San Juan, PR (1980)

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from 1980 Broadcasting Yearbook via www.radiohistory.com

2 WKAQ San Juan
3 HBO
4 WAPA San Juan
5 Local Origination
6 WIPR-PBS San Juan
7 WRIK Ponce
8 WSVI-ABC Christiansted, USVI
9 AP Newswire (audio: WFID-FM Rio Piedras)
10 WBNB-CBS Charlotte Amalie, USVI
11 WKBM Caguas
12 WTJX-PBS Charlotte Amalie, USVI
13 Character-Generated Info

 

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from 1980 Broadcasting Yearbook via www.radiohistory.com

2 WKAQ San Juan
3 HBO
4 WAPA San Juan
5 Local Origination
6 WIPR-PBS San Juan
7 WRIK Ponce
8 WSVI-ABC Christiansted, USVI
9 AP Newswire (audio: WFID-FM Rio Piedras)
10 WBNB-CBS Charlotte Amalie, USVI
11 WKBM Caguas
12 WTJX-PBS Charlotte Amalie, USVI
13 Character-Generated Info

The link is www.worldradiohistory.com, not "radiohistory dot com".

In 1990 there were multiple "repeaters" of the San Juan stations which were full TV stations done as part of the 2, 4, 6, 7 and 11 networks.

The USVI stations did not significantly cover any part of Puerto Rico except some of the very northeastern coast from Fajardo to Humacao. I was a subscriber to cable in metro San Juan at the time.

I don't believe that any larger metro area cable system carried the USVI stations as they were all in English.

 

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USVI line-up:

2 WKAQ
3 HBO/Time/Weather (time/weather audio: AFCN-FM Cable)
4 WAPA
5 ZBTV Tortola
6 WIPR
7 WRIK
8 WSVI
9 WBNB
11 WKBM
12 WTJX

 

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USVI line-up:

2 WKAQ
3 HBO/Time/Weather (time/weather audio: AFCN-FM Cable)
4 WAPA
5 ZBTV Tortola
6 WIPR
7 WRIK
8 WSVI
9 WBNB
11 WKBM
12 WTJX

It's important to note that cable in PR and the USVI back in 1980 was limited to very small areas. First installed in San Juan was El Condado and Isla Verde, the tourist area which also has lots of "continentals" and wealthy people as well as tourists. After that, it was extended to very high income areas where there would be interest in English language channels and, later, cable channels from the US mainland... all of which were in English.

In the areas where I lived in metro San Juan, we never had the USVI channels. But we did get CNN and HBO and the like.

 

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And according to the Virgin Island Daily News, ch 2 and 4 also had English soundtracks on FM in the USVI.

 

[davideduardo]

And according to the Virgin Island Daily News, ch 2 and 4 also had English soundtracks on FM in the USVI.

For some programs, particularly US syndicated and network shows. Local soaps, news, comedy, drama, etc. was not translated. Back in that time period, there were prime time soaps, in Spanish, on 2, 4, 7 and 11 in San Juan and on their repeaters in the Western zone.