WQML (FM)

Last updated
WQML
Frequency 101.5 MHz
BrandingPura Palabra Radio
Programming
Format Contemporary Christian
Ownership
Owner
  • Pura Palabra Media Group
  • (Caguas Educational TV)
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History
First air date
June 23, 1995
Former call signs
WXZX (1995-2007)
WJZG (2007-2009)
WNVE (2009-2013)
WQML (2013-2014)
WNVE (2014-2018)
Former frequencies
106.5 MHz (1995-2007)
102.1 MHz (2007-2014)
101.7 MHz (2014-2017)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 3250
Class A
ERP 56,000 watts
HAAT 560.0 meters (1,837.3 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
18°17′37.3″N65°38′40.3″W / 18.293694°N 65.644528°W / 18.293694; -65.644528
Links
Public license information
Website www.purapalabra.com

WQML (101.5 FM), branded on-air as Pura Palabra Radio, is a radio station broadcasting a Contemporary Christian format. Licensed to Ceiba, Puerto Rico, the station serves the eastern Puerto Rico area. The station is currently owned by Pura Palabra Media Group through its licensee, Caguas Educational TV. [2]

On November 9, 2017, Pura Palabra Media Group (Otoniel Font, president) files to swap WQML/98.7 in Culebra and a $1.2 million cash payment to New Life Broadcasting (Juan Carlos Matos Barreto, president) in exchange for the then-WNVE. Once the swap closes, the station will switch to Pura Palabra Radio and the call letters will changed to WQML. According to the terms of the contract, New Life will allow Pura Palabra Media to program the HD3 channel of WNVM as part of the deal in order to feed its San Juan-licensed translator W268BK at 101.5 FM which carries its Pura Palabra Radio programming. The sale was completed on May 10, 2018. [3]

The station changed its call sign to WQML on March 30, 2018.

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References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for WQML". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. "WQML Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License - Federal Communications Commission