WPRD
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WPRD (1440
WPRD serves as the main flagship station for J & V Communications, Inc. and is headquartered in Orlando, Florida, in the same building previously occupied by former stations WABR and WBJW (the latter now WOMX-FM).
Some programming on WPRD is repeated on WOTS 1220 kHz in
.History
Following the demise of WAJL, WPRD started broadcasting on the same 1440 frequency as "Pride 1440", playing music from the 1940s through the 1960s.
Kids' Choice Broadcasting Network, later
On February 27, 1991, the Imagination Station Network stopped broadcasting on the station. At 2 p.m. that day, the station changed over to all-news with the
For a brief period in 1993, the call sign were changed to WWZN before reverting to WPRD.
Since the mid-1990s, WPRD has been owned by J & V Communications, Inc. and started broadcasting in a Spanish-language variety format under "La Fantastica 1440". The name was later changed to "La Voz 1440" in late 2014, as it remains known to this day.[6]
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WPRD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Barbieri, Susan M. (April 25, 1990). "A Radio Network For Kids Has Its Infancy In Orlando". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
- ^ Hinman, Catherine (May 15, 1991). "Backers Hold Out Hope For Kids' Radio". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
- ^ Hinman, Catherine (September 12, 1990). "Peter Yarrow Sings Praises Of Helping Kids Build Future". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
- ^ Strother, Susan G. (March 1, 1991). "Popular Kids Radio Runs Out Of Money". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
- ^ WPRD-AM 1440 Winter Park
External links
- WPRD in the FCC AM station database
- WPRD in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- WOTS in the FCC AM station database
- WOTS in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- WSDO in the FCC AM station database
- WSDO in Nielsen Audio's AM station database