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| Programming | |
| Affiliations | see§ Subchannels |
| Ownership | |
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| History | |
First air date | March 20, 2007 (18 years ago) (2007-03-20) |
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| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 60357 |
| ERP | 95.1kW |
| HAAT | 606.7 m (1,990 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 18°18′51″N67°11′24″W / 18.31417°N 67.19000°W /18.31417; -67.19000 |
| Translator(s) | see§ Satellite stations |
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Public license information | |
WOST (channel 14) is atelevision station licensed toMayagüez, Puerto Rico. Owned byInnovate Corp., the station maintains studios in Puerta del Condado inSan Juan, with additional studios inYauco. The transmitter is situated inMonte del Estado inMaricao.
The station's signal is relayed throughoutPuerto Rico throughlow-powertranslatorsWWKQ-LD (digital channel 34, virtual channel 14) inQuebradillas,WQQZ-CD (digital channel 24, virtual channel 14) inPonce andW27DZ-D (digital channel 27, virtual channel 14) in Mayaguez.
Until August 31, 2017, the station was a satellite of the now-defunctWMEI inArecibo. The station was previously owned by Corporate Media Consultants Group, LLC, which 51% was owned by Power Television International and 49% was owned byMax Media. On August 29, 2018, the station was purchased by HC2 Holdings for $2,850,000. The sale was completed on January 22, 2019.[2] Upon completion of the sale, the station became anAzteca owned and operated station. On September 1, 2021, WOST and its satellite stations switched to withhome shopping networkShopHQ.
In March 2007, WOST signed on the air as a digital-only television station inMayagüez, and served as asatellite station ofWMEI inArecibo.
WOST switched affiliations becoming an affiliate ofSpanish Broadcasting System'sMega TV on November 23, 2009;[3] the Mega TV affiliation was previously onWSJU-TV. Prior to this, WOST had carried a Spanish-language version ofThe Local AccuWeather Channel.
WOST, along with WMEI and its satellite stations, was off the air for several months in early 2009. This was due to WMEI and WOST having shut down their analog signals in January 2009 to prepare for thedigital transition. However, due to the transition date being delayed until June 12, 2009 (from its original February 17 date) andWTIN andWNJX-TV opting to retain their analog signals on WMEI and WOST's post transition channels until June, WMEI and WOST could not begin digital broadcasts until WTIN and WNJX terminated their analog signals.
WOST became affiliated once again in February 2013, this time with TeLe-Romántica. The network resumed operations in August 2014 due to the station's website failure, and moved its programming to WSJU-TV channel 31.2.
In November 2013, Power Television International acquired the non-license assets of WMEI & its Satellite Stations from Corporate Media Consultants Group for $18 million.[citation needed]
WOST was affiliated withPBJ from 2014 to 2016.[citation needed]
On January 12, 2016, WMEI, WOST and its satellite stations sold its spectrum, and participated in the 2016FCC Spectrum auction (originally scheduled for sometime in 2015, then pushed back a year). The officers said that once the auction is complete, the station would go off the air, or moving to another channel.[citation needed]
On April 1, 2016, WOST changed its branding, reflecting on the station's digital channel number. Also, WOST switched affiliations toRetro Television Network, and broadcast daily from 5 a.m. to 6 p.m. No programming changes were expected, and WOST retained as a Tuff TV affiliate. Also, the station affiliated withGun TV upon that network's launch the same day. Gun TV broadcast from midnight to 5 a.m. daily.[citation needed]
WMEI was most recently a dual affiliate ofTuff TV &The Family Channel, while WOST remained an affiliate of the Spanish version of The Local AccuWeather Channel.[when?]
On October 18, 2016, WOST went off the air as stated in the form. Station engineers had determined that one of the station’s power amplifiers was damaged during a thunder storm. The station was awaiting the delivery of parts to complete the repair to the power supply. It was expected that it might be another couple of weeks before the repairs were to be completed.
The licensee respectfully requested Special Temporary Authority pursuant to FCC Rule 73.1635(a)(4). The circumstances of the storm were beyond the control of the licensee. It was acting diligently to repair the station to restore operations but had to wait on vendors to deliver equipment.
The licensee also requested a one-day waiver of the 30-day filing deadline to request silent authority. The 30th day for filing the silent STA request was miscalculated. The LMS form would not allow the proper date to be checked that the station went off the air.
On November 11, 2016, WWKQ-LP changed its callsign to WWKQ-LD licensed, as digital operation.
In April 2017, WMEI announced that it would shut down on August 31, following theFederal Communications Commission (FCC)'sincentive auction. The station sold its spectrum for $9,696,619.[4] Also, WOST would move their channel positions to channel 20, and WQQZ-CD to channel 16.
On May 2, 2017, WOST resumed broadcasting operations with a reduced power of 2 kW.
On September 12, 2017, the WMEI license was cancelled. The WMEI intellectual unit was moved to WOST and satellite stations. Also, the station switched withAzteca America on August 1, 2018. On September 1, 2021, WOST and its satellite stations switched toShopHQ. The Azteca America affiliation moved to the second digital subchannel. Upon ShopHQ's shutdown on April 17, the station switched to paid programming. Then the station flipped to Aqui TV.
The station's signal ismultiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 14.1 | 720p | 16:9 | WOST-DT | Aqui TV |
| 14.2 | 480i | 4:3 | Infomercials | |
| 14.3 | ||||
| 14.4 | Aqui TV | |||
| 14.5 | Infomercials | |||
| 14.6 |
WOST rebroadcasts on the following stations:
| Station | City of license | Facility ID | ERP | HAAT | Transmitter Coordinates | First air date | |
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| WWKQ-LD | Quebradillas | 34 (14) | 60369 | 2.5 kW | 64 m (210 ft) | 18°28′45.7″N66°55′34.6″W / 18.479361°N 66.926278°W /18.479361; -66.926278 (WWKQ-LD) | December 28, 1994 |
| WQQZ-CD | Ponce | 24 (14) | 32142 | 15 kW | 203.2 m (667 ft) | 18°4′38.8″N66°45′1.6″W / 18.077444°N 66.750444°W /18.077444; -66.750444 (WQQZ-CD) | February 12, 1999 |
| W20EJ-D | San Juan | 20 (26) | 125192 | 15 kW | 277.6 m (911 ft) | 18°16′25″N66°5′40″W / 18.27361°N 66.09444°W /18.27361; -66.09444 (W20EJ-D) | May 26, 2006 |
| W27DZ-D | Mayaguez | 27 (14) | 125245 | 1 kW | 149.1 m (489 ft) | 18°13′39.1″N67°6′35.2″W / 18.227528°N 67.109778°W /18.227528; -67.109778 (W27DZ-D) | December 14, 2006 |