WDEP (1490 AM) is a

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broadcasting a

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format. Licensed to

Ponce, Puerto Rico Ponce (, , , ) is both a city and a municipality on the southern coast of Puerto Rico. The city is the seat of the municipal government. Ponce, Puerto Rico's most populated city outside the San Juan metropolitan area, was founded on 12 August 1 ...

, the station serves the Puerto Rico area. The station is currently owned by Media Power Group, Inc. and features programming from the Radio Isla Network. WDEP has been granted an

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to move to a new transmitter site, increase day power to 5,800 watts and increase night power to 1,000 watts.

History

The station was assigned the callsign WZBS on 9 March 1973. On 23 June 1997, the station changed its

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WLEO WLEO (1170 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish Oldies format. Licensed to Ponce, Puerto Rico, it serves the Puerto Rico area. The station is currently owned by the Episcopal Diocese of Puerto Rico. Ownership In July 1999, Uno Radio ...

, On 18 December 2002, to WZUR, and on 7 January 2003 to the current WDEP.

Ownership

In July 1999, Uno Radio of Ponce Inc., Caguas, P.R. (Jesus M. Soto, chairman), reached an agreement to purchase five radio stations in Puerto Rico from Ponce Broadcasting Corp. (Janero G. Scarano Sr., Julio C. Braum, Luis F. Sala, Catalina Scarano and Sala Business Corp., shareholders) for a reported sale price of $10.75 million. In June 2003, Media Power Group Inc. (Eduardo Rivero Albino, chairman, Gilberto Rivera Gutierrez, Jose E. Fernandez and Joe Pagan, shareholders) reached an agreement to purchase four AM radio stations in Puerto Rico, including WDEP, from Arso Radio Corp. (Jesus M. Soto, owner) for a reported $6.8 million.

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