WQBA
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Branding | WQBA 1140 AM |
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Programming | |
Language(s) | Spanish |
Format | Talk/sports |
Affiliations | TUDN Radio Miami Dolphins Spanish Radio Network |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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WAQI | |
History | |
First air date | 1952 (as WMIE) |
Former call signs | WMIE (1948-1968) |
Call sign meaning | Cuba |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 73912 |
Class | B |
Power |
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Transmitter coordinates | 25°46′3″N 80°29′10″W / 25.76750°N 80.48611°W |
Repeater(s) | 98.3 WRTO-HD2 (Goulds, Florida) |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen live (via iHeartRadio) |
WQBA (1140
Miami, Florida, United States, the station is owned by Latino Media Network; under a local marketing agreement, it was operated by former owner TelevisaUnivision's Uforia Audio Network until 2024. It features programming from TUDN Radio. Previous call letters were WMIE, owned by Susquehanna Broadcasting
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Class A stations. WQBA must reduce power and use a highly directional array during nighttime hours in order to prevent interference to the skywave
signals of the Class A stations.
History
In 1976, The Miami Herald stated that the station, which ran a news program presented by Emilio Milián, had the largest audience of any in the Miami metropolitan area.[1]
On December 20, 2016, Univision announced that WQBA would be one of the charter affiliates of
Univision Deportes Radio, their new Spanish-language sports network launched in April 2017.[2]
WQBA was one of eighteen radio stations that TelevisaUnivision sold to Latino Media Network in a $60 million deal announced in June 2022, approved by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that November,[3] and completed on December 30, 2022.[4] Under the terms of the deal, Univision agreed to continue programming the station for up to one year under a local marketing agreement.[3]
References
- ^ Buchanan, Edna; Gaiter, Dorothy (May 1, 1976). "Cuban Newsman is Maimed as Bomb Explodes in Car" (PDF). The Miami Herald.
- ^ Univision To Launch "Univision Deportes Radio"
- ^ a b Venta, Lance (November 22, 2022). "FCC Approves Latino Media Network Purchase Of 18 Univision Stations". RadioInsight. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
- ^ "Latino Media Network Completes Purchase Of 18 Radio Stations From Univision". Inside Radio. January 5, 2023. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
External links
- WQBA in the FCC AM station database
- WQBA in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- FCC History Cards for WQBA