WPRP

WPRP
Ponce, Puerto Rico;
Broadcast area	Puerto Rico area
Frequency	910 kHz
Branding	Noti Uno Sur
Programming
Format	News
Affiliations	iHeartMedia
Ownership
Owner	Uno Radio Group; (Arso Radio Corporation);
Sister stations	WCMN; WCMN-FM; WORA; WUNO; WFID; WZAR; WFDT; WPRM; WIVA-FM; WRIO; WTOK-FM; WMIO; WNEL
History
First air date	30 May 1936
Call sign meaning	Primera; Radioemisora; Ponceña
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	54475
Class	B
Power	4,250 watts
Transmitter coordinates	17°59′27.00″N 66°37′48.00″W / 17.9908333°N 66.6300000°W
Translator(s)	95.5 W238DH (Ponce)
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Webcast	Listen live (via iHeartRadio)
Website	notiuno.com

WPRP (910 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News radio format. Licensed to Ponce, Puerto Rico, the station serves the Puerto Rico area. The station is currently owned by Arso Radio Corporation.^[3] The station is shared with translator station W238DH 95.5 FM also located in Ponce.

History

The station was the first one to operate in southern Puerto Rico.^[4] It was owned and operated by Julio M. Conesa, an electrical engineer who designed and built the radio station's equipment himself. Its building, still standing on PR-2, was the first radio station building in Puerto Rico to be built specifically for that purpose.^[5] Julius H. Conesa Braun, son of Julio Mariano Conesa Renovales in 1955 organized Ponce Broadcasting Corporation with friend Charlie Cordero and built four radio stations WLEO, Ponce; WKFE, Yauco; WLEY, Cayey and WLEO-FM later named WZAR. In 1969, Julio H. Conesa Garcia started working with PBC in marketing and management. Also, Carlos M. Conesa Garcia, his brother and eventually Julio's daughter Teresita Conesa Risco. Julio H. Conesa Garcia along with Ricardo Hermida, David Ortiz Cintron and Byron Mitchell organized the largest Radio News Network in Puerto Rico, known as Radio Cadena Noticiosa, later Cadena Ultima Hora and finally as NOTI-UNO. Julio H. Conesa acquired for PBC, WZBS-AM in Ponce changing the call letters to WZUR. When Julius H. Conesa Braun died, Julio H. Conesa Garcia remained managing PBC until 1998. A series of disagreements and acts of treason from within^{[citation needed]} marked the eventual sale of Ponce Broadcasting to Arso Radio Corp. months later.

Translator stations

Broadcast translator for WPRP
Call sign	Frequency	City of license	FID	ERP (W)	FCC info
W238DH	95.5 FM	Ponce, Puerto Rico	203175	250	LMS

References

^ Jose Antonio Torres: Registro de un Vida. José Antonio Torres Martinó, Myrna Báez, and Silvia Alvarez-Curbelo. In, "José Antonio Torres Martino: Voz de Varios Registros". Page 173. Editorial Universidad de Puerto Rico. 2006. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
^ "Facility Technical Data for WPRP". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
^ "WPRP Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
^ 1937 WPRP Post Card. Archivo Historico y Fotografico de Puerto Rico. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
^ 1937 WPRP Post Card. Archivo Historico y Fotografico de Puerto Rico. Retrieved 1 July 2011.