WSUA

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WSUA (AM)
City of license	Miami, Florida
Broadcast area	Miami
Branding	Caracol 1260 AM
Frequency	1260 kHz
Format	Spanish News/Talk
Former callsigns	WAME (1950?-1969) WWOK (1969-1978) WQBA (1978-?)
Affiliations	Caracol Radio W-Radio
Owner	Grupo Latino de Radio
Sister stations	XETRA
Website	caracol1260.com

WSUA is a Spanish News/Talk radio station in Miami, Florida. It is branded as Caracol 1260 AM. It is currently owned by Grupo Latino de Radio, a subsidiary of the Spanish media conglomerate PRISA. The station is styled from two big Latin American Radio stations, Caracol Radio from Colombia (which this station got its name), and W-Radio from Mexico (which most of its programs are based on, for example: Hoy X Hoy). According to Grupo Latino de Radio, this station is the #1 Spanish language talk station in Miami. Caracol 1260 WSUA has a sister station in Los Angeles which goes by the callsign XETRA, but it is known as W-Radio 690 LA.

[edit] History

In the 1950s and 1960's the station at 1260 MHz AM had the call letters WAME, and its R&B format was known as The Whammy in Miami.

In 1969, it traded call letters with then WWOK in Charlotte, North Carolina and adopted a Country Music 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 1978, the station was sold again, took on a Hispanic format with the call letters WQBA (Cuba).