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47-472: Vigoreaux is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Luis Vigoreaux (1929–1983), Puerto Rican radio and television personality Luisito Vigoreaux (born 1951), Puerto Rican actor and producer Marie Vigoreaux (c. 1639 – 1679), French fortune teller and poisoner Roberto Vigoreaux (born 1956), Puerto Rican television host and politician [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with

94-492: A sugarcane worker at Fajardo Sugar Company. His father died when he was young, forcing Eulalia to take charge of the family. When Vigoreaux was 14 years old, they moved to San Juan , specifically Río Piedras . Vigoreaux studied at the Vila Mayo High School. As a teenager, Vigoreaux found work in a radio station named WIAC (AM) , which was managed by Tomás Muñiz (father of Tommy Muñiz ). There, Vigoreaux worked on

141-470: A Senior Vice President of Operations for Hemisphere Media Group. On December 3, 2015, WAPA-TV along with WIPR-TV went off-air, due to a transmitter outage at Cerro La Santa in Cayey. The station was still watchable on Liberty , Dish Network , DirecTV and Claro TV . The transmitter was repaired and placed back on air on December 10, 2015. Repairs were made by WAPA's engineering department. On September 20, 2017,

188-417: A helicopter shaped like the channel's "4" logo and celebrated the holidays while playing musical instruments. WAPA-TV's competitors include WKAQ-TV (Telemundo), WLII ( Univision affiliate station Teleonce) and PBS member station WIPR-TV . WAPA-TV and WKAQ-TV have battled for the title of Puerto Rico's most-watched television station since the 1950s, with WLII entering the battle in the mid-1980s. During

235-457: A major Puerto Rican television station, mainly due to its new focus on locally produced programming. Its new slogan, Como tú, boricua ("Like you, Puerto Rican"—a nod to the longtime colloquial nickname for Puerto Ricans) highlighted the fact that it was the only local commercial station remaining in Puerto Rico that was programmed locally. Despite the new name, local residents still referred to

282-407: A news anchor). In the late 1970s, Enrique Cruz, Luz Nereida Vélez , Sylvia Gómez , Luis Rigual, Cyd Marie Fleming , José Esteves, Luis Francisco Ojeda and others joined the news department. In 1980, NotiCentro 4 inaugurated a new studio. In 1981, Pedro Rosa Nales joined the team. In 1982, Enrique Cruz, also known as " Kike Cruz ", replaced Torres as show director. In 1983, Rigual died, and

329-516: A show called Alma Estudiantil . With the beginning of World War II , most of the professional hosts were enlisted for war, which led to Vigoreaux having the opportunity to work at the station. During that period, Vigoreaux worked in various areas of entertainment and show business. He served as host, presenter, commentator, among other jobs. He also became the spokesperson for Sello Rojo rice in Puerto Rico, which he did for 30 years. Vigoreaux joined Ramón Rivero "Diplo" and José Luis Torregrosa for

376-671: Is a Spanish-language independent television station in San Juan, Puerto Rico , owned by WAPA Media Group . The station's studios are located on Luis Vigoreaux Avenue in Guaynabo , and its transmitter is on the WKAQ-TV (channel 2) transmission tower at Cerro La Santa in Cayey near the Carite State Forest . WAPA-TV is the most watched television station in Puerto Rico . The station's signal

423-553: Is a partial abbreviation of the station's original owners, the now-defunct Asociación de Productores de Azúcar , or Puerto Rico Sugar Grower's Association. During its earliest years, the station was affiliated with NBC , ABC , DuMont , and the CMQ Television Network . The station was the first in the U.S. territory to transition to color unceremoniously in 1966, followed by WKAQ-TV in 1968. Popularly known in Puerto Rico by its assigned channel number, Canal Cuatro ,

470-488: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Luis Vigoreaux Vigoreaux was brutally murdered on January 17, 1983. His wife, Lydia Echevarría , was convicted in 1986 of planning the murder, along with hitmen Papo Newman and David López-Watts . Vigoreaux was born on April 12, 1928, in the Chupacallos ward of Ceiba, Puerto Rico . He was one of the eight children of Eulalia Rivera and Enrique Vigoreaux,

517-649: Is not the first time WAPA-TV has had any presence in the United States. In 1968, WAPA-TV had WNJU-TV (Channel 47) not only as its sister station but also as its affiliate, predating WAPA America by decades. WNJU-TV was owned by Screen Gems before selling it in 1984 to a consortium that would launch the NetSpan network, later evolving into Telemundo . On October 19, 2006. LIN TV announced that it had entered into an agreement to sell its Puerto Rico television operations to InterMedia Partners for $ 130 million in cash. The sale

