WOLE-DT


WOLE-DT, virtual and VHF digital channel 12, is a Univision owned-and-operated television station serving Mayagüez, Puerto Rico that is licensed to Aguadilla. It is a full-time satellite of San Juan-based WLII-DT that is owned by the Univision Local Media subsidiary of Univision Communications; it is also sister to Ponce-licensed independent station WSTE-DT and radio stations WKAQ and WKAQ-FM. WOLE-DT's sales office is located in the Westernbank Building in downtown Mayagüez, and its transmitter is located at Monte del Estado in Maricao. Its parent station maintains studios on Calle Carazo in Guaynabo and has additional studios in Barrio Palmar in Aguadilla.
WOLE-DT does operate one translator, W21CX-D, licensed to Mayagüez.

History

WOLE-TV started broadcasting on May 10, 1960, as the second television station on Puerto Rico's west coast. The station was owned by Western Broadcasting Corporation of Puerto Rico, and served as a repeater for WAPA-TV from 1960 to 1979 and again from 1984 to 1994. During its early years, the station produced its own programming, but its schedule eventually shifted toward infomercials, possibly due to the lack of interest from local businesses in advertising on television. In 1979, the station entered a new affiliation agreement with WKAQ-TV until 1984 and again from January 1, 1995 until December 31, 2014.
On October 15, 2014, Univision Communications announced that WOLE-DT would become a semi-satellite of Univision station WLII-DT. The programming change occurred on January 1, 2015. With the move, WOLE dropped all programming from WKAQ-TV and Telemundo, which quickly entered into negotiations with WLII's existing western Puerto Rico satellite, WORA-TV.
On July 22, 2018, Univision Communications announced that it had purchased retransmission partner WOLE-DT from Western Broadcasting Corp. of Puerto Rico for $3,666,666.64, solidifying its Puerto Rico station line up. The sale was completed on December 5, 2018.

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
ChannelVideoAspectPSIP Short NameProgramming
12.11080iWOLE-HDSimulcast of WLII-DT / Univision
12.21080iWSTE HDSimulcast of WSTE-DT / Teleisla
11.3480iWIPM-TVSimulcast of WIPR-TV / En Casa Aprendo

On June 12, 2009, WOLE-TV signed off its analog signal and completed its move to digital.

News operation

WOLE-DT produces a 60-minute local news program called Edición Digital Puerto Rico, similar to WKAQ-TV and WAPA-TV's news offerings. Airing weekdays at 4:55 p.m. and 10:30 p.m., the newscast concentrates on events happening in and around Puerto Rico, and interacts with others through social media platforms. The program is also aired on WLII, Facebook Live and the station's website.

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