WQBA (1140 AM) is a

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broadcasting a

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talk/

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format. Licensed to

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, United States, the station is owned by Latino Media Network; under a local marketing agreement, it was operated by former owner

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until 2024. It features programming from

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. Previous call letters were WMIE, owned by Susquehanna Broadcasting.

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is a United States and Mexican

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frequency on which XEMR-AM in Apodaca, Nuevo León and WRVA in

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are the Class A stations. WQBA must reduce power and use a highly directional

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during nighttime hours in order to prevent interference to the

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signals of the Class A stations.

History

In 1976, ''

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'' stated that the station, which ran a news program presented by Emilio Milián, had the largest audience of any in the Miami metropolitan area. On December 20, 2016, Univision announced that WQBA would be one of the charter affiliates of Univision Deportes Radio, their new Spanish-language sports network launched in April 2017.Univision To Launch "Univision Deportes Radio"
/ref> WQBA was one of eighteen radio stations that

sold to Latino Media Network in a $60 million deal announced in June 2022, approved by the

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(FCC) that November, and completed on December 30, 2022. Under the terms of the deal, Univision agreed to continue programming the station for up to one year under a

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References

External links

FCC History Cards for WQBA
Cuban-American culture in Miami Hispanic and Latino American culture in Miami QBA Talk radio stations in the United States Sports radio stations in the United States QBA 1952 establishments in Florida Radio stations established in 1952 {{Florida-radio-station-stub