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WNJU is the Telemundo affiliate for the New York City, USA region. Owned by NBC Universal, WNJU broadcasts the Spanish language television network Telemundo to the New York City region from studios in Fort Lee, New Jersey. Initial programming was a mix of English and Spanish shows.

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On May 16, 1965 WNJU began broadcast operations as the first commercial UHF station in the New York City television market. During the middle 1960s, the station broadcast as live teenage dance show in the New York maket called Disc-O-Teen hosted by John Zacherle.

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WNJU began programming in Spanish by the late 1960s. It was involved in some controversy when it aired bullfights, which some critics believed was too violent. It maintained an English-speaking audience during the 1970s when it was the only New York broadcast outlet for the World Wide Wrestling Federation.


 

Telemundo: Founded by Angel Ramos in the early 1950's in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Telemundo is an international media network with a conglomerate of Spanish-language television channels as its base. Much of its shows are imported from Mexico and other Latin American countries such as Brazil and Colombia. Mexican...

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NBC Universal: NBC Universal is a media and entertainment conglomerate formed in May 2004 by the combination of General Electric's NBC with Vivendi Universal Entertainment, part of Vivendi Universal. GE owns 80% of NBC Universal with the remaining 20% owned by Vivendi and Barry Diller. The company develops, produ...


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