WAPA (AM)
City | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
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Broadcast area | Puerto Rico |
Branding | Cadena WAPA Radio |
Slogan | La poderosa. |
Frequency | 680 kHz |
First air date | 1945 |
Format | News Talk Information |
Power |
10,000 watts day 10,000 watts night |
Class | B |
Facility ID | 8889 |
Transmitter coordinates |
18°24′16″N 65°56′52″W / 18.40444°N 65.94778°W 18°28′18″N 66°42′35″W / 18.47167°N 66.70972°W (experimental synchronous operation WA2XPA in Arecibo) |
Callsign meaning | Asociación de Productores de Azúcar |
Affiliations | CNN en Español |
Owner |
NotiRadio Broadcasting (Wilfredo Blanco Pi & Jorge Blanco) |
Sister stations |
WISO WGYA WEGA |
Website | waparadiopr.com |
WAPA (680 AM) is a radio station licensed to San Juan, Puerto Rico, broadcasting a News Talk Information format. It is an affiliate of CNN en Español radio news network.
The station is rebroadcast through a synchronous repeater, WA2XPA Arecibo, which also broadcasts at 680 kHz.
History
Its call letters are a partial abbreviation of the station's original owners, the now-defunct Asociación de Productores de Azúcar, or Puerto Rico Sugar Grower's Association. In the late 60's, it was acquired by Hearst Corporation. In 1991 it was acquired by Notiradio Broadcasting (Eng. Wifredo G. Blanco-Pi, owner & his son Eng. Jorge Blanco, news director).
Programming
The station has a famous show which is regularly broadcast at 8:00 am, "Dándole casco al tema" (Thinking through the topic), in which the owners discuss with the listeners political topics. Another popular show is Opine Usted (Express yourself), in this show listeners are given 1 minute and 30 seconds to analyze the situation of the country.
Affiliiates
WAPA's programming is also heard on WISO 1260 kHz Ponce, WGYA 1590 kHz Guayama and WEGA 1350 kHz Vega Baja.
External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WAPA
- Radio-Locator Information on WAPA
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WAPA
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WA2XPA
- Radio-Locator Information on WA2XPA
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WA2XPA