City San Juan, Puerto Rico Branding Cadena WAPA Radio Frequency 680 kHz | Broadcast area Puerto Rico Slogan La Poderosa First air date January 15, 1947 | |
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.
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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. Wilfredo G. Blanco-Pi, owner & his son Eng. Jorge Blanco, news director).
Programming
The station has a famous show which is regularly broadcast at 8:30 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.
WAPA Radio over the years
In 1996, NotiRadio Broadcasting acquires radio station WISO 1260 in Ponce from South Puerto Rico Broadcasting Corporation, this would become the second radio station of the WAPA Radio News Network. Un 2014, After 66 years of local operation, WXRF 1590 AM in Guayama, Puerto Rico finnally acquires from International Broadcasting Corporation to NotiRadio Broadcasting for $100,000, this become the third radio station of WAPA Radio. Then on March 24, the station changed its call letters to WGYA. On March 14, 2017, After a year off the air due to transmitter problems, NotiRadio Broadcasting resumes operations WVOZ 1580 AM in Morovis-Manatí, rejoining the WAPA Radio News Network, since its establishment, 35 years ago in 1981. That station acquires from International Broadcasting Corporation for $150,000, this levaes WVOZ became silent fue to technical maitenance and financial reasons. in April 2016. The Network consists of 7 radio stations all across Puerto Rico. Starting on May 7, 2017, WAPA will cease operations on synchronized stations in WA2XPA Arecibo, WI2XSO Mayaguez and WI3XSO Aguadilla. On March 2, 2017, WAPA Radio is acquiring WMIA 1070 AM in Arecibo for over $250,000 and will become the new WAPA Radio News Network station. Also, WVOZ will changed its city of license from Morovis to Aguadilla, currently occupied by WI3XSO, which its license is cancelled by May 7. Now, WAPA Radio will provide a network of five radio stations across the island.
Affiliiates
WAPA's programming is also heard on WISO 1260 kHz Ponce, WVOZ 1580 kHz Morovis-Vega Baja-Manati and WGYA 1590 kHz Guayama.