WKAQ (AM)

WKAQ / WUKQ
WKAQ: San Juan, Puerto Rico; WUKQ: Ponce, Puerto Rico;
Broadcast area	Puerto Rico
Frequency	WKAQ: 580 (kHz); WUKQ: 1420 (kHz)
Branding	WKAQ 580
Programming
Format	Talk radio
Ownership
Owner	Uforia Audio Network; (WLII/WSUR License Partnership, G.P.);
Sister stations	WKAQ-FM; WUKQ-FM; WYEL; WSTE-DT; WLII-DT; WSUR-DT
History
First air date	WKAQ: December 3, 1922; WUKQ: June 3, 1958
Former call signs	WKAQ: none; WUKQ: WEUC (1958-2000)
Former frequencies	WKAQ: 1240 kHz (1922-1942); 620 kHz (1942-1951)
Technical information
Class	B
Power	WKAQ: 10,000 watts; WUKQ: 1,000 watts
Links
Website	www.wkaq580.com

WKAQ is a radio station in San Juan, Puerto Rico that broadcasts on 580 kHz with a Spanish language talk radio format. The station is currently owned by Univision Radio. Its programming is repeated on WUKQ, which broadcasts on 1420 kHz in Ponce, and WYEL which broadcasts on 600 kHz in Mayagüez. The station was the first radio station to broadcast in Puerto Rico.^[1] According to Ernesto Vigoreaux, in the early days of music in Puerto Rico, the musicians would record music at the WKAQ radio station.^[2] WKAQ is the Puerto Rico primary entry point station for the Emergency Alert System.

WKAQ's audio signal is simulcasting on WLII-DT (Univisión Puerto Rico) channel 11.3 and WSUR-DT channel 9.3.

WKAQ was owned for many years by Angel Ramos, owner of the El Mundo newspaper, and eventual namesake for WKAQ-TV, branded as Telemundo. The El Mundo operated until 1986 when labor strikes and acts of terrorism ended its operation.

On January 25, 2017, WKAQ has been granted an FCC construction permit to move to a new transmitter site, to decrease power to 2,500 watts.