WPRD
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| Broadcast area | Orlando |
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| Frequency | 1440kHz |
| Programming | |
| Format | Español |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | J & V Communications, Inc. |
| History | |
Former call signs |
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| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 29341 |
| Class | B |
| Power | |
Transmitter coordinates | 28°35′18″N81°22′53″W/ 28.58833°N 81.38139°W |
| Repeater(s) | |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | Official website |
WPRD(1440AM) is aradio stationbroadcasting anEspañolformat. Licensed toWinter Park, Florida,United States, WPRD is owned and operated by J & V Communications, Inc.
WPRD serves as the main flagship station for J & V Communications, Inc. and is headquartered inOrlando, Florida,in the same building previously occupied by former stations WABR and WBJW (the latter nowWOMX-FM).
Some programming on WPRD is repeated onWOTS1220 kHz inKissimmee,WSDO1400 kHz inSanford,WTJV1490 kHz inDeLand,andWUNA1480 kHz inOcoee.WPRD also shares programming with Puerto Rican stationWCMN.
History
[edit]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, laterImagination Station Network,started broadcasting on March 31, 1990, on WPRD as its originating station. During this time the station used the moniker "The Imagination Station".[2]Station owner, Metroplex Communications, invested in the network.[3]In September, the station sponsored a concert for the one year anniversary of non-profit Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children and Women featuringPeter Yarrow,a network vice president and investor.[4]
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 theCNN Headline Newsservice. About 100 calls were received by the station regarding the discontinuation of the network on the station.[5]
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
[edit]- ^"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.RetrievedJune 2,2016.
- ^Hinman, Catherine (May 15, 1991)."Backers Hold Out Hope For Kids' Radio".Orlando Sentinel.RetrievedJune 2,2016.
- ^Hinman, Catherine (September 12, 1990)."Peter Yarrow Sings Praises Of Helping Kids Build Future".Orlando Sentinel.RetrievedJune 2,2016.
- ^Strother, Susan G. (March 1, 1991)."Popular Kids Radio Runs Out Of Money".Orlando Sentinel.RetrievedJune 2,2016.
- ^WPRD-AM 1440 Winter Park
External links
[edit]- Facility details for Facility ID 29341 (WPRD)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
- WPRDinNielsen Audio's AM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 72930 (WOTS)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
- WOTSinNielsen Audio's AM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 29340 (WSDO)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
- WSDOinNielsen Audio's AM station database
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