WLEY (AM)
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| City of license | Cayey, Puerto Rico |
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| Broadcast area | Puerto Rico |
| Branding | Radio Isla 1080 |
| Frequency | 1080 kHz |
| Format | News Talk Information |
| Power | 250 watts unlimited |
| HAAT | 232.0 meters |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 52945 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 18°6′55.00″N 66°8′28.00″W / 18.11528°N 66.14111°W |
| Affiliations | CNN Radio |
| Owner | Media Power Group, Inc. |
| Webcast | listen live |
| Website | radioisla1320.com |
WLEY (1080 AM, "Radio Ley") is a radio station licensed to serve Cayey, Puerto Rico. The station is owned by Media Power Group, Inc.[1] It airs a Spanish language format.[2]
The station was assigned the WLEY call letters by the Federal Communications Commission.[3]
[edit] Ownership
In July 1999, Uno Radio of Ponce Inc., Caguas, P.R. (Jesus M. Soto, chairman) reached an agreement to purchase five radio stations in Puerto Rico from Ponce Broadcasting Corp. (Janero G. Scarano Sr., Julio C. Braum, Luis F. Sala, Catalina Scarano and Sala Business Corp., shareholders) for a reported sale price of $10.75 million.[4]
In June 2003, Media Power Group Inc. (Eduardo R. Albino, chairman) reached an agreement to purchase four AM radio stations in Puerto Rico, including WLEY, from Arso Radio Corp. (Jesus M. Soto, owner) for a reported $6.8 million.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Jacobs, George (2007). National Radio: Puerto Rico (US Associated). Billboard Books. pp. pp305–306. ISBN 0-8230-5997-9.
- ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. http://www.arbitron.com/.
- ^ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=52945&Callsign=WLEY.
- ^ "Changing Hands". Broadcasting & Cable. 1999-07-01. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5053/is_199907/ai_n18378699.[dead link]
- ^ "Changing Hands". Broadcasting & Cable. 2003-06-09. http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA303503.html.
[edit] External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WLEY
- Radio-Locator Information on WLEY
- Query Arbitron's AM station database for WLEY
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