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WSUA (1260 AM, "America Radio Miami 1260 AM") is a
As of April 2021, the station was being sold to America CV, but it was dismissed on April 12, 2022.
America Radio Miami 1260 AM FacebookOfficial Website (in Spanish)Grupo Latino de Radio Official Website
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FCC History Cards for WSUA
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Spanish
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news
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-talk
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radio station
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in Miami, Florida
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. It is currently owned by Grupo Latino de Radio, a subsidiary of the Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Can ...
media conglomerate PRISA. The station is styled along the lines of two big Latin America
Latin America or
* french: Amérique Latine, link=no
* ht, Amerik Latin, link=no
* pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived f ...
n radio stations, Caracol Radio from Colombia (from which this station got its name) and W Radio from Mexico
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(which most of its programs are based on, like ''Hoy por hoy'').
History
From 1958 to 1969 the station at 1260 AM had the call letters WAME. Known as "Whammy in Miami", the station had a top 40 format (prior to the startup of WFUN), and was initially a daytimer. The station was popular with teenagers and young adults in the city in the early days of the Rock 'n Roll era, but faded in popularity once WFUN went on the air. The station changed formats, first to "Good Music" (Easy Listening), then to R&B, with noted Miami disc jockey Nickie "Nick With a Positive Kick" Lee. WAME was later sold toMission Broadcasting
Mission Broadcasting, Inc. is a television station group that owns 20 television stations in 17 markets in the United States. The group's Chair is Nancie Smith, the widow of David S. Smith, who founded the company in 1996 and died in 2011. All but ...
after that company divested itself of WRIZ (1550 kHz) in Coral Gables (now WRHC).
In 1969, it traded call letters
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with then WWOK in Charlotte, North Carolina
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and adopted a country music
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format. Mission Broadcasting, the station's owners, added an FM signal, WJOK, which was partially simulcast for a time, and later became WIGL with a totally separate format.
In the early 1980s, the station was sold from Mission Broadcasting to Metroplex, owners of top 40 Y-100. Call letters were changed to WHTT and the station broadcast a black oldies format, with emphasis on Motown and soul, and simulcasted Y-100 overnights. The station shortly thereafter took on a Hispanic format with the call letters WHTT (Radio Hit). After the station was sold again, the call letters became WSUA, Radio Suave, and took on a ballad-oriented format, similar to that of the current Romantica on FM. WSUA has discontinued broadcasting in HD Radio.
As of April 2021, the station was being sold to America CV, but it was dismissed on April 12, 2022.
References
External links
America Radio Miami 1260 AM Facebook
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FCC History Cards for WSUA
{{Coord, 25, 46, 22, N, 80, 25, 16, W, display=title Cuban-American culture in Miami Hispanic and Latino American culture in Miami SUA News and talk radio stations in the United States SUA Radio stations established in 1958 1958 establishments in Florida