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564-567: Is relayed across Puerto Rico through two full-power satellite stations : WTIN-TV (digital channel 14, virtual channel 4) in Ponce and WNJX-TV (digital channel 31, virtual channel 4) in Mayagüez . WTIN-TV also broadcasts two subchannels simulcast from WKAQ-TV, including its Telemundo programming, using virtual channels 2.11 and 2.21. WAPA-TV began broadcasting on May 1, 1954, as the second television station to be licensed to Puerto Rico. Its callsign

611-476: Is the name of WAPA-TV's news division; the station presently broadcasts 44 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with eight hours each weekday and two hours each on Saturdays and Sundays). The news operation began in 1967 with Cuban-born Evelio Otero as the sole anchorman for the 6 p.m. newscast. Soon after, Carlos Ruben Ortiz joined the news staff for the 6 p.m. broadcast. Otero remained alone on camera, until his departure from WAPA in 1980 to take

658-537: The Lucy and Desi of Puerto Rico, in reference to the marriage of American comedians Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz . In 1970, Vigoreaux developed a game show named Sube Nene, Sube . Hosted by Vigoreaux it became one of the most seen shows in Puerto Rican television history. Due to this success, WAPA-TV asked Vigoreaux to produce and host a few more game shows. Vigoreaux responded by creating Pa'rriba, Papi, Pa'rriba , which

705-504: The NotiCentro 4 graphics and music package from 1999 but now uses the current graphics and music package. Since 2012, WAPA-TV uses the "Truth" music package by 615 Music with "Truth V1" from 2012 to 2017, and "Truth V2" since 2017 for all newscasts. On May 20, 2019, NotiCentro expanded to 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 hours beginning at 4 p.m., renaming itself as NotiCentro Edición Estelar , with Normando Valentín serving as an anchor for

752-415: The surname Vigoreaux . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vigoreaux&oldid=1131528691 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

799-407: The 1970s. In its beginnings, NotiCentro 4 ran for only fifteen minutes in the afternoon, with a half-hour edition at 10 p.m.; there was also a weekend edition. Eventually, the program's running time was increased to a full hour. After Otero's departure, New York City–born William "Bill" Pérez became WAPA's news director (Torres held the post for a while, but eventually asked to serve only as

846-536: The 1980s and early 1990s, the station became very successful by mixing American shows translated to Spanish with locally produced sitcoms such as Cuqui , Cara o Cruz , Entrando por la Cocina , Carmelo y Punto and Barrio Cuatro Calles . However, it still trailed behind WKAQ-TV as the second most-watched Puerto Rican station. In the early 1990s, WAPA rebranded itself with the slogans WAPA'lla! (a catchy slang variation of Vamos pa'lla , or "Let's go!") and WAPA, aqui con la gente ("WAPA, here with

893-433: The U.S. baseball World Series ) and World Boxing Championship events produced in partnership (since the early 1980s) with Don King (WAPA would also sometimes broadcast fights promoted by King's rival Bob Arum and other promoters like Bob Andreoli). In 1998, WAPA again rebranded itself with a new name and logo; Televicentro (a brand that was used previously during the 1970s and 1980s). It also regained its position as

940-504: The air from its new transmitter installed at the WKAQ-TV tower location, broadcasting with High Quality Doble Data HD. Repairs caused by the old transmitter equipment were made by the engineering department. On May 4, 2018, Hemisphere Media Group became involved in a retransmission consent dispute with DirecTV, resulting in WAPA-TV's removal from DirecTV's Puerto Rico channel lineup. The station

987-402: The character of Don Toribio. With the arrival of television to Puerto Rico in 1954, Vigoreaux began his transition hosting a show called El Show Libby's , sponsored by the company of its namesake . He then hosted the show El tren de la alegría . Vigoreaux later moved to WAPA-TV , motivated by the possibility of working with actor Mario Pabón . They wrote the story for a soap opera , but

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1034-501: The early evening newscast. Valentín has been with the station since 2003, and was morning anchor from 2008 to 2019. On February 3, 2020, Katiria Soto returns to WAPA-TV after five years working at WXTV-DT in New York, this time as a co-anchor of the 4 p.m. newscast. The station's signal is multiplexed : WAPA-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 4, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in

1081-623: The main transmission tower of WAPA-TV was destroyed during Hurricane Maria . This caused the station to be off-air for two days until they began transmitting through Univision-owned stations WSTE-DT (until October 30) and WLII-DT (until November 17; which was owned by Univision at the time) from their transmitter in Aguas Buenas. Since November 18, the station then began transmitting its main programming (virtual channel 4.1) through station WKAQ-TV and WAPA Deportes (4.2) through WIPR-TV. On October 28, 2018, one year after going dark, WAPA-TV returned to

1128-497: The medical examiner's office, where it was confirmed it was Vigoreaux. His death launched a wave of rumors and speculations, and led to one of the biggest trials in Puerto Rico's history. His wife, Lydia Echevarría, was accused formally of his murder, along with Papo Newman and David López-Watts. Allegedly, Echevarría had become jealous of a relationship Vigoreaux had started with actress Nydia Castillo, and had paid Newman and López-Watts to either beat him or murder him. Vigoreaux's body

1175-439: The new company is owned by InterMedia. On December 1, 2017, WAPA-TV named Javier Maynulet Montilla as president and general manager, succeeding Ramos, who spent 20 years at the station until his retirement on April 27, 2018. On November 9, 2020, WAPA-TV named Jorge Hidalgo as president and general manager of the station effective January 1, 2021, after Javier Maynulet left the station after two years. Hidalgo currently serves as

1222-460: The news to the public only minutes after it had happened. In the early 2000s, WAPA-TV began using a helicopter for newsgathering called SuperCóptero ("SuperChopper"). The SuperCóptero had mostly been used to report on traffic conditions in the metropolitan area on the 4 and 5 p.m. newscasts. WAPA-TV was the only local station to have a helicopter, but regular use of the SuperCóptero

1269-479: The night of the murder. Newman did not serve time in prison as an agreement. In January 2000, Governor Pedro Rosselló granted Echevarría a pardon, which was largely criticized by the people. At the time of his death, Vigoreaux was about to begin another game show, A Millon , which eventually became one of the most popular shows in Puerto Rican television history, under the hosting of Hector Marcano and produced by Vigoreaux's son, Luisito Vigoreaux . Vigoreaux

1316-411: The people"). These slogans were accompanied by a catchy musical score and vivid, colorful graphics depicting the channel's logo. In 1994, WAPA was the first television station in Puerto Rico to use high-end graphic animations to animate a new logo, created and animated by Pixel Light Studios of New York City. This gave the station a very "American" on-air appearance. The logo, although graphically pleasing,

1363-471: The project fell through. However, Vigoreaux moved on when he and his second wife, Lydia Echevarria , began hosting the show named La Hora Cero . The show presented many local and international singers, including Celia Cruz , José Feliciano and Marco Antonio Muñiz . The Vigoreaux family became one of the most famous families in Puerto Rico. Some even referred to the Vigoreaux-Echevarria couple as

1410-632: The public is able to select which five of the participants move directly to the pageant's semifinal via text messaging votes. On January 23, 2013, InterMedia Partners announced that it would merge WAPA-TV and WAPA America, along with its stake in Cinelatino , with the shell corporation Azteca Acquisition Corporation (which is not associated with the Mexican-based Azteca group or the Azteca América network) to form Hemisphere Media Group. 73% of

1457-507: The radio comedy El Tremendo Hotel . This radio slot enjoyed a large audience for years, and Vigoreaux continued to work as a comedian. Between 1954 and 1955, he joined fellow comedian José Miguel Agrelot in a theater show that took them to many Latin American communities in the United States. The theater show eventually led to a radio program named Torito and Company , after Torito , the character that Agrelot played. Vigoreaux himself played

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1504-405: The radio with a program named Buenos Dias, Puerto Rico , on radio station WBMJ -AM, Radio Rock, and worked, for a short period of time, as a television reporter for Noticentro 4 . On the morning of January 18, 1983, Vigoreaux didn't show up to work at the radio station or at WAPA-TV, causing his co-workers to worry. When his Mercedes-Benz was found with a burned body inside, it was taken to

1551-628: The senior editor position at the Voice of America in Washington. Ortiz shared the anchor slot at 6 p.m. with then newcomer Guillermo José Torres , a former radio announcer born in Juana Diaz who has since become the longest standing news anchor on the island, with a career spanning 43 years (Torres retired on August 5, 2013). The format predated the NewsCenter format which became popular on NBC affiliates in

1598-532: The station as either el cuatro or simply "WAPA". That same year, former WKAQ-TV general manager Joe Ramos was named president of WAPA-TV. In September 2004, WAPA-TV became the first Puerto Rican station, and the seventh television station in the U.S. (including territories) to become a satellite-distributed superstation . WAPA America can be seen in the U.S. mainland through DirecTV and Dish Network , and on various cable television providers including Xfinity , Spectrum , Verizon FiOS and Optimum , but this

1645-458: The station was also known by its animated cartoon mascot during the 1970s and 1980s, a bongo-playing cat (known commonly as el gato de WAPA in Spanish ) and therefore its slogan was Por el cuatro como el gato (colloquially "on four (legs) like the cat"), which rhymes in its original Spanish. Similarly, another station promo used the phrase, Hasta el gato, te-ve el cuatro and the cat itself

1692-473: The time (OneLink Communications, Choice Cable TV, and Liberty Puerto Rico ; all of them now merged as the latter); it was also broadcast on WAPA-TV digital subchannel 4.3. WAPA Tiempo was discontinued on September 1, 2012, due to WAPA Deportes (subchannel 4.2) upgrading to Full HD resolution to broadcast MLB postseason games; the channel was also dropped from Liberty cable. WAPA-TV uses the same logo for NotiCentro (formerly NotiCentro 4 ), only changing

