WIPR (940

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), branded on-air as “Deportes 940 AM”, is a

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radio station Radio broadcasting is the broadcasting of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based rad ...

broadcasting a

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format. Licensed to

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, the station is owned by the

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. WIPR is the flagship station of the Camarero Radio Network, dedicated to horse racing. WIPR's audio signal had been simulcast on

WIPR-TV WIPR-TV (channel 6) is a non-commercial educational public television station in San Juan, Puerto Rico, owned by the '' Corporación de Puerto Rico para la Difusión Pública'' (English: Puerto Rico Public Broadcasting Corporation). Most of t ...

channel 6.6 in San Juan & WIPM-TV channel 3.6 in Mayaguez, but was removed on March 20, 2017. On November 18, 2020, WIPR was granted a

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from the

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(FCC) to move to a new

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site and to decrease power to 3,000 watts day and 1,900 watts night but is still broadcasting at 10,000 watts fulltime.

External links

FCC History Cards for WIPR
IPR Radio stations established in 1949 1949 establishments in Puerto Rico IPR (AM) Public radio Public broadcasting in Puerto Rico {{PuertoRico-radio-station-stub

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