WRFB


WRFB, virtual channel 5, is an ABC-affiliated television station serving San Juan, Puerto Rico that is licensed to Carolina. It is a full-time satellite of Mayagüez-licensed WORA-TV that is owned by Telecinco, Inc. WRFB's transmitter is located on Cerro Marquesa in Aguas Buenas; its parent station maintains studios at the Guanajibo Building in Mayagüez.

Sale to Telecinco

On June 15, 2017, WRFB sold for over $600,000 to Telecinco, Inc. through subsidiary ERA International Corporation, and after the transaction with a $30,000 deposit had been made by the buyer, this became a sister station of WORA-TV in Mayagüez. WRFB was to be used to bring ABC network programming as a satellite of WORA-DT2, and TVE programming from VIVE/WORA-DT3, expanding the coverage area. The sale of WRFB to Telecinco was completed on October 22, 2017.
Due to the passage of Hurricane Maria, WRFB went off the air on September 20. WRFB returned to the air for a brief period of testing, then went silent once again on August 19, 2018. After months off the air, the station returned to the air on February 22, 2019 as a repeater for WORA-TV and switched its virtual channel position from channel 51 to channel 5.

Owners

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
ChannelVideoAspectPSIP Short NameProgramming
5.1720pABC-PRSimulcast of WORA-TV / ABC
5.3720pVIVESimulcast of WORA-DT2 / VIVE Televisión / 24H

On June 12, 2009, WRFB signed off its analog signal and completed its move to digital.