WAPA-TV

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1954–1958	1958–1963	1963–1968	1968–1987, 1996–1998
1987–1994	1994–1996	1998–2007	2007–present

WAPA-TV (channel 4) is the Spanish-language independent TV station in San Juan, Puerto Rico; Owned by WAPA Media Group, a subsidiary of Hemisphere Media Group, it has two satellite stations across the island: WTIN-TV in Ponce and WNJX-TV in Mayagüez.

1954–1958

WAPA-TV started its transmissions on May 1, 1954, as the second licensed television station in Puerto Rico. The callsign means the Asociación de Productores de Azúcar, its first owners.

1958–1963

In 1962, the station was purchased by Screen Gems, a subsidiary of Columbia Pictures.

1963–1968

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1968–1987, 1996–1998

In 1975, Columbia sold WAPA-TV to the Western Broadcasting Company. In 1986, WAPA-TV was sold to Pegasus Inc.

1987–1994

In 1988, channel 4 carried an affiliation with Univision. However, despite the network also being carried by WRWR-TV (channel 30, later known as WSJU-TV until it was shuttered) beginning a year prior, several Univision programs (including in-house productions from the network) were shown on channel 4 due to programs from Univision partner Televisa (which said company's content is one of the network's main staples) being carried by Telemundo-owned rival station WKAQ-TV (channel 2) at that time.

1994–1996

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1998–2007

On October 1999, LIN purchased WAPA-TV. In 2002, channel 4 dropped Univision after the network entered into a local marketing agreement with WLII-TV (channel 11), which was owned by Raycom Media at that time. In 2006, LIN sold their Puerto Rico operations to InterMedia Partners.

2007–present

In 2013, WAPA-TV and its radio stations became part of the Hemisphere Media Group.

External links

• Official website