ATV (Aruba)
Encyclopedia
ATV is the Aruba
NBC
affiliate, broadcasting on Channel 15
on SETAR's cable TV system and Channel 8
on terrestrial television in the NTSC
television standard. The station has the call-sign of PJA-TV (following the standard in the Netherlands
and Netherlands Antilles
, with PJ callsigns), though it goes by its branding of "Aruba Television". The station is an NBC
affiliate, airing many American
television program
s for the tourists in the area, with WNBC
during overnight hours. ATV also broadcasts several local productions, including Noticia Awenochi, Stars of Tomorrow
, Time Out, Mesa Rondo, 15on15, and live coverage of special events.
Aruba
Aruba is a 33 km-long island of the Lesser Antilles in the southern Caribbean Sea, located 27 km north of the coast of Venezuela and 130 km east of Guajira Peninsula...
NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
affiliate, broadcasting on Channel 15
Channel 15
Channel 15 refers to several television stations:...
on SETAR's cable TV system and Channel 8
Channel 8
Channel 8, as a television channel, may refer to*MediaCorp Channel 8, Singapore*TVB8*Channel 8 Australia, a now defunct erotic TV channel*Canal 8 de Tucumán, a television station in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina...
on terrestrial television in the NTSC
NTSC
NTSC, named for the National Television System Committee, is the analog television system that is used in most of North America, most of South America , Burma, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, and some Pacific island nations and territories .Most countries using the NTSC standard, as...
television standard. The station has the call-sign of PJA-TV (following the standard in the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
and Netherlands Antilles
Netherlands Antilles
The Netherlands Antilles , also referred to informally as the Dutch Antilles, was an autonomous Caribbean country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, consisting of two groups of islands in the Lesser Antilles: Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao , in Leeward Antilles just off the Venezuelan coast; and Sint...
, with PJ callsigns), though it goes by its branding of "Aruba Television". The station is an NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
affiliate, airing many American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
television program
Television program
A television program , also called television show, is a segment of content which is intended to be broadcast on television. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series...
s for the tourists in the area, with WNBC
WNBC
WNBC, virtual channel 4 , is the flagship station of the NBC television network, located in New York City. WNBC's studios are co-located with NBC corporate headquarters at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in midtown Manhattan...
during overnight hours. ATV also broadcasts several local productions, including Noticia Awenochi, Stars of Tomorrow
Stars of Tomorrow
Stars of Tomorrow is an Aruban reality-drama television series that premiered on ATV on May 5, 2010. The series was created and is largely written by Ben Steel and explores the life of a group of young actors in Aruba with acting aspirations....
, Time Out, Mesa Rondo, 15on15, and live coverage of special events.