WMDD

Last updated
WMDD
Frequency 1480 kHz
BrandingEl 1480
Programming
Format Spanish Tropical / News Talk
AffiliationsRed Informativa de PR
Ownership
Owner
  • Pan Caribbean Broadcasting de P.R., Inc.
  • (Friedman Family)
History
First air date
November 26, 1947
Call sign meaning
Madrazo
Diaz
Diaz
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 51427
Class B
Power 5,000 watts (unlimited)
Transmitter coordinates
18°21′46″N65°38′24″W / 18.36278°N 65.64000°W / 18.36278; -65.64000
Translator(s) 106.5 W293DU (Fajardo)
Links
Public license information
Website el1480.net

WMDD (1480 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Fajardo, Puerto Rico. The station is owned by Pan Caribbean Broadcasting de P.R., Inc. [2] It airs a Spanish Tropical & news-talk format. [3]

Contents

The station was assigned the WMDD call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on November 26, 1947. [4]

Translator stations

Broadcast translator for WMDD
Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W)FCC info
W293DU106.5 FM Fajardo, Puerto Rico 202123.25 LMS

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References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for WMDD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. Jacobs, George (2007). National Radio: Puerto Rico (US Associated). Billboard Books. pp. 305–306. ISBN   978-0-8230-5997-3.{{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  3. "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Archived from the original on March 1, 2010.
  4. "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.