WPMZ

WPMZ
City	East Providence, Rhode Island
Branding	Poder 1110
Slogan	"La Makinaria Imparable!"
Frequency	1110 kHz
First air date	April 15, 1947
Format	Spanish Tropical
Power	5,000 watts (day only)
Class	D
Facility ID	4377
Transmitter coordinates	41°49′40″N 71°22′09″W / 41.82778°N 71.36917°W / 41.82778; -71.36917
Former callsigns	WHIM, WWRX^[1]
Owner	Video Mundo Broadcasting Co., LLC
Website	http://www.poder1110.com/

WPMZ (1110 AM, "Poder 1110") is a radio station licensed to serve East Providence, Rhode Island. The station is owned by Video Mundo Broadcasting Co., LLC. It airs a Spanish Tropical format.^[2]

The station has been assigned these call letters by the Federal Communications Commission since November 1, 1995.^[1]

WPMZ was known as WHIM from its inception in 1947 until the 1990s. It was the first radio station to employ Jefferson Kaye as an announcer; Kaye (then known as Jeff Krimm) would move on to stations in Boston, Buffalo and Philadelphia.^[3]

References

1 2 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
↑ "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
↑ Fybush, Scott (November 19, 2012). NERW 11/19/2012: Jeff Kaye, RIP – and Erie’s new CHR. NorthEast Radio Watch. Retrieved November 19, 2012.

External links

WPMZ official website

Query the FCC's AM station database for WPMZ

Radio-Locator Information on WPMZ

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WPMZ

Radio stations in the Providence–Warwick–Pawtucket, Rhode Island market

By AM frequency	550 630 790 920 1110 1220 1240 1290 1320 1380 1450 1590 1630

By FM frequency	88.1 88.3 88.7 90.3 91.3 91.5 92.3 93.3 93.7 94.1 95.5 96.5 97.3¹ 98.1¹ 99.7 100.3¹ 101.5 103.7 104.7 105.1 106.3

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.4

Digital radio by frequency & subchannel	93.3-1 93.3-2 93.3-3 94.1-1 94.1-2 98.1-1 102.7-1 102.7-2

By callsign	WARA WARV WBRU WCTK WCVY WDOM WEAN-FM WELH WHJJ WHJY WIGV-LP WJFD-FM WJMF WKKB WLKW WNRI WOON WPMZ WPQB669 WPRO WPRO-FM WPRV WQRI WRIU WRNI WSJW WSNE-FM WSTL WVEI-FM WWBB WWKX WWLI WXJ39 W229AN W284BA

Defunct stations	WALE/990 WHIM Country WKFD/1370 WFCI/1420 WPTL/90.9, 91.5 WRJI/91.5 WLOV/99.9 WLIV/107.7

Nearby radio markets Boston New Bedford–Fall River New London Newport Worcester See also List of radio stations in Rhode Island ¹ station that is in the New Bedford market or Newport market but focuses on Providence.

Spanish-language radio stations in the state of Rhode Island

By callsign:	WIGV-LP WKKB WPMZ WRNI

By frequency	1110 1290 96.5 100.3

By community of license	East Providence Middletown Providence Providence

Defunct	WRJI/91.5: East Greenwich

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Rhode Island See also Classical Jazz Religious Spanish Smooth Jazz Other

Daytime-Only radio stations in Rhode Island

Stations by callsign	WADK WPMZ WSKP

Stations by frequency	1110 1180 1540

Stations by community of license	East Providence Hope Valley Newport

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