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{{short description|TV station in Carolina, Puerto Rico}}
{{incomplete|WRFB's history from 1989 to 2017|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox television station
| callsign               = WRFB
| above                  = {{nowrap|[[broadcast relay station#Satellite stations|Satellite]] of [[WORA-TV]], [[Mayagüez, Puerto Rico]]}}
| city                   = Carolina, Puerto Rico
| logo                   = ABC Puerto Rico 2022.svg
| logo_size              = 150px
| image                  = WORA-TV_Vive.jpg
| image_size             = 135px
| branding               = {{ubl|WORA 5 / ABC Puerto Rico (general)|''ABC News Extra'' (newscasts)}}
| analog                 =
| digital                = 30 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]])
| virtual                = 5 
| subchannels            = 
| translators            = {{ubl|W05DA-D [[Fajardo, Puerto Rico|Fajardo]]|W05DB-D [[Ponce, Puerto Rico|Ponce]]|W29EE-D [[San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico|San Lorenzo]]}}
| affiliations           = {{ubl|'''5.1:''' [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]|''for others, see {{section link||Subchannels}}''}}
| network                = 
| founded                = October 2, 1989
| airdate                = {{start date and age|1997|p=y}}
| location               = [[Carolina, Puerto Rico|Carolina]]–[[San Juan, Puerto Rico]]
| callsign_meaning       = R&F Broadcasting (former owner)
| former_callsigns       = {{ubl|WDZE (1997–1998)|WZDE (1998–2001)}}
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 52 (UHF, 1997–2009)|'''Digital:''' 51 (UHF, 2009–2017)|'''Virtual:''' 51 (2009–2019)}}
| owner                  = Telecinco Media Holdings
| operator               = 
| licensee               = Telecinco, Inc.
| sister_stations        = WORA-TV
| former_affiliations    = {{ubl|[[Independent station|Independent]] (1997–2016)|DestinoTV (2013)|[[Telemicro|Telemicro Internacional]] (2013–2014)|[[dark (broadcasting)|Silent]] (2014, 2016, 2017–2019)|[[SuperCanal]] (2016–2017)|[[Telemundo]] (2019)|ABC (5.2, 2019)}}
| erp                    = {{ubl|250 [[kilowatt|kW]]|40 kW ([[special temporary authority|STA]])}}
| haat                   = {{convert|305.8|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| class                  = 
| facility_id            = 54443
| coordinates            = {{coord|18|16|26.06|N|66|5|40.41|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}
| licensing_authority    = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| website                = {{url|http://www.abc.pr/}}
}}

'''WRFB''' (channel 5), branded '''ABC Puerto Rico''', is a [[television station]] licensed to [[Carolina, Puerto Rico|Carolina]], serving the [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]] area as an affiliate of [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]. It is a full-time [[broadcast relay station#Satellite station|satellite]] of [[Mayagüez, Puerto Rico|Mayagüez]]-licensed [[WORA-TV]] (channel 5) which is owned by Telecinco Media Holdings. WRFB's transmitter is located on Cerro Marquesa in [[Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico|Aguas Buenas]]; its parent station maintains studios on Ponce de León Avenue in [[Santurce, Puerto Rico|Santurce]], with additional 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 [[Televisión Española|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 [[Dark (broadcasting)|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.

==Technical information==
===Subchannels===
{{#section:WORA-TV|subchannels}}
===Analog-to-digital conversion===
On June 12, 2009, WRFB signed off its analog signal and completed its move to digital.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|183093|W05DA-D}}
*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|183017|W05DB-D}}
*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|187427|W29EE-D}}

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[[Category:American Broadcasting Company affiliates]]
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1997]]
[[Category:1997 establishments in Puerto Rico]]
[[Category:Television stations in Puerto Rico|RFB]]
[[Category:Carolina, Puerto Rico]]


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