WLEY (AM)

WLEY (1080 AM, "Radio Ley") is a radio station licensed to serve Cayey, Puerto Rico. The station was founded on September 8, 1964 and it is owned by Media Power Group, Inc. WLEY is part of the Radio Isla Network.[2] It airs a Spanish language News Talk Information format.[3]

For the FM radio station in Aurora, Illinois, United States, see WLEY-FM.
WLEY
Broadcast areaPuerto Rico
Frequency1080 kHz
BrandingRadio Ley 1080
Programming
FormatNews Talk Information
AffiliationsCNN Radio
Ownership
Owner
  • Media Power Group
  • (Media Power Group, Inc.)
WSKN, WDEP, WKFE
History
First air date
September 8, 1964 (1964-09-08)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID52945
ClassB
Power250 watts unlimited
Transmitter coordinates
18°6′55.00″N 66°8′28.00″W
Repeater(s)WSKN
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Websitewww.radioisla.tv

The station was assigned the WLEY call letters by the Federal Communications Commission.[4]

Ownership

In July 1999, Uno Radio of Ponce Inc., Caguas, P.R. (Jesus M. Soto, chairman) reached an agreement to purchase five radio stations in Puerto Rico from Ponce Broadcasting Corp. (Janero G. Scarano Sr., Julio C. Braum, Luis F. Sala, Catalina Scarano and Sala Business Corp., shareholders) for a reported sale price of $10.75 million.[5]

In June 2003, Media Power Group Inc. (Eduardo Rivero Albino, chairman, Gilberto Rivera Gutierrez, Jose E. Fernandez and Joe Pagan, shareholders) reached an agreement to purchase four AM radio stations in Puerto Rico, including WLEY, from Uno Radio Group. (Jesus M. Soto, owner) for a reported $6.8 million.[6]

References
  1. "Facility Technical Data for WLEY". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. Jacobs, George (2007). "National Radio: Puerto Rico (US Associated)". World Radio TV Handbook 2007: The Directory of Global Broadcasting. Billboard Books. pp. 305–306. ISBN 978-0-8230-5997-3.
  3. "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Archived from the original on 2010-03-01.
  4. "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  5. "Changing Hands". Broadcasting & Cable. 1999-07-01.
  6. "Changing Hands". Broadcasting & Cable. 2003-06-09.


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