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WSTE-DT (channel 7), branded on air as Teleisla, is a Spanish language in the United States, Spanish-language Independent station (North America), independent television station serving San Juan, Puerto Rico, that is licensed to Ponce, Puerto Rico, Ponce. It is owned by TelevisaUnivision. The station maintains its studios on Calle Carazo in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, Guaynabo. To provide island-wide coverage, WSTE maintains a network of five transmitter sites, located at Cerro Maravilla in Ponce, at Cerro La Marquesa in Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico, Aguas Buenas, at Cerro Canta Gallo in Aguada, Puerto Rico, Aguada, on Puerto Rico Highway 22, Highway 22 in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, Arecibo, and at the Monte del Estado in San Germán, Puerto Rico, San Germán. History WRIK-TV The station first signed on as WRIK-TV on February 2, 1958, after receiving the Federal Communications Commission, FCC permit to go on the air on channel 7.
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WSTE-DT Channel 7
WSTE-DT (channel 7), branded on air as Teleisla, is a Spanish language in the United States, Spanish-language Independent station (North America), independent television station serving San Juan, Puerto Rico, that is licensed to Ponce, Puerto Rico, Ponce. It is owned by TelevisaUnivision. The station maintains its studios on Calle Carazo in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, Guaynabo. To provide island-wide coverage, WSTE maintains a network of five transmitter sites, located at Cerro Maravilla in Ponce, at Cerro La Marquesa in Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico, Aguas Buenas, at Cerro Canta Gallo in Aguada, Puerto Rico, Aguada, on Puerto Rico Highway 22, Highway 22 in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, Arecibo, and at the Monte del Estado in San Germán, Puerto Rico, San Germán. History WRIK-TV The station first signed on as WRIK-TV on February 2, 1958, after receiving the Federal Communications Commission, FCC permit to go on the air on channel 7.
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Hotel Ponce Intercontinental
The Hotel Ponce Intercontinental (also known as ''"El Ponce"'') is an abandoned hotel with a still existing structure at Cerro del Vigía in Ponce, Puerto Rico. The structure is considered a historic landmark and a national icon in the city of Ponce and Puerto Rico. The property is currently owned by Misla Hospitality Group, a family of local Ponce investors who bought it from CBC Development. Its architecture is classical modern. When it opened, in 1960, it became the first modern hotel in the city. Location and features The hotel is located in the northern section of the city of Ponce, on a hill just north of the ''El Vigia Hill'', behind Cruceta del Vigía and Castillo Serralles. The hotel had a large circular outdoor swimming pool, a ballroom named ''Salón Ponciana'', a cocktail bar named ''Bar Coquí''; and a restaurant called ''El Cafetal''. On the top of the hotel, WRIK-TV had its transmission antenna. The hotel is on a lot measuring approximately 25 ''cuerdas'' (ro ...
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WORA-TV
WORA-TV (channel 5) branded on-air as ABC Puerto Rico, is a television station in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, affiliated with ABC and owned by Telecinco Media Holdings. WORA-TV's studios are located on Ponce de León Avenue in Santurce, with additional studios at the Guanajibo Building in Mayagüez. The station's transmitter is located at Monte del Estado in Maricao. WRFB (channel 5) in Carolina operates as a full-time satellite of WORA-TV, serving San Juan and eastern Puerto Rico. History Founded by Alfredo Ramírez de Arellano y Bártoli in 1955, WORA-TV was the first television station on Puerto Rico's west coast and the third station islandwide after WKAQ-TV and WAPA-TV (established in the same year earlier). The station was named for then-sister station WORA radio (760 AM), which one year later was joined by WORA-FM (97.5 FM, now WIOB), the first FM broadcaster on the west coast. During its early years, the station produced its own programming, but its schedule eventuall ...
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Spanish Language In The United States
Spanish is the second most spoken language in the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie .... There are over 41 million people aged five or older who speak Spanish at home, and the United States has the second largest Spanish-speaking population in the world, ahead of Spain. Spanish is also the most learned language other than English language, English, with about six million students. Estimates range from 41 million to over 50 million native speakers, heritage language, heritage language speakers, and second-language speakers. (Spanish) There is an North American Academy of the Spanish Language, Academy of the Spanish Language located in the United States as well. In the United States there are more speakers of Spanish than speakers of French language in the ...
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Low-rise Building
A low-rise is a building that is only a few stories tall or any building that is shorter than a high-rise, though others include the classification of mid-rise. Definition Emporis defines a low-rise as "an enclosed structure below 35 metres 15 feetwhich is divided into regular floor levels". The city of Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ... defines a mid-rise as a building between four and twelve stories. They also have elevators and stairs. Characteristics Low-rise apartments sometimes offer more privacy and negotiability of rent and utilities than high-rise apartments, although they may have fewer amenities and less flexibility with leases. It is easier to put fires out in low-rise buildings. Within the United States, due to the legal-economic and moder ...
