WRSJ

Infobox Radio station
name = WRSJ


city = Bayamon, Puerto Rico
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branding =
slogan = "La Bachatera del Norte"
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frequency = 1560 kHz
format = Spanish Contemporary
power = 5,000 watts (day) 750 watts (night)
class = B
facility_id = 295
coordinates = coord|18|24|05|N|66|07|14|W
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owner = International Broadcasting Corp.
licensee =
sister_stations = WCHQ, WEKO, WGIT, WIBS, WTIL, WVOZ-FM, WXRF
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WRSJ (1560 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Bayamon, Puerto Rico. The station is owned by International Broadcasting Corp. [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 Spanish Contemporary music format.cite web |title=Station Information Profile |work=Arbitron |url=http://www.arbitron.com/]

The station was assigned the WRSJ 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=295&Callsign=WRSJ |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database]

Ownership

In December 1994, aviation executive Anthony Tirri announced plans to purchase WRSJ, then known as "Radio San Juan," for a reported sale price of $850,000. [cite news |work=Caribbean Update |title=PUERTO RICO: New English-language radio station proposed |date=1994-12-01 |first= |last= |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-45172230.html] Tirri also announced that under his ownership the station would switch to English-language programming. At the time, WOSO was the only existing English-language station in the market.

In July 2003, International Broadcasting Corp. (Pedro R. Collazo, president) reached an agreement to buy two radio stations, WRSJ and WKVN, from Concillio Mision Cristiano Fuente de Agua Viva Inc. (Rodolfo Font, president) for a reported sale price of $1.45 million. [cite news |work=Broadcasting & Cable |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-23879746_ITM |title=Changing Hands |date=2003-07-14]

Construction permit

On March 15 2007, the FCC granted the station a construction permit to upgrade its broadcast power to 10,000 watts during daytime and 5,000 watts at night. The transmitter site would also be re-located southwest to 18°21'00" N, 66°09'25"W. This permit expires on March 15 2010.

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External links

*AMQ|WRSJ
*AML|WRSJ
*AMARB|WRSJ