| City | Fajardo, Puerto Rico |
|---|---|
| Channels | |
| Branding | Sistema TV |
| Programming | |
| Subchannels | 40.1:PBS 40.2:PBS Kids |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| History | |
First air date | April 22, 1985 (39 years ago) (1985-04-22) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 40 (UHF, 1985–2009) Digital: 16 (2002–2018) |
| Silent (2017–2018) | |
Call sign meaning | Méndez Television San Juan (station owner) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 2174 |
| ERP | 175kW 3kW (DTS) 255kW (STA) |
| HAAT | 854 m (2,802 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 18°18′27.8″N65°47′41.5″W / 18.307722°N 65.794861°W /18.307722; -65.794861 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | sistematv |
| Satellite of WMTJ, Fajardo, Puerto Rico | |
|---|---|
| City | Ponce, Puerto Rico |
| Channels | |
| Branding | see WMTJ |
| Programming | |
| Subchannels | 26.1:PBS 26.2:PBS Kids |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| History | |
First air date | August 14, 1986 (38 years ago) (1986-08-14) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 26 (UHF, 1986–2009) Digital: 25 (2002–2019) |
| Silent (2017–2018) | |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 2175 |
| ERP | 700kW |
| HAAT | 856 m (2,808 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 18°4′40.8″N66°44′54.6″W / 18.078000°N 66.748500°W /18.078000; -66.748500 |
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Public license information | |
WMTJ (channel 40), branded on-air asSistema TV, is aPBSmembertelevision station servingSan Juan, Puerto Rico that islicensed toFajardo. The station is owned byAna G. Méndez University. WMTJ's studios are located in San Juan, and its transmitter is located in theEl Yunque National Forest.
WMTJ has one full-service satellite:WQTO, virtual channel 26 (digital channel 19), inPonce. WMTJ's digital signal was not on the air until a few months before the transition deadline. Installation of a digital transmitter for WMTJ had been difficult as the transmitter site is located in a remote tropical forest onnational park land, requiringUSDA Forest Service approvals of any new transmission tower.[3]
WMTJ first broadcast in April 1985.
Due to damage fromHurricane Maria, WMTJ was forced to go off the air on September 20, 2017 (the station's website still lists the schedule from September 11 to 17, 2017 with some shows no longer on the schedule such asThomas & Friends).[4] On October 16, 2017, the Ana G. Mendez University System announced that the station would be shut down indefinitely as part of a larger suspension of non-academic activities at the school.[5] This shutdown left Puerto Rico without a PBS station as fellow public television stationWIPR-TV (channel 6) had dropped its PBS membership in 2011.[5] On December 20, WMTJ returned to the air viaLiberty Puerto Rico, some of PBS programming can be seen on Channel 3 & 67 and in HD on channels 203 & 267. On January 2, 2018, just months after the shutdown, WMTJ resumed regular over-the-air broadcasting operations via stationWSTE-DT (Teleisla) and can be seen on channel 40.1 from the transmitter located in Aguas Buenas remaining on the air until January 23. On January 24, WMTJ resumed broadcasting with a reduced power of 17.7 kilowatts from El Yunque. On January 1, 2019, WMTJ returned to the air on its digital channel 15 and transmitter power increased to 174 kilowatts. While the station is still available onDish Network in Puerto Rico, the station is no longer available onDirecTV in Puerto Rico due to unknown reasons as of 2017.
On April 26, 2022, WIPR-TV officially rejoined PBS after ten years as an educational independent station and returned to being Puerto Rico's only other PBS member station.[6]
The majority of the station's daily programming is from PBS, but it broadcasts some locally produced content as well.
The station's digital signal ismultiplexed:
| WMTJ digital channels | ||||
| Channel | Video | Aspect | Short name | Programming[7] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | WMTJ-HD | Main WMTJ programming /PBS |
| 40.2 | 40.2KID | PBS Kids | ||
| WQTO digital channels | ||||
| Channel | Video | Aspect | Short name | Programming[8] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | WQTO-HD | Translator of WMTJ /PBS |
| 26.2 | 26.2KID | Translator of WMTJ-DT2 /PBS Kids | ||
On June 12, 2009, WMTJ and WQTO signed off its analog signal and completed its move to digital.