WRUA

WRUA
Fajardo / San Juan, Puerto Rico
Branding Tiva TV
Slogan Tu Canal de Salud
Channels Digital: 33 (UHF)
Virtual: 8 (PSIP)
Subchannels 8.1/8.2/8.3 Tiva TV
64.1 Único TV
Translators W08EI-D 8.1 Guaynabo
W08EJ-D 8.1 Añasco
W08EH-D 8.1 Ponce
W08AB 8 Guayama
Affiliations Independent
Owner Grupo TIVA
(Dr. Norman Gonzalez 100%
Eastern Television Corp. 42%
Alejandro Luciano 27%)
(Eastern Television Corporation)
Operator WRUA Television, Inc.
Founded 1990
First air date March 7, 1997
Sister station(s) WECN, WRSJ
Former channel number(s) Analog:
34 (UHF, 1997–2009)
Digital:
33 (2009-2015)
Former affiliations Religious/satellite of WECN (1997-2006, 2007-2010)
Citytv (2006-2007)
teleSUR (2010-2014)
Silent (2014-2015)
The Retro Channel (2015)
Transmitter power 50 kW
Height 848 m
Facility ID 15320
Website http://www.tivatv.com

WRUA is a Spanish-language independent television station in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, serving northeastern Puerto Rico on digital channel 33, virtual channel 8. WRUA is owned by Grupo TIVA, a joint venture between Dr. Norman Gonzalez, under Dr. Norman's Broadcasting (which owns a 100% interest), Eastern Television Corporation (which owns 42%) & Alejandro Luciano (which owns 27%). The station brands itself as Tiva TV. The station is showing lifestyle and health programs.

History

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 of WECN.

From 2006 to 2007, WRUA operated as a standard independent station, using the Citytv branding, under license from CHUM 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 is Silent, 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 of WVQS-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 moves CTNi to 50.1 & Telemicro Internacional to WSJU-TV channel 31.1.

On August 10, 2015, WRUA moves its frequency from 33.1 to channel 8.1, becoming a satellite of WWXY-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.

Local programs produced by WRUA

Children's programming produced by Kasa Fantastika

Former programming produced by Tiva TV

Digital television

WRUA's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP short name Programming
8.1 720p 16:9 WRUA-DT main WRUA programming / TIVA TV
8.2 480i 4:3 Tiva + Secondary TIVA TV programming
8.3 TIVA 3 Tertiary TIVA TV programming
64.1 WECN WECN programming / Único TV

On February 17, 2009, WECN and WRUA signed off their analog signals. Both WECN/WRUA had completed its digital transmissions, although some people had believed that WECN went digital after WRUA.

Translators

Affiliates

TIVA on Salud 1520

TIVA TV is heard simultaneously on WRSJ 1520 AM, branded as Salud 1520, dedicated to Health-Oriented Talk.

FCC spectrum auction & WRUA sale

In 2012, the Federal Communications Commission announced they were going to hold a voluntary Incentive Auction for a portion of the radio frequency spectrum that is currently used by Digital Television broadcasters across the country. WRUA's owner, Grupo TIVA announced he would participate in the auction, since it was estimated the station would net somewhere in the range of $229 Million USD, much more than it would be worth on the open market otherwise. Since that time the auction estimate has increased to somewhere between $171 and $91 Million USD, with the auction currently scheduled to take place in early 2016.

External links

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