WDEP

WDEP
City of license Ponce, Puerto Rico
Broadcast area Puerto Rico
Branding Radio Isla (WDEP) 1490
Frequency 1490 kHz
First air date 1957
Format News Talk Information
Power 5,000 watts day
1,000 watts night
Class B
Facility ID 74456
Transmitter coordinates 17°58′52.00″N 66°36′51.00″W / 17.9811111°N 66.6141667°W
Former callsigns WZBS (1957-1997)
WLEO (1997-2002)
WZUR (2002-2003)
Affiliations CNN Radio
Owner Media Power Group, Inc.
Sister stations WSKN, WLEY (AM), WKFE
Website radioisla1320.com

WDEP (1490 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Ponce, Puerto Rico, the station serves the Puerto Rico area. The station is currently owned by Media Power Group, Inc. and features programing from CNN Radio.[1]

History

The station was assigned the call letters WLEO on 1997-06-23. On 2002-12-18, the station changed its call sign to WZUR and on 2003-01-07 to the current WDEP.[2]

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, Jonathan Lebron, Angel Rodriguez, Fransisco J. Soler, Luis F. Sala, Catalina Scarano and Sala Business Corp., shareholders) for a reported sale price of $10.75 million.[3]

In June 2003, Media Power Group Inc. (Eduardo Rivero Albino, chairman) reached an agreement to purchase four AM radio stations in Puerto Rico, including WLEY, from Arso Radio Corp. (Jesus M. Soto, owner) for a reported $6.8 million.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "WDEP Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ↑ "WDEP Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ "Changing Hands". Broadcasting & Cable. 1999-07-01.
  4. ↑ "Changing Hands". Broadcasting & Cable. 2003-06-09.

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