WRAW

WRAW
City Reading, Pennsylvania
Branding Rumba 1340
Frequency 1340 kHz
Translator(s) See § Translators
First air date 1922
Format Spanish CHR
Power 1,000 watts
Class C
Facility ID 69566
Transmitter coordinates 40°19′27.00″N 75°55′10.00″W / 40.3241667°N 75.9194444°W / 40.3241667; -75.9194444 (NAD27)
Former callsigns WRAW (1922-9/19/06)
WKAP (9/19/06-7/05/07)
Owner iHeartMedia, Inc.
(Clear Channel Broadcasting Licenses, Inc.)
Sister stations WRFY-FM
Webcast Listen Live
Website rumba1340.iheart.com

WRAW (1340 AM, "Rumba 1340") is a commercial AM radio station licensed to serve Reading, Pennsylvania. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. and broadcasts a Spanish CHR format. WRAW's service contour covers communities as far away as Ephrata, Pottstown, Kutztown and Hamburg.[1]

History

WRAW changed formats in 2006 to Religious talk and music as Praise Radio 1340 with the call sign WKAP. In 2007 they changed their call sign and format back to WRAW. In 2008, the station derived a portion of its programming from Scott Shannon's The True Oldies Channel from ABC Radio.[2]

On February 27, 2014, WRAW changed their format to Spanish CHR, branded as "Rumba 1340".[3]

Translators

WRAW programming is broadcast on the following translator:

Call sign Frequency
(MHz) 		City of license ERP
W 		Height
m (ft) 		Class FCC info
W222BY 92.3 Laureldale, Pennsylvania 90 242.4 m (795 ft) D FCC

References

  1. ↑ "0.5 mV/m Service Contour for WRAW, 1340 kHz, Reading, PA". bing.com. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  2. ↑ "Radio Stations". Scott Shannon's True Oldies Channel. Archived from the original on July 28, 2008. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  3. ↑ "Rumba Rolls Into Reading". radioinsight.com. Retrieved 2016-05-12.


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