- WMIA
Infobox Radio station
name = WMIA
city = Arecibo,Puerto Rico
area =
branding = "Radio Arecibo del Norte"
slogan =
airdate =
frequency = 1070 kHz
format = News/Talk
power = 500watt s (day) 2,500 watts (night)
class = B
facility_id = 254
coordinates = coord|18|27|33|N|66|45|20|W
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns =
owner = Abacoa Radio Corporation
licensee =
sister_stations =
webcast =
website =
affiliations =WMIA (1070 AM) is a
radio station licensed to serveArecibo, Puerto Rico . The station is owned by Abacoa Radio Corporation. [cite book |title=National Radio: Puerto Rico (US Associated) |pages=pp305-306 |work=World Radio TV Handbook 2007: The Directory of Global Broadcasting |date=2007 |first=George |last=Jacobs |publisher=Billboard Books |isbn=0823059979] It airs a News/Talk format.cite web |title=Station Information Profile |work=Arbitron |url=http://www.arbitron.com/]The station was assigned the WMIA call letters by the
Federal Communications Commission .cite web |title=Call Sign History |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=254&Callsign=WMIA |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database]Ownership
In December 2006, Aerco Broadcasting Corp. (Angel Roman-Lopez, president/secretary) reached an agreement to purchase WMIA from Abacoa Radio Corp. (Lirio Pirallo Rivera, president) for a reported sale price of $900,000. [cite news |date=2006-12-11 |work=Broadcasting & Cable |title=Changing Hands |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-28904150_ITM] After several delays due to a complicated series of transactions involving other stations and Aerco Broadcasting, on
January 18 ,2008 Abacoa Radio filed a notice of non-consummation with the FCC officially terminating their application to transfer the broadcast license.cite web
url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1228883
title=Application Search Details |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database]References
External links
*AMQ|WMIA
*AML|WMIA
*AMARB|WMIA
*cite web |url=http://www.filatelia.fi/dx/sounds/wmia.wav |title=WMIA, R. Arecibo, PR, 1966 |work=Station Identifications
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