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WPAB

WPAB (550 AM, "550 Ponce"[4]) 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.[5]

Key Information

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

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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.[6]

History

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The station was founded in August 1940[7] 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.[8] It is located at 1831 Ave. Eduardo Ruberté, in Barrio Playa, Ponce, Puerto Rico.[9]

Translator stations

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Broadcast translator for WPAB
Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) FCC info
W226CS 93.1 FM Bayamon, Puerto Rico 202653 .247 LMS

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