Univision Returns to Puerto Rico TV via WSTE Canal 7

Univision Returns to Puerto Rico Over-the-Air Broadcasting

TelevisaUnivision is restoring the Univision brand to direct over-the-air broadcast television in Puerto Rico beginning Monday, March 23, 2026, with programming airing on WSTE Canal 7. The move reconnects Puerto Rico's approximately 3.2 million Spanish-speaking residents with Univision's flagship lineup of entertainment, sports, and news programming, including Despierta América, Siéntese Quien Pueda, Desiguales, El Gordo y La Flaca, Primer Impacto, Juego de Voces, ¿Quién Caerá?, Código de Investigación, Noticiero Univision, and Esta Semana con Ilia Calderón y Enrique Acevedo.

Background: How Univision Left Puerto Rico

Univision's main broadcasting presence on the island effectively ended in early 2021 when WLII, long known as Univision Puerto Rico, was sold to Liberman Media Group and re-emerged as TeleOnce. The sale was announced in August 2020 as part of a broader ownership restructuring involving ForgeLight and Searchlight Capital Partners. TelevisaUnivision retained WSTE-DT, then known as TeleIsla Channel 7, as well as its radio properties in Puerto Rico. After the affiliation agreement between Liberman and TelevisaUnivision expired in December 2025, TeleOnce underwent major programming changes, creating the conditions for Univision to consolidate its Puerto Rico presence on WSTE.

Marquee Events and Audience Reconnection

The formalisation of programming on WSTE Canal 7 under the Univision brand gives Puerto Rican audiences access to marquee live events including Premio Lo Nuestro, Premios Juventud, and the Latin Grammys — all central to Univision's US Spanish-language identity. For TelevisaUnivision, the move strengthens its reach in a key Spanish-language market and re-establishes a direct broadcast brand identity the network had been without in Puerto Rico since the WLII sale.