Its transmitter is located at Cerro La Santa in Cayey near the Bosque Estatal de Carite mountain reserve.

WIPR-TV also operates a semi-satellite on the island's west coast, WIPM-TV (channel 3) in Mayagüez.

WIPR-TV was created as a result of lobbying for public broadcasting in Puerto Rico, beginning in the 1950s.

[1] WIPR-TV and WIPM-TV ended regular programming on its analog signal, over VHF channels 6 and 3, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate.

[4] As part of the SAFER Act, WIPR-TV and WIPM-TV kept its analog signal on the air until July 12 to inform viewers of the digital television transition through a loop of public service announcements from the National Association of Broadcasters.

In the 1980s the station had a popular newscast called Panorama Mundial ("World View"), hosted by Doris Torres.

[10] On July 7, 2008, President Víctor J. Montilla (now, Executive VP & general manager of New Channels at WORA-TV) held a press conference at the station, where he inaugurated WIPR-TV's high-definition facilities.