WMIA (1070
AM) is a
radio station
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licensed
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to serve
Arecibo, Puerto Rico
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. The station is owned by Wifredo G. Blanco Pi and it is part of the
Borinquen Radio News Network.
It airs a
news/
talk
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Communication
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* Conversation, interactive communication between two or more people
* Lecture, an oral presentation intended to inform or instruct
...
format and features programming from
CNN Radio
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.
The station is shared with translator station W227DY 93.3 FM also in Arecibo.
The station was assigned the WMIA call letters by the
Federal Communications Commission
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.
Ownership
In 1957, WMIA begins operations on 1070 kHz, WMIA was owned and operated by Abacoa Radio Corporation until April 2017.
On March 2, 2017, Wifredo G. Blanco Pi reached an agreement to purchase WMIA from Abacoa Radio Corp. The sale was completed on April 12, 2017.
This becomes the fifth station of the WAPA Radio News Network.
The Borinquen Radio Network now consists of seven AM and seven FM radio stations across the island,
WBQN 680 / W237FF 95.3 in
San Juan San Juan, Spanish for Saint John, may refer to:
Places Argentina
* San Juan Province, Argentina
* San Juan, Argentina, the capital of that province
* San Juan, Salta, a village in Iruya, Salta Province
* San Juan (Buenos Aires Underground), ...
, WMIA 1070 / W227DY 93.3 in Arecibo,
WISO 1260 / W268DJ 101.5 in
Ponce,
WTIL 1300 / W265EC 100.9 in
Mayaguez,
WXRF 1590 / W280FS 103.9 in
Guayama
Guayama (, ), officially the Autonomous Municipality of Guayama ( es, Municipio Autónomo de Guayama) is a city and municipality on the Caribbean coast of Puerto Rico. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 36,614. It is the ...
,
WVOZ 1580 / W286DL 105.1 in
Aguadilla
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and
WAPA 1160 / W287DR 105.3 in
Barceloneta-
Manati.
Translator stations
References
External links
FCC History Cards for WMIA
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News and talk radio stations in Puerto Rico
Radio stations established in 1957
1957 establishments in Puerto Rico
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