WEGA (AM)

WEGA
City Vega Baja, Puerto Rico
Broadcast area Puerto Rico area
Branding Cadena WAPA Radio
Slogan La Poderosa
Frequency 1350 kHz
Format Spanish News/Talk
Power 2,500 watts
Class B
Facility ID 69853
Transmitter coordinates 18°28′38.00″N 66°23′43.00″W / 18.4772222°N 66.3952778°W / 18.4772222; -66.3952778
Callsign meaning Radio
Las
Vegas
Affiliations CNN Radio
Owner Ricardo Alfonso Angulo
(sale to NotiRadio Broadcasting pending)
(A Radio Company, Inc.)
Sister stations WAPA
WISO
WGYA
Website www.waparadiopr.com

WEGA (1350 AM) is a radio station licensed to Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, USA, the station serves the Puerto Rico area. The station broadcasts Spanish News/talk programming, and it is part of the WAPA Radio News Network. WEGA is on the air since the 1970s.[1] WEGA is owned by Ricardo Alfonso Angulo; who is the son of the late owner of The San Juan Star, Gerry Angulo, through licensee A Radio Company, Inc.[2]

On November 10, 2014, WEGA is off the air. Starting October 7, 2015, Rev. Hector Delgado relaunched WRRE 1460 AM in Juncos, Puerto Rico & WEGA, with a Religious Ministry format, and with this new format WRRE & WEGA will begin its new branding, known as Maranatha Radio Ministries. WRRE & WEGA are now broadcasts under the management of Rev. Hector Delgado (station vice president), Pablo Reyes (general manager) & Ricardo Alfonso Angulo (station administrator).

On November 1, 2015, WEGA will sell $50,000 to NotiRadio Broadcasting (Eng. Wifredo G. Blanco-Pi, owner & his son Eng. Jorge Blanco, news director). On November 2, WEGA is simulcasting with WAPA 680 AM, and broadcasts news/talk programming, until it's sold to NotiRadio.

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