WNJX-TV

WNJX-TV (channel 4) is a Spanish-language independent television station in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. It is a full-time satellite of San Juan–based WAPA-TV (channel 4), owned by WAPA Media Group. WNJX-TV's transmitter is located at Monte del Estado in Maricao, while its parent station maintains studios on Avenida Luis Vigoreaux in Guaynabo.

WNJX-TV
Satellite of WKAQ-TV and WAPA-TV,
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Channels
BrandingWAPA (general)
NotiCentro (newscasts)
WAPA Deportes (on DT2)
WAPA 3 (on DT3)
Telenoticias (DT4 newscasts)
Punto 2 (on DT5)
Programming
Affiliations2.12: Telemundo (2020–present)
2.22: Punto 2
4.1: WAPA-TV (1999–present)
4.2: WAPA Deportes
4.3: WAPA 3
Ownership
Owner
OperatorDT4: Telemundo Station Group (Comcast/NBCUniversal)
(via TBA)
WAPA-TV, WTIN-TV, WKAQ, WKAQ-FM, WYEL
History
First air date
April 27, 1970 (1970-04-27)
Former call signs
WUHM-TV (1970–1976)
W22AB (1976–1983)
WQRD (1983–1986)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
22 (UHF, 1970–2009)
Digital:
23 (UHF, 2003–2018)
Repeater for WKAQ-TV (1970–1986)
Repeater for WLII-DT (1986–1994)
Repeater for WSJU-TV (1991–1995)
Repeater for WSTE-DT (1995–1999)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID73336
ERP160 kW (STA)
476 kW
960 kW (CP)
HAAT668.5 m (2,193 ft) (STA)
703 m (2,306 ft) (CP)
Transmitter coordinates18°8′51.6″N 66°58′57.1″W
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.wapa.tv
www.telemundopr.com

WNJX-TV's fourth digital subchannel operates as a full-time satellite of Telemundo owned-and-operated station WKAQ-TV (channel 2) under a time brokerage agreement with NBCUniversal's Telemundo Station Group. Branded on-air as Telemundo West, this subchannel is mapped to virtual channel 2.12 rather than 4.4. WNJX-DT4's parent station maintains studios on Roosevelt Avenue in San Juan.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WNJX-TV[2]
Channel Video Aspect Short name Programming
4.1 720p16:9WNJX-DTMain WNJX-TV programming / WAPA-TV
4.2 WNJX-D2WAPA Deportes
4.3 480iWNJX-D3WAPA 3
2.12 720pWKAQ-DTTelemundo West (WKAQ-TV)
2.22 480iWKAQ .2Punto 2 (WKAQ-DT2)
  Simulcast of subchannels of another station

Analog-to-digital conversion

WNJX-TV shut down its analog signal over UHF channel 22, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 23. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel at VHF channel 4.

References
  1. "Facility Technical Data for WNJX-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. "RabbitEars TV Query for WNJX". Archived from the original on March 11, 2023. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
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