WKFE
City | Yauco, Puerto Rico |
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Branding | Radio Cafe 1550 |
Slogan |
Contigo todo el Dia Orgullo de Yauco |
Frequency | 1550 kHz |
First air date | November 8, 1961 |
Format | Spanish |
Power | 250 watts (unlimited) |
Class | B |
Facility ID | 52942 |
Transmitter coordinates | 18°01′24″N 66°52′02″W / 18.02333°N 66.86722°W |
Callsign meaning | "Cafe" |
Owner | Media Power Group, Inc. |
Sister stations | WSKN, WDEP, WLEY |
Website | www.radioisla.tv |
WKFE (1550 AM, "Radio Cafe 1550") is a radio station licensed to serve Yauco, Puerto Rico. The station is owned by Media Power Group, Inc.[1] It airs a Spanish language format.[2]
The station was assigned the WKFE call letters by the Federal Communications Commission.[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. (Jenaro 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 WKFE, from Uno Radio Group. (Jesus M. Soto, owner) for a reported $6.8 million.[5]
References
- ↑ Jacobs, George (2007). National Radio: Puerto Rico (US Associated). World Radio TV Handbook 2007: The Directory of Global Broadcasting. Billboard Books. pp. 305–306. ISBN 0-8230-5997-9.
- ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
- ↑ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
- ↑ "Changing Hands". Broadcasting & Cable. 1999-07-01.
- ↑ "Changing Hands". Broadcasting & Cable. 2003-06-09.
External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WKFE
- Radio-Locator Information on WKFE
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WKFE