 | This article is missing information about WRFB's history from 1989 to 2017. (January 2020) |
| Satellite of WORA-TV, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | |
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| City | Carolina, Puerto Rico |
| Channels | |
| Branding | ABC Puerto Rico (general) ABC News Extra (newscasts) DW (on DT2) VIVE Television (on DT3) Telecinco (on DT4) |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | 5.1: ABC 5.2: DW 5.3: VIVE / 24H 5.4: Telecinco |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Telecinco, Inc. |
| WORA-TV | |
| History | |
| Founded | October 2, 1989 |
First air date | 1997 |
Former call signs | WDZE (1997–1998) WZDE (1998–2001) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 52 (UHF, 1997–2009) Digital: 51 (UHF, 2009–2017) Virtual: 51 (PSIP, 2009–2019) |
| Analog/DT1: Independent (1997–2016) DestinoTV (2013) Telemicro Internacional (2013–2014) Silent (2014, 2016, 2017–2019) SuperCanal (2016–2017) Telemundo (2019) DT2: ABC (2019) 24H (January-August 2020) Inter Online TV (2020-2022) DT3: TVE/VIVE (February-July 2019) 24H (July-December 2019) DT4: RT Network (2021-2022) DT5: Mega TV (2019-2022) | |
Call sign meaning | R&F Broadcasting (former owner) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 54443 |
| ERP | 250 kW 40 kW (STA) |
| HAAT | 273.5 m (897 ft) (STA) 311 m (1,020 ft) (CP) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 18°16′25″N 66°5′40″W / 18.27361°N 66.09444°W |
| Translator(s) | W05DA-D 5.1 Fajardo W05DB-D 5.1 Ponce W29EE-D 5.1 San Lorenzo |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | www.abc.pr |
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.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WRFB". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.