Noticias 13 (produced by Spanish Television News)
- Entre Lineas
- En Cuerpo y Alma
- Agenda Abierta
- Desde mi Cocina a Tu Corazón
- Contigo Siempre
- Más con Isamari
- Mi Gente
- De Que se Trata
- Reconstrucción Ideal
- Con la Música por Dentro
- Historias Deportivas
- Tu Salud Financiera
- Industria y Comercio en Acción
See also
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WORO-DT". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "New TV Stations" (PDF). Broadcasting. July 21, 1958. p. 93. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 13, 2020. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
- ^ FCC History Cards for WORO-DT — covering much of the pre-sign-on legal maneuvering
- ^ "Changing hands" (PDF). Broadcasting. October 2, 1961. p. 56. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 13, 2020. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
- ^ Federal Communications Commission (February 28, 1968). Memorandum Opinion & Order, WSTE-TV, Inc., et al. (11 FCC 2d 1013). Archived from the original on July 13, 2020. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
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ignored (help) - ^ United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (October 21, 1977). "WSTE-TV v. Federal Communications Commission, 566 F.2d 333 (D.C. Cir. 1977)". Archived from the original on July 15, 2020. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
- ^ Federal Communications Commission (July 1, 1980). WSTE-TV, Inc. (79 FCC 2d 349). Archived from the original on July 13, 2020. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
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ignored (help) - ^ "WPRV-TV" (PDF). Broadcasting Yearbook. 1986. p. C-72 (590). Archived (PDF) from the original on July 13, 2020. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
- ^ a b c Federal Communications Commission (August 29, 1994). "Memorandum Opinion & Order (9 FCC Rcd No. 20)" (PDF). FCC Record. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 17, 2020. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
- ^ "In re WPRV-TV, Inc. (983 F.2d 336 (1st Cir. 1993))". United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit. January 6, 1993. Archived from the original on July 15, 2020. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
- ^ United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico (February 4, 1992). "In re WPRV-TV, Inc., 165 B.R. 1 (1992)". Archived from the original on April 2, 2023. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
- ^ a b c Karol Joselyn Sepúlveda (August 6, 2008). "Con nuevo noticiario". Primera Hora (in Spanish). Archived from the original on December 9, 2014. Retrieved August 10, 2008.
- ^ "RabbitEars TV Query for WORO-DT". Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
External links
- Canal 13
- Shabum TV
- Facility details for Facility ID 73901 (WORO-DT) in the FCC Licensing and Management System