WNJX-TV

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WNJX-TV (satellite of WAPA-TV)

Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Branding	WAPA
Slogan	Siente la nueva WAPA (Feel the new WAPA)
Channels	Analog: 22 (UHF) Digital: 23 (UHF)
Affiliations	Independent
Owner	InterMedia Partners, LP (Televicentro of Puerto Rico, LLC)
First air date	April 27, 1986
Former affiliations	Repeater for WLII
Transmitter Power	4201 kW (analog) 400 kW (digital)
Height	658 m (analog) 693 m (digital)
Facility ID	73336
Transmitter Coordinates	18°8′52″N, 66°58′59″W
Website	www.wapa.tv

WNJX-TV is a full-power television station in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico transmitting over analog channel 22, digital 23. WNJX-TV is owned by Intermedia Partners, LCC.

[edit] History

During the 1980s and 1990s, WNJX-TV's 120 kW signal was only able to cover metro Mayagüez, nevertheless it became a satellite for WLII. The station lost its programming from WLII when WLII switched to WORA-TV, and it's unknown what the station brocadcast until it became a satellite for WAPA-TV. When LIN TV purchased the station, the company built a new transmitter on Monte del Estado and augmented its ERP to 4201 kW. Now WNJX-TV covers about 80% of Puerto Rico's western coast. This helped WAPA-TV regain it's position as a major Puerto Rican station.

On October 19, 2006 LIN TV announced that it had entered into an agreement to sell its Puerto Rico television operations to InterMedia Partners, L.P. for $130 million in cash.[1] The sale was completed on March 30, 2007.

[edit] Programming

WNJX-TV currently serves as a satellite for WAPA-TV and simulcasts 100% of its programing. The station does have a small studio in Aguada which is used to produce news segments for WAPA-TV's Noticentro. These segments are entitled Noticentro: Sur y Oeste and are similar to WORA-TV's and WOLE-TV's news offerings. However, unlike the former western stations, the news segments produced at WNJX-TV can be seen all across Puerto Rico.