WLEY (AM)

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WLEY
Broadcast areaPuerto Rico
Frequency 1080 kHz
BrandingRadio Ley 1080
Programming
Format News Talk Information
Affiliations CNN Radio
Ownership
Owner
  • Media Power Group
  • (Media Power Group, Inc.)
WSKN, WDEP, WKFE
History
First air date
September 8, 1964 (1964-09-08)
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 52945
Class B
Power 250 watts unlimited
Transmitter coordinates
18°6′55.00″N66°8′28.00″W / 18.1152778°N 66.1411111°W / 18.1152778; -66.1411111
Repeater(s) WSKN
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website www.radioisla.tv

WLEY (1080 AM, "Radio Ley") is a radio station licensed to serve Cayey, Puerto Rico. The station was founded on September 8, 1964 and it is owned by Media Power Group, Inc. WLEY is part of the Radio Isla Network. [1] It airs a Spanish language News Talk Information format. [2]

Contents

The station was assigned the WLEY 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. (Janero 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 WLEY, from Uno Radio Group. (Jesus M. Soto, owner) for a reported $6.8 million. [5]

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References

  1. 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   978-0-8230-5997-3.
  2. "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Archived from the original on 2010-03-01.
  3. "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  4. "Changing Hands". Broadcasting & Cable. 1999-07-01.[ dead link ]
  5. "Changing Hands". Broadcasting & Cable. 2003-06-09.