WPRX

WPRX

Infobox Radio station
name = WPRX


city = Bristol, Connecticut
area =
branding =
slogan =
frequency = 1120 AM (kHz)
airdate =
format = Spanish Tropical
power = 1000 watts (day)
500 watts (night)
class = B
facility_id = 13630
coordinates = coord|41|39|29|N|72|56|51|W
callsign_meaning = Puerto Rican EXtraordinaire
former_callsigns = WBIS
affiliations =
owner = Nievezquez Productions, Inc.
licensee =
sister_stations =
webcast =
website =

WPRX (1120 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Bristol, Connecticut. The station is owned by Nievezquez Productions, Inc. It airs a Spanish Tropical format. [cite web |url=http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?srvy_id=WI08&surveyID=WI08&band=fm&callLetter=WPRX |title=Winter 2008 Station Information Profile |work=Arbitron]

The station has been assigned the WPRX call letters by the Federal Communications Commission since December 20, 1993.cite web |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=13630&Callsign=WPRX |title=Call Sign History |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database]

WPRX is the first wholly-owned Puerto Rican station in the USA [per conversation with current owner, 9/18/08] . The station airs music from the Caribbean, Central America, South America and Spain, as well as news direct from Puerto Rico. The station features nearly 100 percent local programming.cite web |url=http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/01/16/wprx-back-britain-first-wholly-owned-puerto-rican-station-connecticut/ |title= WPRX is back in New Britain - The first wholly owned Puerto Rican station in Connecticut |work=HispanicTips - National Hispanic News]

In 1977, the station, then WBIS-AM, was purchased by David Rodgers, who owned stations in Salinas, California. Rodgers purchased the station from Robert Baker who had previously been the General Sales Manager at KDKA-TV in Pittsburg. Rogers hired John Hiatt, a broadcaster from El Paso, Texas to run the radio station, and Rodgers owned the station for nearly a decade before selling the property. At that time, WBIS-AM programmed a Soft Rock format and was located at different position on the AM dial.

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