WNJX-TV

WNJX-TV is a full-power television station in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico transmitting over digital channel 23, virtual 4. the station is owned by Hemisphere Media Group, a joint venture between InterMedia Partners (which owns a 73% interest) and Azteca Acquisition Corporation (which owns 27%). WNJX-TV maintains its transmitter at Monte del Estado in Maricao.

History

Although Puerto Rico is very small (120 x 40 miles), its terrain is so mountainous that there is no site where any one TV station can cover the entire island. No San Juan licensed station has ever been successful if they didn’t offer a signal to all of Puerto Rico. As a result, most San Juan stations reach San Juan and Ponce from sites like La Santa Mountain in the southeast, relying on affiliations or ownership of western stations to rebroadcast their signal into that part of Puerto Rico. Many of these western stations also originate some local programming.

The preferred western site is the Monte del Estado mountain. From there, a TV station reaches the entire western and northwestern shores of Puerto Rico plus penetrating east into the center of the island (but poorly to San Juan or Ponce.) It is home to educational WIPM-TV (3), WORA-TV (5), And now to WOLE-TV(12) and WNJX-TV(22.)