World’s first restaurant with a radio station to open in Ponce
October 24, 2023
Víctor Siebens-Rodríguez combines dining with live music broadcasts at Metal Rock Restaurant. #NewsismyBusiness
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FEMA tests alternate Public Warning System site in Puerto Rico
September 16, 2021
With more than $1 million invested in modernization improvements, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) upgraded the Integrated Public Alert & Warning System (IPAWS) National Public Warning System (NPWS) facility in the Univision WKAQ-AM tower site in Cataño and tested it successfully. From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, WKAQ radio hosts Ruben Sánchez and […]
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FCC denies petition from radio exec to renew licenses
April 20, 2017
The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday denied an urgent petition for reconsideration filed by Puerto Rico radio executive Wilfredo Blanco-Pi to renew the licenses for three experimental AM stations for a six-month period.
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WOSO founder Augie Cavallaro, II, dies at 85
June 24, 2016
Augustine "Augie" L. Cavallaro II, founder of WOSO Radio in San Juan, died on June 11, 2016 in West Palm Beach, Florida after a long battle with cancer. He was 85.
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Claro launches 150Mbps service to metro area homes
August 27, 2014
Telecommunications provider Claro announced Tuesday the availability of broadband speeds of up to 150 megabits per second to a group of homes in the San Juan metropolitan areas selected to participate in the initial phase of the project.
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Pandora Radio taps into Puerto Rico’s music, ad mix
January 21, 2014
After achieving massive popularity among Puerto Rico music lovers in recent years, Pandora Radio has been quietly carving a niche for itself since late 2013 as a multi-faceted digital advertising vehicle capable of reaching audiences in a very targeted manner.
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2nd ‘Puerto Rico Radio Show’ set for the weekend
June 3, 2013
For the second consecutive year, Puerto Rico radio industry professionals are coming together to reaffirm the importance of radio and its standing as one of the island’s most influential media.
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Boricua Broadcasting files for Ch. 7 liquidation
February 15, 2013
Boricua JE Broadcasting Corp., the company that until last year managed the programming of the 740 AM station formerly known as “Boricua 740,” filed for Chapter 7 liquidation at the U.S. Bankruptcy court in San Juan this week.
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FM station SalSoul changes frequency
December 20, 2012
Effective Dec. 26, tropical music station SalSoul will move to a new frequency on the FM dial, taking over the 99.1 slot in response to a determination by the Federal Communications Commission that seeks to make way for new airwaves serving Puerto Rico’s eastern-central and western regions.
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2 local broadcasters facing $30K in FCC fines
August 6, 2012
The Federal Communications Commission’s San Juan office slapped a pair of fines on two local broadcasters totaling $30,000 for alleged violations to industry regulations in recent months, the agency disclosed in separate orders.
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Puerto Rico listeners say radio is ‘ideal friend’
June 25, 2012
Island listeners, who say what comes to them over the airwaves influences plays on their lives in different ways, perceive Puerto Rico’s radio industry as the “ideal friend.”
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P.R. radio industry planning ‘historic get-together’
June 11, 2012
Puerto Rico’s commercial radio industry is marking a significant milestone this year, when it will commemorate 90 years since WKAQ-AM, its first station, went on the air in 1922.
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Consumer advocate re-launches radio show to ‘fill information void’
April 11, 2012
Consumer rights advocate Gilberto Arvelo, popularly known as Dr. Shoper[sic], announced Tuesday the rebirth of his radio show that will air simultaneously on several stations to, in his words, fill an information gap that consumers have to be able to ride out the current economic conditions.
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NIMB to moderate Doral’s ‘Mujeres d Éxito’ segment on Fidelity 95.7 FM
November 1, 2011
News is my Business Editor Michelle Kantrow-Vázquez has been invited to co-moderate a segment on Fidelity (95.7 FM) this morning at 8:30 a.m., to talk about Doral Bank’s most recent corporate social responsibility program, “Mujeres d Éxito.”
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