WQHA (channel 25), branded on-air as Nueva Vida TV, is a

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. Founded in 1993, the station is owned and operated by New Life Broadcasting, making it a

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to radio stations

WNVM WNVM (97.7 FM), branded on-air as Nueva Vida FM is a radio station licensed to serve Cidra, Puerto Rico. The station is owned by New Life Broadcasting, Inc. WNVM broadcasts a contemporary Christian music format to all of Puerto Rico. Known as ...

WDNO WDNO (960 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Contemporary Christian format. Licensed to Quebradillas, Puerto Rico, the station is currently owned by New Life Broadcasting. WDNO is simulcast on W250CF 97.9 FM in Arecibo and W283DR 104.5 FM in A ...

& WNVE. The Licensee is Western New Life, Inc. WQHA's programming is also seen on translator station, W06DA-D, channel 6 in Aguada. The station broadcasts Christian music videos 24 hours a day. WKHD-LD (channel 15) serves as a full-time translator of WQHA and covers all the entire western region.

Nueva Vida Christian Television Network

WQHA is the flagship station of the Nueva Vida Christian Television Network, it is simulcasting on Low-power television stations,

WZNA-LD WZNA-LD (channel 3), branded on-air as Nueva Vida TV, is a Spanish religious television station licensed to Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. the station is owned by New Life Broadcasting; the owners of radio stations WNVM 97.7 FM, WDNO 960 AM & WNVE 98 ...

, channel 3.1 in

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, and WKHD-LD channel 15.1 in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. Both stations are owned by New Life Broadcasting's president, Juan Carlos Matos Barreto.

Digital television

Digital channels

WQHA subchannels

WQHA's digital signal is

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W06DA-D subchannels

W06DA-D's digital signal is multiplexed:

WKHD-LD subchannels

WKHD-LD's digital signal is multiplexed:

Analog-to-digital conversion

On January 13, 2009, WQHA signed off its analog signal and completed its move to digital.

About Nueva Vida TV

OptimaVision starts as a video-streaming service. On November 14, 2013, OptimaVision launched

WNTE-LD WNTE-LD, virtual channel 55 ( UHF digital channel 30), branded on-air as Teleuniverso Puerto Rico, is a low-powered Spanish-language television station licensed to Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. The station serves the entire western area as a satellit ...

channel 36 in Mayaguez, now owned by Make TV Corporation, as a satellite of

WVDO-LD WVDO-LD (channel 10), branded on-air as Encanto TV, is a Spanish-language television station licensed to Carolina, Puerto Rico, United States. The station is owned by Make Television Corporation. Its studios are located at Barrio Turabo Arriba i ...

. WVTE-LD Channel 3 followed on March 24, 2014. WQHA Channel 50 (formerly a repeater for

WUJA WUJA (channel 58), branded on-air as Pura Palabra Television, is a Spanish-language religious television station licensed to Caguas, Puerto Rico. Founded July 25, 1983, the station is owned by Pura Palabra Media Group, which is a subsidiary of Co ...

) was sold for $29 million to Western New Life, Inc. on May 2, 2014, and became the third channel in the network. NCN Television moved its programming to digital subchannel 50.2. On January 1, 2018, OptimaVision rebrands itself as Zona TV. On August 1, the station is once again rebranded as Nueva Vida TV.

FCC Spectrum Auction and WQHA sale

In 2012, the Federal Communications Commission announced they were going to hold a voluntary Incentive Auction for a portion of the radio frequency spectrum that is currently used by Digital Television broadcasters across the country. WQHA's owner, New Life Broadcasting announced he would participate in the auction, since it was estimated the station would net somewhere in the range of US$127 Million, much more than it would be worth on the open market otherwise. Since that time the auction estimate has increased to somewhere between $95 and US$50 Million, with the auction currently scheduled to take place in early 2016.

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