WKFE

WKFE (1550 AM, "Radio Café 1550") is a radio station licensed to serve Yauco, Puerto Rico. The station is owned by Media Power Group, Inc. WKFE is part of the Radio Isla Network.[1] It airs a Spanish language News Talk Information format.[2]

WKFE
CityYauco, Puerto Rico
Frequency1550 kHz
BrandingRadio Café 1550
SloganOrgullo de Yauco
Programming
FormatSpanish News Talk
Ownership
OwnerMedia Power Group
(Media Power Group, Inc.)
WSKN, WDEP, WLEY
History
First air date
November 3, 1961
Call sign meaning
"Café"
Technical information
Facility ID52942
ClassB
Power250 watts (unlimited)
Transmitter coordinates
18°01′24″N 66°52′02″W
Translator(s)W228EF 93.5 (Mayaguez)
Links
Websitewww.radioisla.tv

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

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. (Jenaro 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 Rivero Albino, chairman, Gilberto Rivera Gutierrez, Jose E. Fernandez and Joe Pagan, shareholders) reached an agreement to purchase four AM radio stations in Puerto Rico, including WKFE, from Uno Radio Group. (Jesus M. Soto, owner) for a reported $6.8 million.[5]

Translator stations
Broadcast translators of WKFE
Call signFrequency
(MHz)		City of licenseERP
(W)		FCC info
W228EF93.5 FMMayaguez, Puerto Rico.25FCC

References
  1. Jacobs, George (2007). National Radio: Puerto Rico (US Associated). World Radio TV Handbook 2007: The Directory of Global Broadcasting. Billboard Books. pp. 305–306. ISBN 0-8230-5997-9.
  2. "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Archived from the original on 2010-03-01.
  3. "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  4. "Changing Hands". Broadcasting & Cable. 1999-07-01.
  5. "Changing Hands". Broadcasting & Cable. 2003-06-09.


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