WPAB

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WPAB

City	Ponce, Puerto Rico
Broadcast area	Puerto Rico
Branding	PAB 550 Ponce^[1]
Slogan	La Radio del Sur de Puerto Rico
Frequency	550 kHz
First air date	1940
Format	Spanish News/Talk
Power	5,000 watts (unlimited)
Class	B
Facility ID	53077
Transmitter coordinates	17°59′27″N 66°37′46″W / 17.99083°N 66.62944°W / 17.99083; -66.62944Coordinates: 17°59′27″N 66°37′46″W / 17.99083°N 66.62944°W / 17.99083; -66.62944
Callsign meaning	Puerto Rico American Broadcasting
Affiliations	CNN Radio
Owner	WPAB, Inc. (Alfonso Gimenez Porrata^[2])
Website	pab550.com

WPAB (550 AM, "550 Ponce"^[3]) is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish News/Talk format. Licensed to Ponce, Puerto Rico, it serves the greater Puerto Rico area. The station is currently owned by WPAB, Inc. Its call letters, PAB, stand for "Puertorican American Broadcasting" corporation.^[4]

Significance

The radio station is "one of the most important radio stations in Puerto Rico", and the one that introduced Puerto Rico to the news and interviews format.^[5]

History

The station was founded in the 1940s by Miguel Soltero Palermo and Alfonso Giménez Aguayo. It had its first studios on Calle Leon in the Ponce Historic Zone, then moved to more spacious quarters on Calle Villa in the 1950s.^[6] It is located at 1831 Ave. Eduardo Ruberté, in Barrio Playa, Ponce, Puerto Rico.^[7]

References

↑ Debuta en la radio Noticias de Ponce. Sandra Torres Guzmán. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 6 November 2013. Year 31. (Actual printed version mistakingly states "Año 32/Year 32") Issue 1562. Page 26. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
↑ Reconocen Trayectoria periodistica de Luis Valera: La Junta de Sindicos del a PUCPR lo reconocio al bautizar con su nombre el estudio principal de la prestigiosa emisora radial. Junior Lugo. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Year 32. Issue 1577. Page 54. 19 February 2014.
↑ Debuta en la radio Noticias de Ponce. Sandra Torres Guzmán. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 6 November 2013. Year 31. (Actual printed version mistakingly states "Año 32/Year 32") Issue 1562. Page 26. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
↑ Rompen la Barrera del Tiempo. Sandra Torres Guzmán. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Year 33. Issue 1653. Page 16. 11 August 2015. Accessed 20 April 2016.
↑ Tuto Giménez: del silencio a la verdad. Reinaldo Millán. 31 August 2011. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
↑ Historia de WPAB. WPAB Radio 550. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
↑ WPAB - 550 AM Ponce, PR - de radio de información. Retrieved 6 November 2013.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WPAB

Radio-Locator Information on WPAB

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WPAB

Radio broadcasting in the Puerto Rico market

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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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