WDNO

WDNO
Quebradillas, Puerto Rico;
Frequency	960 kHz
Branding	Cima Norte 97.9 FM
Programming
Format	Spanish Variety
Affiliations	Camarero Radio Network
Ownership
Owner	Del Norte, Inc.; (Aurio A. Matos Barreto);
Sister stations	WCMA; WJIT; WLUZ; WZCA; WWNA; WLYM-LP
History
First air date	1982
Former call signs	WJYT (1982-1988); WORR (1988-1992); WKVN (1992-2004); WCHQ (2004-2011)
Call sign meaning	Del; Norte
Technical information
Facility ID	11621
Class	B
Power	1,000 watts day; 1,700 watts night
Transmitter coordinates	18°20′8.00″N 67°1′51.00″W / 18.3355556°N 67.0308333°W
Translator(s)	W250CF 97.9 (Arecibo); W256DX 99.1 (Aguadilla)
Links
Website	www.cimafm.com

WDNO (960 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish Variety format. Licensed to Quebradillas, Puerto Rico, the station is currently owned by Aurio A. Matos Barreto. WDNO broadcast its Cima FM simulcast on W250CF 97.9 FM in Arecibo and W256DX 99.1 FM in Aguadilla.^[1] WDNO is part of the Cima Radio Network and affiliated with the Camarero Horse Racing Radio Network.

History

The station was assigned the call letters WJYT on 1982-06-28. On 1988-07-07, the station changed its call sign to WORR, on 1992-09-28 to WKVN, on 2004-07-06 to WCHQ, and on 2011-01-19 to the current WDNO.^[2]

Ownership

In July 2003, International Broadcasting Corp. (Angel Roman, president) reached an agreement to buy two radio stations, WRSJ and WKVN (now WDNO), from Concillio Mision Cristiano Fuente de Agua Viva Inc. (Otoniel Font, president) for a reported sale price of $1.45 million.^[3]

Since October 1, 2016 and after 29 years broadcasting in the frequency 103.7 FM, WDNO and the translator station with the approval of the Federal Communications Commission in the United States, has changed to 97.9 FM for best coverage. In March 2018, The station was announced that the FM translator in Arecibo will move the frecuency to 98.3 FM in the next few months and the callsign will change to W252EA, pending FCC approval.