WAPA (AM)

WAPA
City	San Juan, Puerto Rico
Broadcast area	Puerto Rico
Branding	Cadena WAPA Radio
Slogan	La poderosa.
Frequency	680 kHz
First air date	1945
Format	News Talk Information
Power	10,000 watts 400 watts day (experimental synchronous operation) 570 watts night (experimental synchronous operation)
Class	B
Facility ID	8889
Transmitter coordinates	18°24′16″N 65°56′52″W / 18.40444°N 65.94778°W / 18.40444; -65.94778 18°28′18″N 66°42′35″W / 18.47167°N 66.70972°W / 18.47167; -66.70972 (experimental synchronous operation WA2XPA in Arecibo)
Callsign meaning	Asociación de Productores de Azúcar
Affiliations	CNN en Español
Owner	NotiRadio Broadcasting (Wilfredo Blanco Pi & Jorge Blanco)
Sister stations	WISO WGYA
Website	waparadiopr.com

WAPA (680 AM) is a radio station licensed to San Juan, Puerto Rico, broadcasting a News Talk Information format. It is an affiliate of CNN en Español radio news network.

The station is rebroadcast through a synchronous repeater, WA2XPA Arecibo, which also broadcasts at 680 kHz.

History

Its call letters are a partial abbreviation of the station's original owners, the now-defunct Asociación de Productores de Azúcar, or Puerto Rico Sugar Grower's Association. In the late 60's, it was acquired by Hearst Corporation. In 1991 it was acquired by Notiradio Broadcasting (Eng. Wifredo G. Blanco-Pi, owner & his son Eng. Jorge Blanco, news director).

Programming

The station has a famous show which is regularly broadcast at 8:00 am, "Dándole casco al tema" (Thinking through the topic), in which the owners discuss with the listeners political topics. Another popular show is Opine Usted (Express yourself), in this show listeners are given 1 minute and 30 seconds to analyze the situation of the country.

Affiliiates

WAPA's programming is also heard on WISO 1260 kHz Ponce and WGYA 1590 kHz Guayama.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WAPA

Radio-Locator Information on WAPA

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WAPA

Query the FCC's AM station database for WA2XPA

Radio-Locator Information on WA2XPA

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WA2XPA

Radio broadcasting in the Puerto Rico market

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Defunct	WCHQ (1360 AM) W291AC (106.1 FM) W293CE (106.3 FM) ¹ = Station is silent.

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