• Source: WRFB

WRFB (channel 5), branded on-air as ABC Puerto Rico, is a television station licensed to Carolina, serving the San Juan area as an affiliate of ABC. It is a full-time satellite of Mayagüez-licensed WORA-TV (channel 5) which is owned by Telecinco, Inc. WRFB's transmitter is located on Cerro Marquesa in Aguas Buenas; its parent station maintains studios on Ponce de León Avenue in Santurce, with additional studios at the Guanajibo Building in Mayagüez.




Sale to Telecinco


On June 15, 2017, WRFB sold for over $600,000 to Telecinco, Inc. through subsidiary ERA International Corporation, and after the transaction with a $30,000 deposit had been made by the buyer, this became a sister station of WORA-TV in Mayagüez. WRFB was to be used to bring ABC network programming as a satellite of WORA-DT2, and TVE programming from VIVE/WORA-DT3, expanding the coverage area. The sale of WRFB to Telecinco was completed on October 22, 2017.
Due to the passage of Hurricane Maria, WRFB went off the air on September 20. WRFB returned to the air for a brief period of testing, then went silent once again on August 19, 2018. After months off the air, the station returned to the air on February 22, 2019 as a repeater for WORA-TV and switched its virtual channel position from channel 51 to channel 5.




Owners


1997–2001: Rickyn Sanchez (VTK PR, Inc.)
1998–2001: ZDE-TV Broadcasting, Inc.
1999–2002: Pegasus Communications (WZDE Licensee, Inc.)
2001–2017: R&F Broadcasting
July–October 2013: Destino Media Group (Destino Network)
2017–2018: ERA International Corporation
2018–present: Telecinco, Inc.




Branding


1997–1999: MusicaVisión
2000–2001: VTK
2001–2003: WRFB-TV Canal 52
2003–2013: Videomax
2013: My Destino TV
2013–2014: Telemicro Internacional
2014–2016: Videomax Canal 51
2016–2017: SuperCanal
2017–2019: Telecinco / WORA Televisión
2019-2020: ABC 5 Puerto Rico
2020–present: ABC Puerto Rico




Digital television


The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

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




References






External links


Facility details for Facility ID 54443 (WRFB) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
Facility details for Facility ID 183093 (W05DA-D) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
Facility details for Facility ID 183017 (W05DB-D) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
Facility details for Facility ID 187427 (W29EE-D) in the FCC Licensing and Management System

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• Daftar anggota jaringan televisi ABC
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• Media of Puerto Rico
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• WLII-DT
• WKAQ-TV
• WITA-TV
• WNBC
• List of programs broadcast by WAPA-TV