WWXY-LD

WWXY-LD
San Juan, Puerto Rico
City San Juan, Puerto Rico
Branding Estrella TV WWXY 38
Metro Canal (on DT2)
Channels Digital: 38 (UHF)
Virtual: 38 (PSIP)
Affiliations Estrella TV (2016-present)
Independent (on DT2)
Owner Héctor Marcano Martinez
(Metro Media Broadcasting, Inc.)
Operator Metro Media Broadcasting, Inc.
(To be operated by IHeartMedia)
Founded 2001
Former callsigns W62CW (1998-2006)
WWXY-LP (2006-2012)
Former affiliations Silent (1998-2006)
unknown (2006-2012)
Tiva TV (2012-2015)
Destino TV (2015-2016)
Transmitter power 100 kW
Class LPTV
Facility ID 64856

WWXY-LD is a low-power television station in San Juan, Puerto Rico licensed to broadcast over digital channel 38. The station is owned by Metro Media Broadcasting, A Subsidiary of Marcom Group, which its CEO is Héctor Marcano Martinez, a well-known TV personality, producer and program host, which also serves as vicepresident of hispanic division operations of IHeartMedia and president of SBS. this station serves as the island's affiliate for Estrella TV. WWXY-LD's studios are located at the Marcom Tower in Ave. Ponce de Leon in Santurce and its transmitter at Cerro la Marquesa in Aguas Buenas. On Channel 38.2, the station is branded as Metro Canal. Metro Canal carries all of the station's live newscasts, along with sports, and entertainment and its public affairs programs. this subchannel also broadcasts 24-hour news coverage on events happening in Puerto Rico and the world. Paid programming is shown at other times of the day. The station also broadcasts local programming produced by Marcom Group & Noticel. WWXY-LD is the first low-power television stations that is operated by IHeartMedia.

On April 16, 2016, Hector Marcano agreed to sell WWXY-LD to WWXY Licensing, LLC (subsidiary of IHeartMedia) for $60,000. IHeartMedia will enter into a shared services agreement and studio lease agreement with the station's owner, to operate WWXY-LD when the acquisition is completed.

About WWXY-LD

WWXY-LD primarily features programs, the vast majority of which are locally-produced by Marcom Group, featuring a mix of variety and sketch comedy series, music programming, reality television series, scripted anthology drama series, news programming, sports, and imported feature films.

Digital television

WWXY-LD's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP short name Programming
38.1 1080i 16:9 WWXY-D1 WWXY-LD programming / Estrella TV
38.2 720p WWXY-D2 Metro Canal (local programming, news, sports & weather)

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