WMIA (AM)

WMIA
Arecibo, Puerto Rico;
Frequency	1070 kHz
Branding	MIA 1070 Radio Arecibo
Programming
Format	Variety. Sports, Talk, Christian, Music
Affiliations	Camarero Radio Network; Red Informativa de PR
Ownership
Owner	Abacoa Radio Corporation; (Broadcasting Network of Puerto Rico);
History
First air date	1957
Technical information
Facility ID	254
Class	B
Power	500 watts (day); 2,500 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates	18°27′33″N 66°45′20″W / 18.45917°N 66.75556°W
Links
Website	www.wmia1070.com

For the Miami, Florida radio station, see WMIA-FM

WMIA (1070 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Arecibo, Puerto Rico. WMIA is the official station of the Camarero Radio Network. The station is owned by Abacoa Radio Corporation.^[1] It airs a News/Talk format.^[2]

The station was assigned the WMIA call letters by the Federal Communications Commission.^[3]

Ownership

WMIA is owned and operated by Abacoa Radio Corporation, a Puerto Rican company, since the late 1950s. Their offices are located at 1168 Miramar Avenue Arecibo, Puerto Rico. You can reach them at 787-878-1275.

In December 2006, Aerco Broadcasting Corp. (Angel O. Roman-Lopez, president/secretary) reached an agreement to purchase WMIA from Abacoa Radio Corp. (Lirio Pirallo Rivera, president) for a reported sale price of $900,000. After several delays due to a complicated series of transactions involving other stations and Aerco Broadcasting, on January 18, 2008 Abacoa Radio filed a notice of non-consummation with the FCC officially terminating their application to transfer the broadcast license.

References

^ Jacobs, George (2007). National Radio: Puerto Rico (US Associated). Billboard Books. pp. 305–306. ISBN 0-8230-5997-9. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Archived from the original on March 1, 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.