WNJU Television Station
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content: WKAQ (Television station : San Juan, Puerto Rico)
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content: WNJU (Television station : New York, NY)
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content: Telemundo Group, Inc.
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content: Univisión (Television network)
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content: Mirós, Gilda
label: Collection Creator
content: Aguilar, Héctor
label: Collection Creator
content: Gazcón, Edgardo
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content: Spanish Language Broadcasting Collection
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content: Spanish Language Broadcasting Collection / Series 3: Telemundo Group, Incorporated
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: WNJU is the flagship owned-and-operated station of the Spanish language Telemundo television network, licensed to Linden, New Jersey and serving the New York City television market. In 1965, WNJU-TV was the first commercial UHF (ultra high frequency) station in the New York City/New Jersey television market. The station's initial schedule featured a mix of English, Asian, Spanish and Italian shows. The station was not profitable due to the lack of awareness of UHF stations in the New York metropolitan area. WNJU served minority audiences with mostly brokered programming. By the late 1970s, WNJU had evolved into mostly Spanish programming, along with some ethnic brokered programs that aired on weekends. In 1984, WNJU joined with two Spanish language television stations and formed NetSpan, the United States' second Spanish-language television network. In 1987, NetSpan added more affiliates, and changed its name to Telemundo. In the early 1990s, WNJU dropped its English-language religious shows and became a full-time Telemundo station.
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1981-1982, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1404, Subseries 3.2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials