WMIA (1070
AM) is a
radio station
Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radio ...
licensed
A license (or licence) is an official permission or permit to do, use, or own something (as well as the document of that permission or permit).
A license is granted by a party (licensor) to another party (licensee) as an element of an agreeme ...
to serve
Arecibo, Puerto Rico
Arecibo (; ) is a city and municipality on the northern coast of Puerto Rico, on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, located north of Utuado and Ciales; east of Hatillo; and west of Barceloneta and Florida. It is about west of San Juan, the ...
. The station is owned by Wifredo G. Blanco Pi and it is part of the
Borinquen Radio News Network.
It airs a
news
News is information about current events. This may be provided through many different Media (communication), media: word of mouth, printing, Mail, postal systems, broadcasting, Telecommunications, electronic communication, or through the tes ...
/
talk
Talk may refer to:
Communication
* Communication, the encoding and decoding of exchanged messages between people
* Conversation, interactive communication between two or more people
* Lecture, an oral presentation intended to inform or instruct
...
format and features programming from
CNN Radio
CNN (Cable News Network) is a multinational cable news channel headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by the M ...
.
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
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 ...
.
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
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 ...
680 / W237FF 95.3 in
San Juan, WMIA 1070 / W227DY 93.3 in Arecibo,
WISO 1260 / W268DJ 101.5 in
Ponce,
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 Rad ...
1300 / W265EC 100.9 in
Mayaguez,
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 Spanis ...
1590 / W280FS 103.9 in
Guayama
Guayama (, ), officially the Autonomous Municipality of Guayama ( es, Municipio Autónomo de Guayama) is a city and municipality on the Caribbean coast of Puerto Rico. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 36,614. It is the c ...
,
WVOZ 1580 / W286DL 105.1 in
Aguadilla
Aguadilla (, ), founded in 1775 by Luis de Córdova, is a city and municipality located in the northwestern tip of Puerto Rico, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, north of Aguada, and Moca and west of Isabela. Aguadilla is s ...
and
WAPA WAPA may refer to:
* WAPA (AM), a radio station (1160 AM) licensed to Ponce, Puerto Rico
** WBQN, a radio station (680 AM) licensed to San Juan, Puerto Rico, which held the WAPA call sign from 1947 to 2022
** WMTI (AM), a radio station (1160 AM) li ...
1160 / W287DR 105.3 in
Barceloneta-
Manati.
Translator stations
References
External links
FCC History Cards for WMIA
*
*
News and talk radio stations in Puerto Rico
Radio stations established in 1957
1957 establishments in Puerto Rico
{{PuertoRico-radio-station-stub