WNJU

WNJU
CityLinden, New Jersey
Channels
BrandingTelemundo 47
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
WNBC
History
First air date
May 16, 1965 (59 years ago) (1965-05-16)
Former call signs
WNJU-TV (1965–1988)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 47 (UHF, 1965–2009)
  • Digital: 36 (UHF, until 2019)
  • Translator: 62 W62AA
  • Independent (1965–1987)
  • NetSpan (secondary, 1984–1987)
Call sign meaning
New Jersey UHF[1]
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID73333
ERP575 kW
HAAT496 m (1,627 ft)
Transmitter coordinates40°42′46.8″N 74°0′47.3″W / 40.713000°N 74.013139°W / 40.713000; -74.013139
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.telemundo47.com

WNJU (channel 47) is a television station licensed to Linden, New Jersey, United States, serving as the Telemundo outlet for the New York City area. It is one of two flagship stations of the Spanish-language network (the other being WSCV in MiamiFort Lauderdale). WNJU is owned and operated by NBCUniversal's Telemundo Station Group alongside NBC flagship WNBC (channel 4). WNJU's studios (doubling as WNBC's New Jersey news bureau) are located on Fletcher Avenue in Fort Lee, New Jersey. Through a channel sharing agreement with WNBC, the two stations transmit using WNJU's spectrum from an antenna atop One World Trade Center.

Conceived to replace WNTA-TV as northern New Jersey's commercial station and to provide specialty ethnic programming in the tri-state area, WNJU began broadcasting on May 16, 1965. It was the first new commercial TV station for the New York City area in 16 years. Within months, 60 percent of its programming was in Spanish. The station was acquired by Screen Gems in 1970; Screen Gems also owned WAPA-TV in San Juan, Puerto Rico, with which channel 47 shared programming. WNJU's program lineup, which catered to the tastes of the Puerto Ricans and Dominicans in the tri-state area, often outperformed the Spanish International Network and its mostly Mexican shows in the local ratings. The studio sold the station in 1979 to a consortium headlined by Norman Lear and Jerry Perenchio, but plans to convert to subscription television operation were scrapped.

In 1984, WNJU became a part of a second Spanish-language television network, NetSpan. After Reliance Capital, which had bought Spanish-language TV stations in Los Angeles and Miami, acquired the station, it became a charter owned-and-operated station of Telemundo upon its launch on January 12, 1987. At the same time, channel 47 began producing local Spanish-language newscasts. NBC bought Telemundo in 2002 and relocated WNJU to its present facility in Fort Lee.

  1. ^ "'WNJU-TV' To Designate New Television Station". The Belleville Times-News. January 24, 1963. p. 2. Archived from the original on October 2, 2021. Retrieved October 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WNJU". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.