City of license | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
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Broadcast area | Puerto Rico |
Slogan | Boricua 740 |
Frequency | 740 kHz |
Format | News Talk Information |
Power | 10,000 watts unlimited |
Class | B |
Facility ID | 4935 |
Owner | Bestov Broadcasting, Inc. |
Website | boricua740.com |
WIAC (740 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to San Juan, Puerto Rico (a possession of the United States), it serves the Puerto Rico area. The station is currently owned by Bestov Broadcasting, Inc..
Puerto Rico's first advertising agency, the West Indies Advertising Company (WIAC), was founded in San Juan in 1933, by the Abarca family, which also owned a successful structural steel company. By 1942 the advertisement agency's management founded WIAC-AM, with Félix Muñiz, the brother of Tomás Muñiz (and uncle of Tommy Muñiz, as its administrator. Due to the untimely death of Félix, Tomás became the station's administrator soon after.