WDEP

WDEP

City	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″N 66°36′51″W / 17.98111°N 66.61417°W / 17.98111; -66.61417
Former callsigns	WZBS (1957-1997) WLEO (1997-2002) WZUR (2002-2003)
Affiliations	CNN Radio
Owner	Media Power Group, Inc.
Sister stations	WSKN, WLEY, WKFE
Website	www.radioisla.tv

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 programming from CNN Radio.^[1]

WDEP has been granted an FCC construction permit to move to a new transmitter site, increase day power to 5,800 watts and increase night power to 1,100 watts.^[2]

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.^[3]

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, Luis F. Sala, Catalina Scarano and Sala Business Corp., shareholders) for a reported sale price of $10.75 million.^[4]

In June 2003, Media Power Group Inc. (Eduardo Rivero Albino, chairman, Gilberto Rivera Gutierrez, Jose E. Fernandez and Joe Pagan, shareholders) 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.^[5]

References

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

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WDEP

Radio-Locator Information on WDEP

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WDEP

Radio broadcasting in the Puerto Rico market

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Digital Radio	940 88.3-1 89.7-1 91.3-1 91.3-2 91.3-3 95.7-1 97.7-1 97.7-2 97.7-3 98.1-1 98.1-2 99.1-1 100.3-1 100.7-1 100.7-2 101.1-1 101.9-1 101.5-1 101.5-2 103.3-1 103.7-1 103.7-2 105.5-1

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.4 162.45 162.55

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Defunct	WEMB (860 AM) WPBP (1400 AM) WECW (1490 AM) WCHQ (1360 AM) W291AC (106.1 FM) W293CE (106.3 FM) ¹ = Station is silent.

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