Wtil
WTIL (1300 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, it serves the Puerto Rico area. The station is currently owned by Grupo AM Puerto Rico. The station is part of the Borinquen Radio News Network and features programming from CNN en Español. The station is shared with translator station W265EC 100.9 FM, also in Mayaguez. WTIL was founded in 1950 by Gilbert Mamery, and changed owners over the years. WTIL is the second oldest radio station in the western region. Sale to NotiRadio Broadcasting On June 21, 2017, WTIL bought from La Mas Z Radio, Inc. to Wifredo G. Blanco Pi, swapping WBYM 1560 AM in Bayamon to La Mas Z from WTIL, in a three-way swap. The deal also involved International Broadcasting Corporation receiving land and equipment at the site of WAPA 680 AM in Carolina, PR from Blanco Pi and permission to relocate WGIT 1660 AM in Canovanas to that site and build a transmitter building, and IBC may sell or rent ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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WBQN
WBQN (680 AM) is a radio station licensed to San Juan, Puerto Rico, broadcasting a news-talk format. The station serves as the flagship station of the Borinquen Radio News Network and is owned by Wifredo G. Blanco-Pi (d/b/a Grupo AM Puerto Rico). It is an affiliate of CNN en Español radio news network. The station is rebroadcast by translator station W237FF 95.3 FM also located in San Juan. The station was relayed through an experimental synchronous station, WA2XPA Arecibo, which also broadcasts on 680 kHz. On April 19, 2017 the Federal Communications Commission ruled that WA2XPA's license will not be renewed. The ruling stated that it must discontinue operation on May 7, 2017 and the license would be cancelled on May 8, 2017. A petition for review of the order to cancel WA2XPA's license was submitted on April 24, 2017. The petition was withdrawn on September 5, 2017, and the license was cancelled on April 24, 2018. History The station's original call sign, WAPA, are a p ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gilbert Mamery
Gilbert Mamery Riera (March 15, 1927 – March 30, 2003) was a Puerto Rican disc-jockey, musicologist, radio station owner, radio and television personality, marketing impresario and composer born in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. He is the father of the late Puerto Rican talent manager and radio entrepreneur Topy Mamery, Puerto Rican radio announcer and marketing impresario Eric William Mamery, and media announcer and comedian Gricel Mamery. He was also the son of Lebanese-born textile impresario William Mamary (the family name's spelling was later changed during Gilbert's lifetime). Early years Gilbert Mamery was born to a well-to-do family in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. His father William was a Lebanese immigrant to the United States who, after moving to Philadelphia and serving in World War I decided to join a sizeable group of Maronite Christian Lebanese immigrants who moved from the States to Puerto Rico in the early years of the 20th century. He established a handkerchief and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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WMIA (AM)
WMIA (1070 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Arecibo, Puerto Rico. The station is owned by Wifredo G. Blanco Pi and it is part of the Borinquen Radio News Network. It airs a news/ talk format and features programming from CNN Radio. The station is shared with translator station W227DY 93.3 FM also in Arecibo. The station was assigned the WMIA call letters by the Federal Communications Commission. Ownership In 1957, WMIA begins operations on 1070 kHz, WMIA was owned and operated by Abacoa Radio Corporation until April 2017. On March 2, 2017, Wifredo G. Blanco Pi reached an agreement to purchase WMIA from Abacoa Radio Corp. The sale was completed on April 12, 2017. This becomes the fifth station of the WAPA Radio News Network. The Borinquen Radio Network now consists of seven AM and seven FM radio stations across the island, WBQN 680 / W237FF 95.3 in San Juan, WMIA 1070 / W227DY 93.3 in Arecibo, WISO 1260 / W268DJ 101.5 in Ponce, WTIL 1300 / W265EC 100.9 in Ma ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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WBYM
WBYM (1560 AM, Pura Palabra Radio) is a radio station broadcasting a Contemporary Christian format. licensed to serve Bayamón, Puerto Rico, The station is owned by Pura Palabra Media Group. Now the station has a new, modern and more powerful transmitter to improve the power, the range of the signal and the quality of the sound. The station is shared with translator stations W268BK (101.5 FM) in San Juan and W251DA (98.1 FM) in Vega Baja. The station was assigned the WBYM call letters by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on November 21, 2016. History WBYM began operations on 1560 kHz on March 5, 1948 as WENA, "La Buena", at that time was owned by Bayamón Broadcasting Corporation and broadcasts the news, talk and variety format. in the 1960s, the station changed the callsign of WRSJ under the name, "Radio San Juan", founded by the late Andrés 'Bubo' Gomez, Gustavo Diaz and Ramon Agudo, and was transmitting Beautiful Music. Ownership In December 1994, aviation ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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WXRF
WXRF (1590 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Guayama, Puerto Rico. The station is part of the Borinquen Radio News Network and is owned and operated by Grupo AM Puerto Rico, and features programming from CNN en Español. It airs a Spanish-language News/ Talk format. The station is shared with translator station W280FS 103.9 FM also in Guayama. Call letters The station was assigned the WGYA call letters by the 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 jurisdicti ... (FCC) on March 24, 2014. It changed back to its original WXRF call sign on August 2, 2017. Translator stations References External linksFCC History Cards for WXRF * News and talk radio stations in Puerto Rico Radio stations established in 1948 XRF 1948 establishments in Pu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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WVOZ (AM)
WVOZ (1580 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk format. Licensed to Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, it serves the Western Puerto Rico area. The station is part of the Borinquen Radio News Network and it is currently owned by Grupo AM Puerto Rico, managed by Wifredo G. Blanco-Pi. The station is shared with translator station W286DL 105.1 FM also in Aguadilla. History WVOZ (as WCQC) was founded in 1981 by Cuban station engineer Wifredo G. Blanco-Pi. The station was originally licensed to Morovis, Puerto Rico and It was the first station nationwide to operate an experimental synchronous booster at Manati, P.R. in 1987. Blanco-Pi had to sell the station on 1991 to acquire WAPA 680 AM in order to expand the NotiRadio Network. The experience he acquired with WCQC's experimental synchronous booster made him possible to expand the NotiRadio network using this technology. Sale to International Broadcasting Corporation In 1988, WCQC was sold to International Broadcasting Corporatio ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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WMTI (AM)
WMTI (1160 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. It is licensed to Barceloneta–Manatí, Puerto Rico, and serves the Puerto Rico area. The station is owned by Wilfredo G. Blanco-Pi and is part of the Borinquen Radio News Network. The station is rebroadcast by FM translator W287DR 105.3 FM, also in Barceloneta-Manatí. The station was assigned the WBQN call letters by the 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 jurisdicti ... on January 24, 1974. It began broadcasting in March 1975 and was originally owned by Ángel Rivera. Translator Note References External linksFCC History Cards for WMTI * * MTI Radio stations established in 1975 News and talk radio stations in Puerto Rico 1975 establishments in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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WAPA (AM)
WAPA (1260 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Ponce, Puerto Rico, the station is owned by Grupo AM Puerto Rico, licensed to Wilfredo G. Blanco Pi and is part of the Borinquen Radio News Network. The station is shared with translator station W268DJ 101.5 FM, also in Ponce. The station was relayed through two experimental synchronous stations on 1260 kHz; WI2XSO in Mayaguez and WI3XSO in Aguadilla. On April 19, 2017 the 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 jurisdicti ... ruled that these licenses will not be renewed. It stated that the stations must discontinue operation on May 7, 2017, and the licenses will be cancelled on May 8, 2017. A petition for review of the order to cancel the licenses of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Radio Stations In Puerto Rico
Radio is the technology of signaling and communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 30 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a transmitter connected to an antenna which radiates the waves, and received by another antenna connected to a radio receiver. Radio is very widely used in modern technology, in radio communication, radar, radio navigation, remote control, remote sensing, and other applications. In radio communication, used in radio and television broadcasting, cell phones, two-way radios, wireless networking, and satellite communication, among numerous other uses, radio waves are used to carry information across space from a transmitter to a receiver, by modulating the radio signal (impressing an information signal on the radio wave by varying some aspect of the wave) in the transmitter. In radar, used to locate and track objects like aircraft, ships, spacecraft and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Barceloneta, Puerto Rico
Barceloneta (, ) is a town and municipality in Puerto Rico located in the north region, bordering the Atlantic Ocean, north of Florida (city and municipality in Puerto Rico), east of Arecibo, and west of Manatí. Barceloneta is spread over 3 barrios and Barceloneta Pueblo (the downtown area and the administrative center of the city). It is part of the San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo Metropolitan Statistical Area. Etymology and nicknames The name of ''Barceloneta'' ("Little Barcelona") is derived from the Spanish city, from where the town's founder originated. '' Barceloneta'' is also the name of a beach and neighborhood of Barcelona. History Barceloneta was founded on July 1, 1881 by Bonocio Llenza Feliú, an immigrant from Barcelona, Spain. Barceloneta was one of the last municipalities created by the Spanish Government in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became a territ ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |