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WIPR-TV (channel 6) is anon-commercial educationalpublic television station inSan Juan, Puerto Rico, owned by theCorporación de Puerto Rico para la Difusión Pública (English: Puerto Rico Public Broadcasting Corporation). Most of the channel's content is local programming. WIPR-TV's studios are located on Hostos Avenue inHato Rey. Its transmitter is located at Cerro La Santa inCayey near the Bosque Estatal de Carite mountain reserve.
Much of WIPR's programming is in Spanish, as with mostPuerto Rico television stations. The station is branded asWIPR Television. Previously, the station was branded asTeve 6 / Teve 3,TUTV - Tu Universo Televisión, andPuerto Rico TV.
WIPR-TV also operates asemi-satellite on the island's west coast,WIPM-TV (channel 3) inMayagüez. WIPM-TV's transmitter is located atop Monte del Estado inMaricao.
WIPR-TV was created as a result of lobbying for public broadcasting in Puerto Rico, beginning in the 1950s. The station went on the air for the first time onThree Kings Day (January 6), 1958, becoming the firsteducational television station inLatin America, and the facilities were dedicated in memory of revered Borinquen entertainerRamón Rivero (Diplo). It was also the first non-commercial station in theCaribbean, and the first to stream on the Internet.
The station was one of the few TV stations in Puerto Rico with English-language programming as part of their PBS membership and also carriedPBS Kids programming. This ended on July 1, 2011, after WIPR and PBS failed to reach an agreement to renew the station's membership, with money previously allocated to PBS membership dues being invested in the station's local programming.WMTJ then became the island's only PBS station.[1]
WIPR-TV and WIPM-TV ended regular programming on their analog signals, overVHF channels 6 and 3, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United Statestransitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate.[4] As part of theSAFER Act, WIPR-TV and WIPM-TV kept its analog signal on the air until July 12 to inform viewers of the digital television transition through a loop ofpublic service announcements from theNational Association of Broadcasters.[5]
On April 26, 2022, WIPR-TV officially rejoined PBS after ten years as an educational independent station and returned to being Puerto Rico's primary PBS member station.[6]
WIPR-TV shows local programming as well as PBS programming, including educational, children's, and human interest shows.
In the 1980s the station had a popular newscast calledPanorama Mundial ("World View"), hosted by Doris Torres. In 1995, WIPR launched a newscast branded asNoti-Seis or "News Six". The newscast was first anchored by Pedro Luis García and Gloria Soltero and only had a 6 p.m. edition. Later that year, the station premiered a 9 p.m. edition anchored by the same 6 p.m. team.
In 2002, a new news format was created with a local newscast (TUTV Informa) and an international newscast (TUTV Internacional); the newscasts were anchored by Gloria Soltero and David Reyes. TUTV also produced a weekly in-depth newscast on Sundays, calledTUTV Analiza.
TUTV's programming received various awards. Locally,En Todas was awarded by theAmerican Heart Association. Five productions receivedEmmy Award nominations and one of TUTV's producers received an Emmy in the Entertainment Program category.
On August 31, 2009, when TUTV was rebranded as "Puerto Rico TV", its news department was relaunched asNoticias 24/7; around this time, WIPR introduced a 24-hour news channel of the same name on channels 6.5 and 3.5.
On September 26, 2018,Noticias 24/7 was rebranded asNotiséis 360.
The stations' digital signals are multiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming | ||
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| WIPR-TV | WIPM-TV | WIPR-TV | WIPM-TV | |||
| 6.1 | 3.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | WIPR-HD | WIPM-HD | Main WIPR-TV programming |
| 6.3 | 3.3 | 720p | KIDS HD | Kids TV Puerto Rico | ||
WIPR-TV, the island's first public television station, also became the first in the evolution to digital and high definition.[10]
On July 7, 2008, PresidentVíctor J. Montilla (now, Executive VP & general manager of New Channels atWORA-TV) held a press conference at the station, where he inaugurated WIPR-TV's high-definition facilities. TUTV became the first station in Puerto Rico to produce and broadcast in high-definition format.[11] The station upgraded its lighting and built new sets as part of the transition.[12] The first program to be transmitted in this format wasContigo.[13]