1739-419: The word WAPA to NotiCentro . The music package previously used for the newscast was "News Authority" by 615 Music and has been used since 2004. In the past, the station used "WNDU 1986 News Theme", "Turn to News", "Newswatch 24", "News One" and "Impact" among others. NotiCentro now uses the same music for all its segments and bumpers except for its news résumé En Una Semana ("In One Week"), which used

1786-708: Was a variation of Sube Nene, Sube , and Dale que Dale en Domingo . With the production and hosting of all those shows at the same time, the Vigoreaux family opened a studio, which they named Estudio CVC . They were also responsible for the transmission of the MDA television marathon in Puerto Rico. Vigoreaux later jumped to Channel 11, then named the Perez-Perry Network . He bought the Teatro Nuevo San Juan , from where he started transmitting his new show. But this show

1833-440: Was alternately known as el Gato de Cuatro . Like other mascots, El Gato was seen in different situations in different on-air promos. Besides playing the bongos, he would also play the drums and was seen in one station ID as a matador. Another promo had him interacting with a cat seen in a Telemundo ad. El Gato would also sometimes be accompanied by his wife and children (one boy and one girl), where they appeared flying in

1880-425: Was completed on March 30, 2007. On December 17, 2007, the station changed its branding from Televicentro to wapa , in all lowercase letters. Following the rebrand, the station began developing a new format, changing its jingle and redesigning their website. WAPA-TV signed an agreement with Miss Puerto Rico Universe to produce a reality show titled Por la corona , which debuted on August 15, 2008, where

1927-516: Was found gagged, stabbed, and burned inside the car's trunk. Echevarría has maintained her innocence, but she was convicted to a life sentence in Vega Alta, Puerto Rico . Newman and López-Watts received similar sentences. However, Echevarría and López-Watts only served roughly 12 years in jail. Papo Newman received immunity from the Department of Justice of Puerto Rico to testify in court what happened

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1974-785: Was married twice. He married Rosaura Lorenzana, with whom he had three sons, Luisito , Jorge Enrique and Roberto Vigoreaux . Jorge died in 1962 of leukemia. Luisito has followed his father's footsteps as an actor, comedian, producer, and host. Roberto also worked as an actor, host, producer, and singer. He also served as a member of both the House and the Senate of Puerto Rico . In 1958, Vigoreaux met actress Lydia Echevarría , while still married to his first wife. After divorcing, they married on February 10, 1960. He and Echevarria had two daughters, Vanessa and Glendalys Vigoreaux. Glendalys committed suicide on July 15, 2008. WAPA-TV WAPA-TV (channel 4)

2021-451: Was not as successful, and soon Vigoreaux found himself off the air. In 1980, Vigoreaux went back to WAPA-TV and all his shows were rescheduled. He also became the show host of that station's lunch hour variety show, El Show Del Mediodia , and began playing the role of Pedro Navaja in a play La Verdadera Historia de Pedro Navaja . He would act in that play many times, as well as in a play named Angeles Caidos . In addition, he returned to

2068-552: Was replaced as main sports anchor by Rafael Bracero . Bobby Angleró joined the team of reporters as Bracero's main helper in 1983, the same year that the Coquí Satellite was inaugurated by the station. Coquí Satellite helped the station deliver breaking news quicker, and helped deliver the news on occasions such as the Challenger explosion, when Torres interrupted Ángela Meyer on her Chanita Gobernadora comedy section to break

2115-423: Was restored on June 14, 2018, after the two sides came to a new agreement. On October 24, 2019, at 7 p.m., Hemisphere Media Group became involved in a retransmission consent dispute with Dish Network, resulting in WAPA-TV's removal from Dish's Puerto Rico channel lineup. The station was restored on December 17, 2019, after the two sides came to a new agreement. NotiCentro (a Spanish translation of NewsCenter)

2162-550: Was slowly dropped in favor of the classical number 4 logo. High end graphics were later dropped altogether for cheaper, in-house graphics. In 1997, under the helm of former Univision executive Miguel Banojian, WAPA-TV achieved its biggest increases in viewership ever. During Banojian's tenure, the network produced more local programming than ever before, increasing its local news programming, and broadcasting several sporting events including Serie del Caribe (the Caribbean edition of

2209-459: Was soon discontinued due to budget cuts; WAPA now only uses the helicopter for special events such as elections and breaking news coverage. NotiCentro ran a local cable channel, WAPA Tiempo, which featured weather forecasts for Puerto Rico 24 hours a day. Originally named El Canal del Tiempo (its name changed to avoid confusion with The Weather Channel cable network), it could be seen on all three cable companies then serving Puerto Rico at

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