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WRUA

Fajardo /San Juan, Puerto Rico
Channels	Digital: 16 (UHF) Virtual: 8, 64
Branding	Tiva TV
Programming
Subchannels	8.8:Tiva TV 64.1:Único TV
Affiliations	SpanishIndependent
Ownership
Owner	Eastern Television (a subsidiary of Iglesia Cristiana El Caballero de la Cruz, Inc.) (Eastern Television Corporation)
Operator	Grupo TIVA
Sister stations	WECN
History
Founded	1990
First air date	March 7, 1997; 28 years ago (1997-03-07)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 34 (UHF, 1997–2009) Digital: 33 (UHF, 2009-2018)
Former affiliations	Religious (viaWECN; 1997-2006, 2007-2010) Citytv (2006-2007) teleSUR (2010-2014) Silent (2014-2015) The Retro Channel (2015)
Technical information
Facility ID	15320
ERP	50kW (main) 18kW (STA)
HAAT	823.1 m (2,700 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	18°18′29.0″N65°47′40.0″W / 18.308056°N 65.794444°W /18.308056; -65.794444
Translator(s)	WSJN-CD 8.1San Juan WQSJ-CD 8.1Quebradillas W08EI-D 8.2Guaynabo W08EJ-D 8.2Añasco W08EH-D 8.1Ponce
Links
Website	www.tivatv.com www.unicotv.com

WRUA (channel 8), branded on-air asTiva TV, is aSpanish-language independenttelevision station serving northeasternPuerto Rico that islicensed toFajardo. The station is owned by Eastern Television Corporation and operated by Grupo TIVA, a joint venture between Dr. Norman Gonzalez Chacon, under Dr. Norman's Broadcasting (stockholder), Iglesia Cristiana El Caballero de la Cruz (station licensee) & Alejandro Luciano (shareholder, owner of translator stations). The station is showing lifestyle and health programs. WRUA maintains its studios located at Julio Andino Street, at the corner of Simon Madera Avenue in Rio Piedras and its transmitter is located in theEl Yunque National Forest.

W08EI-D (virtual and digital channel 8) inGuaynabo operates as a full-timetranslator of WRUA, servingSan Juan and eastern Puerto Rico. The station is owned by Alejandro Luciano. Thetransmitter is located at Cerro La Marquesa inAguas Buenas.

On March 7, 1997, WRUA channel 34 started broadcasting religious programming. WRUA was owned by Damarys de Jesus, who serves as a general manager. In 2000, WRUA is sold to Eastern Television Corporation for $40,000, and joining the Telecadena ECN religious network, as satellite ofWECN.

From 2006 to 2007, WRUA operated as a standard independent station, using theCitytv branding, under license fromCHUM Limited – it was the first Citytv franchise on American soil.Rogers Media discontinued the licensing for WRUA, after its acquisition of Citytv, and the station formerly serves as a translator for WECN.

Both prior to its time as Citytv and after, WRUA was and still is a religious station.

WECN & WRUA forces to shut down on October 22, 2014, due to financial reasons. as of 2015, WECN isSilent, and its sale is pending to the new officers & directors, under Único TV Media for $1.9 million. On March 1, 2015; WRUA returns to the air, and will become a Satellite ofWVQS-LD, repeating Telemicro Internacional on Channel 33.1 & The Retro Channel on 33.2. On April 17, WRUA will become a full-time Locally owned Independent station, broadcasting Retro Music Videos on channel 33.1, just before WVQS-LD movesCTNi to 50.1 & Telemicro Internacional toWSJU-TV channel 31.1.

On August 10, 2015, WRUA moves its frequency from 33.1 to channel 8.1, becoming a satellite ofWWXY-LD, as part of the Tiva TV Network.

On October 27, 2015, WRUA will sell $1,000,000 to Grupo TIVA (Dr. Norman Gonzalez, president, Edwin Gonzalez, general manager), the owners of WWXY-LD, marking its move to low-power channel 38, and will become the first full-power VHF O&O television station to be owned by TIVA. The sale was completed on December 7, 2015.

The stations' digital signals aremultiplexed:

On February 17, 2009, WECN and WRUA signed off their analog signals.

WRUA can be seen across Puerto Rico on the following stations:

• Facility details for Facility ID 15320 (WRUA) in theFCC Licensing and Management System
• Facility details for Facility ID 182428 (W08EI-D) in theFCC Licensing and Management System
• Facility details for Facility ID 182424 (W08EH-D) in theFCC Licensing and Management System
• Facility details for Facility ID 181399 (W08EJ-D) in theFCC Licensing and Management System

• Television stations in Puerto Rico
• Television channels and stations established in 1997
• Fajardo, Puerto Rico
• 1997 establishments in Puerto Rico
• Independent television stations in the United States

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