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WPUC-FM (88.9 FM), branded on-air as Católica Radio, is a non-commercial educational radio station broadcasting an Adult Contemporary format. Licensed to Ponce, Puerto Rico, the station serves the entirety of the island with the aid of a booster at Caguas and a translator covering Mayagüez. The station is owned by Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico Service Association, Incorporated. History The Catholic University of Puerto Rico entered into broadcasting when it built WEUC, a 1,000-watt AM radio station operating at 1420 kHz, in 1958. The station, which signed on in May, was the island's first Catholic radio station. The station's call letters stood for ''Emisora Universidad Catolica'' (Catholic University Station). Bishop James E. McManus, who founded the university, had invited Father Carl Hammond to assist in the design of the buildings on the campus; Hammond, an avid ham radio operator, was instrumental in launching the station. On May 17, 1979, the Cath ...
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WPUC (Antes WEUC) Emisora Radio Catolica, En Ponce Bypass (PR-2), Barrio Canas Urbano, Ponce, PR (DSC05046X)
WPUC-FM (88.9 FM), branded on-air as Católica Radio, is a non-commercial educational radio station broadcasting an Adult Contemporary format. Licensed to Ponce, Puerto Rico, the station serves the entirety of the island with the aid of a booster at Caguas and a translator covering Mayagüez. The station is owned by Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico Service Association, Incorporated. History The Catholic University of Puerto Rico entered into broadcasting when it built WEUC, a 1,000-watt AM radio station operating at 1420 kHz, in 1958. The station, which signed on in May, was the island's first Catholic radio station. The station's call letters stood for ''Emisora Universidad Catolica'' (Catholic University Station). Bishop James E. McManus, who founded the university, had invited Father Carl Hammond to assist in the design of the buildings on the campus; Hammond, an avid ham radio operator, was instrumental in launching the station. On May 17, 1979, the Cath ...
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WRTU
WRTU (89.7 FM), branded on-air as Radio Universidad de Puerto Rico, is a National Public Radio member station broadcasting a variety format, together with programming from NPR, PRX, the BBC and other distributors. Licensed to San Juan, Puerto Rico, the station is currently owned by the University of Puerto Rico. WRTU's programming can also be heard in Mayagüez on WRUO 88.3 FM. See also * Radio Colegial: University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez * WPUC-FM WPUC-FM (88.9 FM), branded on-air as Católica Radio, is a non-commercial educational radio station broadcasting an Adult Contemporary format. Licensed to Ponce, Puerto Rico, the station serves the entirety of the island with the aid of a booste ...: Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico External links WRTU 89.7 Radio Universidad de Puerto RicoWRTU Webcast* * * * * * RTU Radio stations established in 1980 University of Puerto Rico NPR member stations 1980 establishments in Puerto Rico Public broadcasting i ...
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Radio Colegial
Radio Colegial is a student run radio station of the University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez campus. On it, participants have to create radio programs every semester which can be educational, informative or just to entertain the radio listeners. By creating these programs, students have the opportunity to develop creativity, social and communication skills which will help them in the future. History In 2007 a group of students from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Recinto Universitario de Mayaguez (RUM) Chapter, took on the task to take a project from their organization that consisted of only one radio program and transformed it into a project that not only was for their benefit, but to whole student community. It was so how Radio Colegial was born, the official Radio Station of students from RUM, created and managed by students. Overview This radio station broadcast its programming through the portal 'www.radiocolegial.com'' or 'uprm.edu/radiocolegia ...
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Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States. The FCC maintains jurisdiction over the areas of broadband access, fair competition, radio frequency use, media responsibility, public safety, and homeland security. The FCC was formed by the Communications Act of 1934 to replace the radio regulation functions of the Federal Radio Commission. The FCC took over wire communication regulation from the Interstate Commerce Commission. The FCC's mandated jurisdiction covers the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the territories of the United States. The FCC also provides varied degrees of cooperation, oversight, and leadership for similar communications bodies in other countries of North America. The FCC is funded entirely by regulatory fees. It has an estimated fiscal-2022 budget of US $388 million. It has 1,482 ...
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1958 Establishments In Puerto Rico
Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third overland journey to the South Pole, the first to use powered vehicles. ** Sputnik 1 (launched on October 4, 1957) falls to Earth from its orbit, and burns up. * January 13 – Battle of Edchera: The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol. * January 27 – A Soviet-American executive agreement on cultural, educational and scientific exchanges, also known as the "Lacy-Zarubin Agreement, Lacy–Zarubin Agreement", is signed in Washington, D.C. * January 31 – The first successful American satellite, Explorer 1, is launched into orbit. February * February 1 – Egypt and Syria unite, to form the United Arab Republic. * February 6 – Seven Manchester United F.C., Manchester United footballers are among the 21 people killed i ...
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