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| Satellite ofWORA-TV,Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | |
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| City | Carolina, Puerto Rico |
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| Founded | October 2, 1989 |
First air date | 1997 (28 years ago) (1997) |
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Call sign meaning | R&F Broadcasting (former owner) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 54443 |
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| HAAT | 305.8 m (1,003 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 18°16′26.06″N66°5′40.41″W / 18.2739056°N 66.0945583°W /18.2739056; -66.0945583 |
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| Website | www |
WRFB (channel 5), brandedABC Puerto Rico, is atelevision station licensed toCarolina, serving theSan Juan area as an affiliate ofABC. It is a full-timesatellite ofMayagüez-licensedWORA-TV (channel 5) which is owned by Telecinco Media Holdings. WRFB's transmitter is located on Cerro Marquesa inAguas Buenas; its parent station maintains studios on Ponce de León Avenue inSanturce, with additional studios at the Guanajibo Building in Mayagüez.
On June 15, 2017, WRFB sold for over $600,000 to Telecinco, Inc. through subsidiary ERA International Corporation, and after the transaction with a $30,000 deposit had been made by the buyer, this became a sister station of WORA-TV in Mayagüez. WRFB was to be used to bring ABC network programming as a satellite of WORA-DT2, andTVE programming from VIVE/WORA-DT3, expanding the coverage area. The sale of WRFB to Telecinco was completed on October 22, 2017.
Due to the passage ofHurricane Maria, WRFB wentoff the air on September 20. WRFB returned to the air for a brief period of testing, then went silent once again on August 19, 2018. After months off the air, the station returned to the air on February 22, 2019 as a repeater forWORA-TV and switched its virtual channel position from channel 51 to channel 5.
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| 5.1 | 5.5 | 10.1 | 720p | 16:9 | ABC-PR | ABC |
| 5.2 | 5.6 | 10.2 | UIA-TV | Inter Online TV | ||
| 5.3 | 5.7 | 10.3 | 480i | VIVE | VIVE Television /24h | |
| 5.4 | 5.8 | 10.4 | 720p | Tele5.4 | Telecinco /Camarero TV | |
On June 12, 2009, WRFB signed off its analog signal and completed its move to digital.
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