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Multi-story Building
A building, or edifice, is an enclosed structure with a roof and walls standing more or less permanently in one place, such as a house or factory (although there's also portable buildings). Buildings come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and functions, and have been adapted throughout history for a wide number of factors, from building materials available, to weather conditions, land prices, ground conditions, specific uses, prestige, and aesthetic reasons. To better understand the term ''building'' compare the list of nonbuilding structures. Buildings serve several societal needs – primarily as shelter from weather, security, living space, privacy, to store belongings, and to comfortably live and work. A building as a shelter represents a physical division of the human habitat (a place of comfort and safety) and the ''outside'' (a place that at times may be harsh and harmful). Ever since the first cave paintings, buildings have also become objects or canvasses of much artistic ...
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Lorenza Ramírez De Arellano
Isabel Lorenza (Lorencita) Ramírez de Arellano y Bartoli (July 8, 1902 – March 5, 1970) was the first wife of former Governor of Puerto Rico Luis A. Ferré and served as First Lady from 1968 until her death in 1970. Ramírez de Arellano was born on Esperanza Street in San Germán, Puerto Rico to Alfredo Ramírez de Arellano y Rosell (1880–1961). at WayBack Machine on 19 April 2012. She had a younger brother, Alfredo Ramírez de Arellano y Bartoli (1915 – 2011), who would go on to establish the first television broadcasting station, WORA-TV, in the western area of Puerto Rico, as well as the first frequency-modulated radio station there, WORA-FM. In 1931, she met Luis A. Ferré and married a few months later on May 30, 1931. They had two children together: Antonio Luis and Rosario. When her husband, Ferré, won the 1968 general elections, Ramírez de Arellano assumed the role of First Lady First lady is an unofficial title usually used for the wife, and occas ...
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WAPA-TV
WAPA-TV (channel 4) is a Spanish language in the United States, Spanish-language Independent station (North America), independent television station in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is owned by :es:Hemisphere Media Group, Hemisphere Media Group, which is 84% owned by InterMedia Partners. WAPA-TV's studios are located on Avenida Luis Vigoreaux in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, Guaynabo, and its transmitter is located at the WKAQ-TV (channel 2) transmission tower at Cerro La Santa in Cayey, Puerto Rico, Cayey near the Bosque Estatal de Carite mountain reserve. The station's signal is relayed across Puerto Rico through two full-power Broadcast relay station#Satellite stations, satellite stations: WTIN-TV (digital channel 14, virtual channel 4) in Ponce, Puerto Rico, Ponce and WNJX-TV (digital channel 31, virtual channel 4) in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, Mayagüez. WTIN-TV's fourth digital subchannel operates as a full-time satellite of San Juan-licensed Telemundo owned-and-operated station WKAQ- ...
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San Germán, Puerto Rico
San Germán (, ) is a historic town and municipality located in the Sabana Grande Valley of southwestern region of Puerto Rico, south of Mayagüez and Maricao, north of Lajas, east of Hormigueros and Cabo Rojo, and west of Sabana Grande. San Germán is spread over eighteen barrios plus San Germán Pueblo (the downtown area and the administrative center of the city). It is both a principal city of the San Germán–Cabo Rojo Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Mayagüez–San Germán–Cabo Rojo Combined Statistical Area. San Germán is the second oldest city of Puerto Rico, after San Juan, and its historic downtown is preserved as the San Germán Historic District. Puerto Rico was, at one time, divided administratively between the San Juan and the San Germán municipalities. The latter covered the western half of Puerto Rico and extended from the western shores of the island to Arecibo in the north and Ponce in the south. History The population of San Germán when ...
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Puerto Rico Highway 22
PR-22 (also part of unsigned Interstate PR2) is an long toll road in the north coast of Puerto Rico that connects the cities of San Juan and Hatillo. The road is also known as the ''José de Diego Expressway'' (Spanish: ''Expreso José de Diego''), and is part of unsigned Interstate PR-2. It is a 4-lane road for much of its length, but expands to up to 12 lanes in the San Juan metro area. The road is frequently congested, in particular during rush hour due to heavy commuter traffic. Route description PR-22 is Puerto Rico's most traveled highway. PR-22 runs parallel to PR-2 and is concurrent with unsigned Interstate Highway PRI-2. Unlike PR-22, PR-2 is not a controlled-access road, and has numerous traffic signals throughout the full run of its course. The construction of highway PR-22 reduced congestion on PR-2. The eastern terminus is at PR-26 (a non-tolled freeway) in Santurce, and passes through the Minillas Tunnel before its terminus at PR-26. The freeway bypasses al ...
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Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico
Aguas Buenas, (, ), popularly known as "''La Ciudad de las Aguas Claras''" or "''The City of Clear Waters''", is a Aguas Buenas barrio-pueblo, town and Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality of Puerto Rico located in the Cordillera Central (Puerto Rico), Central Mountain Range, north of Cidra, Puerto Rico, Cidra, south of Bayamón, Puerto Rico, Bayamón, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, Guaynabo and San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan; east of Comerío, Puerto Rico, Comerio; and north-west of Caguas, Puerto Rico, Caguas. Aguas Buenas is spread over 9 ''barrios'' and Aguas Buenas barrio-pueblo, Aguas Buenas Pueblo (the downtown area and the administrative center of the city). It is part of the San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo Metropolitan Statistical Area. Etymology and nicknames The name ''Aguas Buenas'' translates to "good waters". The Aguas Buenas barrio-pueblo, town's and municipality's original names were Aguabuena ("good water"), originally a barrio or district of Caguas, Puerto Rico, Cagu ...
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