WAPA-TV

WAPA-TV (channel 4) is the Spanish-language independent TV station in San Juan, Puerto Rico; Owned by WAPA Media Group, a subsidiary of Hemisphere Media Group, it has two satellite stations across the island: WTIN-TV in Ponce and WNJX-TV in Mayagüez. 
==1954–1958==
WAPA-TV started its transmissions on May 1st, 1954, as the second licensed television station in Puerto Rico. The callsign means the , its first owners.
==1958–1963==
In 1962, the station was purchased by Screen Gems, a subsidiary of Columbia Pictures.
==1963–1968==
==1968–1987, 1996–1998==
In 1975, Columbia sold WAPA-TV to the Western Broadcasting Company. In 1986, WAPA-TV was sold to Pegasus Inc.
==1987–1994==
In 1988, channel 4 carried an affiliation with Univision. However, despite the network also being carried by WRWR-TV (channel 30, later known as WSJU-TV until it was shuttered) beginning a year prior, several Univision programs (including in-house productions from the network) were shown on channel 4 due to programs from Univision partner Televisa (which said company's content is one of the network's main staples) being carried by Telemundo-owned rival station WKAQ-TV (channel 2) at that time.
==1994–1996==
==1998–2007==
On October 1999, LIN purchased WAPA-TV. In 2002, channel 4 dropped Univision after the network entered into a local marketing agreement with WLII-TV (channel 11), which was owned by Raycom Media at that time. In 2006, LIN sold their Puerto Rico operations to InterMedia Partners.
==2007–present==
In 2013, WAPA-TV and its radio stations became part of the Hemisphere Media Group.
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