WKAQ-TV

WKAQ-TV, virtual channel 2 (UHF digital channel 28), is a Telemundo owned-and-operated television station located in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The station is owned by the NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations subsidiary of NBCUniversal. WKAQ-TV maintains studios in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and its transmitter is located near the Bosque Estatal de Carite mountain reserve.

WKAQ-TV operates a satellite station: WORA-TV (channel 5) in Mayagüez, which repeats over 95% of WKAQ-TV's programing under an affiliation agreement. The station formerly operated WOLE-TV (channel 12) in Aguadilla as another satellite station. The station also has three low-power translator facilities: W09AT in Fajardo, W28EH-D in Adjuntas and W32AJ in Utuado.

History

WKAQ-TV first signed on the air on March 28, 1954, as the first television station in Puerto Rico. The station was founded by Ángel Ramos, founder of Puerto Rico's main newspaper at the time, El Mundo (The World) and Puerto Rico's first radio station (and third licensed radio station in the world), WKAQ. Ramos wanted to maintain a consistent branding between its properties using the "mundo" theme, and decided to brand WKAQ-TV as "Telemundo" ("Tele-World"). Ramos had tried to obtain a television station license as early as the mid-1940s, but due to a licensing freeze for all new American television stations imposed by the Federal Communications Commission, Ramos had to wait until 1954 to obtain the license. WKAQ began broadcasting in color in 1968.

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WKAQ

WKAQ may refer to:

WKAQ (AM), a radio station (580 AM) licensed to San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States

WKAQ-FM, a radio station (104.7 FM) licensed to San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States

WKAQ-TV, a television station (channel 2 analog/28 digital) licensed to San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States

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WKAQ (AM)

WKAQ is a radio station in San Juan, Puerto Rico that broadcasts on 580 kHz with a Spanish language talk radio format. The station is currently owned by Univision Radio. Its programming is repeated on WUKQ, which broadcasts on 1420 kHz in Ponce, and WYEL which broadcasts on 600 kHz in Mayagüez. The station was the first radio station to broadcast in Puerto Rico.

WKAQ was owned for many years by Angel Ramos, owner of the El Mundo newspaper, and eventual namesake for WKAQ-TV, branded as Telemundo. The El Mundo operated until 1986 when labor strikes and acts of terrorism ended its operation.