WPAB (550 AM, "550 Ponce") is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish News/Talk format. Licensed to Ponce, Puerto Rico, it serves the greater Puerto Rico area. The station is currently owned by WPAB, Inc. Its call letters, PAB, stand for "Puerto Rican American Broadcasting" corporation.

Radio station WPAB, on PR-678, Barrio Playa, Ponce, Puerto Rico

The station is shared with translator station W226CS 93.1 FM in Bayamon, covering the entire metropolitan area.

Significance

The radio station is "one of the most important radio stations in Puerto Rico", and the one that introduced Puerto Rico to the news and interviews format.

History

The station was founded in August 1940 by Miguel Soltero Palermo and Alfonso Giménez Aguayo. It had its first studios on Calle Leon in the Ponce Historic Zone, then moved to more spacious quarters on Calle Villa in the 1950s. It is located at 1831 Ave. Eduardo Ruberté, in Barrio Playa, Ponce, Puerto Rico. During the 1970s, WPAB served as the Leones de Ponce official station with Ramón Morales as its narrator.

Translator stations

Broadcast translator for WPAB
Call signFrequencyCity of licenseFIDERP (W)FCC info
W226CS93.1 FMBayamon, Puerto Rico202653.247

Bibliography

  • Mercado, Roberto (2007). Crónicas de un carga bates "Indio". Editorial John Louis von Neumann. ISBN 978-0-9779982-3-4.

External links

  • in the FCC Licensing and Management System
  • in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
  • in the FCC Licensing and Management System
  • at FCCdata.org