WPRP

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WPRP
Broadcast area Puerto Rico area
Frequency 910 kHz
BrandingNoti Uno Sur
Programming
Format News
Affiliations iHeartMedia
Ownership
Owner
  • Uno Radio Group
  • (Arso Radio Corporation)
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History
First air date
May 30, 1936;88 years ago (1936-05-30)
Call sign meaning
Primera
Radioemisora
Ponceña
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 54475
Class B
Power 4,250 watts
Transmitter coordinates
 17°59′27.00″N66°37′48.00″W / 17.9908333°N 66.6300000°W / 17.9908333; -66.6300000
Translator(s) 95.5 W238DH (Ponce)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live (via iHeartRadio)
Website notiuno.com

WPRP (910 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News radio format. Licensed to Ponce, Puerto Rico, the station serves the Puerto Rico area. The station is currently owned by Arso Radio Corporation. [2] The station is shared with translator station W238DH 95.5 FM also located in Ponce.

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History

The station was the first one to operate in southern Puerto Rico. [3] It was owned and operated by Julio M. Conesa, an electrical engineer who designed and built the radio station's equipment himself. Its building, still standing on PR-2, was the first radio station building in Puerto Rico to be built specifically for that purpose. [4] Julius H. Conesa Braun, son of Julio Mariano Conesa Renovales in 1955 organized Ponce Broadcasting Corporation with friend Charlie Cordero and built four radio stations WLEO, Ponce; WKFE, Yauco; WLEY, Cayey and WLEO-FM later named WZAR. In 1969, Julio H. Conesa Garcia started working with PBC in marketing and management. Also, Carlos M. Conesa Garcia, his brother and eventually Julio's daughter Teresita Conesa Risco. Julio H. Conesa Garcia along with Ricardo Hermida, David Ortiz Cintron and Byron Mitchell organized the largest Radio News Network in Puerto Rico, known as Radio Cadena Noticiosa, later Cadena Ultima Hora and finally as NOTI-UNO. Julio H. Conesa acquired for PBC, WZBS-AM in Ponce changing the call letters to WZUR. When Julius H. Conesa Braun died, Julio H. Conesa Garcia remained managing PBC until 1998. A series of disagreements and acts of treason from within[ citation needed ] marked the eventual sale of Ponce Broadcasting to Arso Radio Corp. months later.

Translator stations

Broadcast translator for WPRP
Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W)FCC info
W238DH95.5 FM Ponce, Puerto Rico 203175250 LMS

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WPRP". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "WPRP Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ 1937 WPRP Post Card. Archivo Historico y Fotografico de Puerto Rico. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  4. ↑ 1937 WPRP Post Card. Archivo Historico y Fotografico de Puerto Rico. Retrieved 1 July 2011.


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