WOLE-DT (channel 12) is a

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licensed to

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, serving Mayagüez and the western part of the island as an affiliate of

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and

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. It is a full-time

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–based

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(channel 11, licensed to

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), owned by Liberman Media Group. WOLE-DT's sales office is located in the

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Building in downtown Mayagüez, and its transmitter is located at Monte del Estado in

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. Its parent station maintains studios on Calle Carazo in

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and has additional studios in Barrio Palmar in Aguadilla. WOLE-DT operates a

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, W21CX-D (channel 21), licensed to Mayagüez.

History

WOLE-TV started broadcasting on May 10, 1960, as the second television station on Puerto Rico's west coast. The station was owned by Western Broadcasting Corporation of Puerto Rico, and served as a repeater for

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from 1960 to 1979 and again from 1984 to 1994. During its early years, the station produced its own programming, but its schedule eventually shifted toward

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s, possibly due to the lack of interest from local businesses in advertising on television. In 1979, the station entered a new affiliation agreement with

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(

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) until 1984 and again from January 1, 1995, until December 31, 2014. On October 15, 2014, Univision Communications announced that WOLE-DT would become a semi-satellite of then Univision station WLII-DT (now Teleonce). The programming change occurred on January 1, 2015. With the move, WOLE dropped all programming from WKAQ-TV and Telemundo, which quickly entered into negotiations with WLII's existing western Puerto Rico satellite, WORA-TV (channel 5). On July 22, 2018, Univision Communications announced that it had purchased retransmission partner WOLE-DT from Western Broadcasting Corp. of Puerto Rico for $3,666,666.64, solidifying its Puerto Rico station line up. The sale was completed on December 5, 2018. On February 25, 2020, investment firms ForgeLight (launched by founder & CEO & ex- Viacom CFO Wade Davis) and

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agreed to acquire the 64% controlling stake of

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which owned WLII-DT, while minority owner

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continued to hold its 36% stake with the company. However, both Searchlight and ForgeLight had a stake in Hemisphere Media Group, which owns

in San Juan (which also operates

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, a repeater in the same area WOLE-DT operates). Because of this, Univision was required to divest WLII and its satellite stations (including WOLE-DT) in order to comply with ownership limits. On August 27, 2020, Univision announced that WLII and its satellite stations (WOLE-DT and WSUR-DT) would be acquired by Liberman Media Group for $1 million each. The sale was completed on December 10, 2020. Univision retained WSTE-DT,

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and

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. It was also reported that WLII would bring back the TeleOnce branding, which the station used for 15 years from 1986 to 2002. On January 19, 2021, Liberman Media Group named Winter Horton as the new General Manager for the station. WLII-DT (and its repeaters) aired as Univision Puerto Rico until February 18, 2021, when the on screen branding switched to TeleOnce at 8 p.m.

News operation

WOLE-DT formerly produced a local news operation called ''Edición Puerto Rico'', similar to WKAQ-TV and

's news offerings. Aired weekdays at 5:30 p.m. and 10 p.m., the newscast concentrates on events happening in and around Puerto Rico, and interacts with others through social media platforms. The program was also aired on WLII,

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and the station's website. Currently, WOLE-DT produces news segments for ''Las Noticias TeleOnce'', titled ''Las Noticias en el Oeste'' and seen across Puerto Rico.

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is

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Logos

2015 WOLE-TV logo.png, WOLE's logo from 2015 to 2018. Image:Univision WOLE.png, WOLE's logo from 2019 to 2021.

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wole-Dt Aguadilla, Puerto Rico Television channels and stations established in 1960 1960 establishments in Puerto Rico OLE-DT Univision network affiliates