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UNIVISION’s WXTV/Ch. 41 this week will launch the first-ever Spanish-language weekend newscasts. Starting Saturday, the station will air “Noticias 41,” its local newscasts at 6 p.
m. and 11 p.
m. It’ll do the same on Sundays.
In conjunction with the new newscasts, Ch. 41 has hired four new staffers. Adhemar Montagne and Arly Alfaro will anchor the newscasts, Sol Sostre will handle the weather and Salvador Cruz will provide sportscasts.
Montagne and Cruz are returning to the station after a few years away. Montagne started there in 1991 before moving on to positions around the country and Los Angeles. Cruz, the long-time voice of Ch. 41, has spent the past seven years as a weekday morning sportscaster on WADO radio (1280 AM).
Word of the new newscasts a 40% increase in the station’s news offerings comes as it marks its 30th year on the air. Ch. 41 launched at noon on Aug. 4, 1968.
The station is having a banner year so far, with record Nielsen Media Research ratings coming during the May sweeps, a key ratings period used by local stations to set future advertising rates.
It’s ratings growth has continued into the summer, challenging English-speaking stations for viewers in key local time periods.
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WXTV-DT
Branding
Univision 41 Nueva York (general)
Noticias Univision 41 (newscasts)
Slogan
(The one that unites us)
Tu gente. Tu voz.
(Your People. Your Voice.)
Channel Number
(shared with WFUT-DT)
Virtual: 41
Subchannels
41.2: Bounce TV
41.3: Twist
First Air Date
August 4, 1968
Call Letter Meaning(s)
(referring to Times Square)
Former Affiliation
Independent (1968–1970)
SIN (1970–1987)
DT2:
UniMás (via WFUT-DT, until 2018)
DT3:
Bounce TV (2015–2018, now on DT2)
DT4:
Grit (until 2018)
Former Channel Number(s)
41 (UHF, 1968–2009)
Digital:
40 (UHF, until 2018)
30 (UHF, 2018-2019)
Owner
(WXTV License Partnership, G.P.)
Translators
WFTY-DT 67.3 (23.3 UHF) Smithtown
WXTV-DT (channel 41) is a television station licensed to Paterson, New Jersey, United States, serving as the Univision outlet for the New York City area. It is one of two flagship stations of the Spanish-language network (the other being WLTV-DT in Miami–Fort Lauderdale). WXTV-DT is owned and operated by TelevisaUnivision USA alongside Newark-licensed UniMás outlet WFUT-DT (channel 68) and Smithtown, New York–licensed True Crime Network affiliate WFTY-DT (channel 67). The stations share studios on Frank W. Burr Boulevard in Teaneck, New Jersey; WXTV-DT and WFUT-DT share transmitter facilities at the Empire State Building in Midtown Manhattan.
WXTV's programming is simulcast to Long Island on WFTY's third digital subchannel (virtual channel 67.3, UHF channel 23.3) from its transmitter in Middle Island, New York.
History[]
WXTV first signed on the air on August 4, 1968, originally operating as an independent station, carrying programs in both English and Spanish. The station originally operated from studios at 641 Main Street in Paterson, New Jersey; the station later moved to 24 Meadowlands Parkway in Secaucus, New Jersey and América Tevé television station in San Juan, Puerto Rico First air date Former call signs Former channel number(s) Former affiliations Call sign meaning Licensing authority Public license information WJPX (channel 24) is a Spanish-languageIndependenttelevision stationlicensed to San Juan, Puerto Rico. The station brands itself as América TeVé Puerto Rico. WIRS, virtual channel 42 (UHF digital channel 17), is a semi-satellite of WJPX and a Sonlife-affiliated television station licensed to Yauco, Puerto Rico. The two stations share studio facilities located in Amelia Industrial Park in Guaynabo (shared studios with Mega TV owned-and-operated WTCV), and shared its transmitter facilities with WTCV located at Barrio Cubuy in Canovanas and the transmitter located at the WVEO transmitter site at Cerro Canta Gallo in Aguada. There are owned by America CV Stations Group. The station was founded in 1987 and was a 24-hour news station branded as WSJN 24 Horas, El Canal de Noticias. Some Puerto Rican television reporters started their careers at WSJN, such as Maria Celeste Arraras, Ada Torres Toro, Sol Sostre, Nelson Bermejo, Tony Dandrades, Luis Guardiola, Nellie Rivera, Lyanne .WJPX
City San Juan, Puerto Rico Channels Branding América Tevé Puerto Rico (general)
América Noticias (newscasts)Affiliations 18.1:Mega TV
24.1: América Tevé
42.1: SonLifeOwner February 15, 1987 WSJN-TV (1987–1998) Analog:
24 (UHF, 1987–2009)Independent (1987–1990, 1993–1998)
Silent (1990–1993)
Pax TV (1998–2000)
MTV (2000–2007)
America CV Network (2007–2012)
MundoFox/MundoMax (2012–2016)San Juan Pax
(former affiliation)FCC Facility ID 58340 ERP 1,000 kW
696 kW (STA)HAAT 565 m (1,854 ft) Transmitter coordinates 18°10′3″N66°34′35″W / 18.16750°N 66.57639°W / 18.16750; -66.57639 Translator(s) (see table) Website americatevepr.com History