KWRU
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KWRU (1300
of music, news and talk. It is owned by Punjabi American Media LLC. Most California Sikhs /Punjabi live in the north and Central Valley, where they've had a presence for more than 100 years. "Central California is probably the most densely populated Sikh/Punjabi community. KWRU carries the Punjabi Radio USA network, based in San Jose, California and heard in about a dozen West Coast cities.History
The station first
Gene Chenault and programmed by Bill Drake, pioneers in the "Boss Radio" sound that sparked Top 40 stations in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego
and other cities.
In 1980 the station was sold to Spanish Catholic Radio of Fresno, offering Spanish-language religious programming.
KWRU formerly aired programming from Radio Vida Abundante, a Spanish-language
Evangelical Christian network.[1] The station was owned by Multicultural Radio Broadcasting Licensee, LLC.[2] Multicultural Broadcasting, owned by Arthur Liu of New York City
, sold the station to Punjabi American Media in September 2016.
References
- Arbitron. Spring 2010. Archived from the originalon 2010-03-01. Retrieved 2010-07-19.
- ^ "KWRU Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved 2010-07-19.
External links
- FCC History Cards for KWRU
- Punjabi Radio USA
- Punjabi Radio USA Facebook Page
- KWRU in the FCC AM station database
- KWRU in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
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