- WADO
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name = WADO
area = New York, New York
branding = "1280 WADO"
slogan = "Noticias, Deportes Y Mas"
airdate = 1941
(as WOV)
frequency = 1280 (kHz) HD Radio
format = Spanish News and Talk
power = 50,000watt s (day)
7,200watt s (night)
erp =
class = B
facility_id = 70684
owner =Univision Radio
licensee = WADO-AM License Corp.
webcast = [http://wmlive.vitalstreamcdn.com/live_eonwmss_vitalstream_com_univision-wado-am-fast Listen Live]
website = [http://www.univision.com/content/channel.jhtml?chid=9486&schid=9722 WADO Website]
callsign_meaning =WADO is a radio station on 1280 AM. WADO serves
New York City and is owned byUnivision . The station carries aSpanish language News and Talk format. Its transmitters are located inCarlstadt, New Jersey .History
Early programming
This station was launched as WGL on January 30, 1927, and was owned by the International Broadcasting Corporation. WGL president Colonel Lewis Landes stated on the inaugural broadcast, "The International Broadcasting Corporation's aim is to adhere to truth, to be free of partisanship, religious or political."
WGL was the first station to protest the frequency allocations of the Federal Radio Commission in May 1927. WGL was authorized to move to 1170 AM, but wanted to go to 720, occupied by WOR. When WOR was awarded the 710 frequency, both stations went to court, with WOR eventually winning the case. Finally in June 1927, WGL moved to 1020 AM and shared time with Paterson station,
WODA .In August 1927, studio manager Charles Isaacson announced one of the city's first attempts at local news coverage. WGL was organizing listeners to volunteer as radio reporters and call the station with breaking news stories.
On September 16, 1928, WGL changed calls to WOV and was sold to Sicilian-born importer John Iraci. The WGL call sign was then picked up by a Fort Wayne station, which uses them to this very day.
Italian programming
WOV's initial programming was aimed at a general audience, but by the mid 1930s, it strengthened its ethnic ties and expanded its Italian-language programming to fill the daytime hours. WOV soon became the dominant Italian voice in the Northeast through its affiliation with share-time station WBIL and Iraci's WPEN in
Philadelphia .The station was owned by
WOV Broadcasting until 1959, when it was sold toBartel Broadcasters , at which time the station was renamed WADO. During the day, WADO broadcastR&B music. At night, they ran Italian programming. By 1962, some Spanish programming was run on weekends. By 1963, the only English programming found on WADO was in Sunday religious broadcasts.Talk radio programming
In 1964, WADO began broadcasting completely in Spanish from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Italian from 8 p.m. to
Midnight . Overnight, Asian programming was run. By 1970, Spanish had replaced the Asian format.Musical programming
In terms of music, the station played a blend of Spanish MOR and Spanish
Oldies . They evolved to a Spanish Adult contemporary and Oldies format by the mid 70's. They dropped Italian programming in 1971.Sports programming
WADO currently broadcasts all games of the
New York Jets , and certain games for theNew York Mets ,New York Knicks , andNew York Red Bulls .Religious and English programming
This radio station was originally an English radio station but by 1969 this radio station acquired so much non English programming that by 1969 the only English language programming was Sunday
religious programmingAcquisitions
The station was sold to
Command Broadcasting in 1979. In 1986,Heftel bought the station, and over the next three years, moved to aSpanish language adult contemporary and talk format. By the early 1990s, WADO was a Spanish news and talk station.In March 1996 they bought WPAT and put a Spanish MOR format there, which would later grow to cover additional languages such as Korean. In 1997,
Heftel restructured intoHispanic Broadcasters . They sold WPAT toMulticultural , and acquiredWNWK fromMulticultural . The brokered shows fromWNWK went to WPAT andWCAA went to a Spanish Tropical format. WADO remained News and Talk.In 2002,
Hispanic Broadcasting was sold toUnivision , making WADO andWCAA Univision-owned and operated stations.Of the four full time Spanish stations that battled for listeners during the 1980s (
WKDM 1380,WSKQ 620,WJIT 1480 being the other three), only WADO remains.Current WADO lineup
Monday-Friday
*1. Recuerdos 1280 con Hector Campos (12-4AM) (Spanish Oldies Music)
*2. Tiempo Para la Vida con la Dra. Pestano (4-5AM)
*3. WADO 1280 Informando (5-9AM)
*4. Salud en Cuerpo y Alma con el Dr. Manuel Ignacio Rico (9-10AM)
*5. Cara a Cara con el Pueblo Ricardo Espinoza (10-11AM)
*6. Dra. Maribel Santa Cruz (11AM-12PM)
*7. Tu Dinero con Julie Stav (12-1PM)
*8. Dra. Isabel (1-4PM)
*9. Salud Para Todos con el Dr. José Pérez-Díaz (4-5PM)
*10. El Palo de la Tarde con Frederick Martínez "El Pachá" y Gisela García (5-7PM)
*11. Locura por el Fútbol (7-8PM)
*12. Locura Deportiva (8-9PM)
*13. Solo Fútbol (9-11PM)
*14. Su Medico, la Medicina y Usted con el Dr. José Katz (11PM-12AM)Saturdays
*1. Recuerdos 1280 con Hector Campos (12-5AM, 4:30PM y 6:30-11PM) (Spanish Oldies Music)
*2. Salud Para Todos con el Dr. José Pérez-Díaz (5-7AM)
*3. Con Sazon de Este a Oeste (7-8AM)
*4. Salud en Cuerpo y Alma con el Dr. Manuel Ignacio Rico (8-9AM)
*5. El Garage de Auto Zone con Papo Chinea y Rafael Hernández Brito (9-10:30AM)
*6. Cuentas Claras (10:30-11AM)
*7. El Consultorio de la Dra. Aliza (11AM-12PM)
*8. Tu Voz en Washington con Lourdes Meluzá (12-1PM)
*9. Hollywood al Aire con Carlos Calderón (1-2PM)
*10. La Tremenda Corte con Ino Gómez (2-3PM)
*11. Tiempo Para la Vida con la Dra. Pestano (3-4PM)
*12. Qué Sabor con Maggie Jiménez (4-4:30PM)
*13. La Voz del Centro con Ángel Collado Schwarz (5-6PM)
*14. Financiado Tu Casa (6-6:30PM)
*15. Su Medico, la Medicina y Usted con el Dr. José Katz (11PM-12AM)Sundays
*1. Recuerdos 1280 con Hector Campos (12-5AM y 4-11PM) (Spanish Oldies Music)
*2. Su Medico, la Medicina y Usted con el Dr. José Katz (5-8AM, 12-1PM & 11PM-12AM)
*3. La Hora de Católica con El Padre Lorenzo Ato (8-9AM)
*4. Dra. Maribel Santa Cruz (9-11AM)
*5. La Ley y Usted con Raul Meruelo (11AM-12PM)
*6. El Hit Parade de América conJavier Romero (1-3PM)
*7. La Gía de Inmigrante (3-4PM)ports
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New York Jets andMonday Night Football from theNational Football League - Spanish language play by play fromClemson Smith-Muñiz
*New York Knicks Spanish language play by play, produced byMSG Network External links
* [http://www.univision.com/content/channel.jhtml?chid=9486&schid=9722 WADO] (Univison.com UniClave:WADO)
*AMQ|WADO
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