WPRX is the first wholly owned Puerto Rican station in the United States and 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.[2]
In 1977, the station, then WBIS, 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 Pittsburgh. 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 programmed a soft rock format and was located on 1440 kHz and was on the air only during the day.
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In 1993 the station was assigned the call letters WPRX by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). In September 2010, the FCC canceled WPRX's license because its license had expired without renewal on April 1, 2006; after filing a renewal application, the station was fined $7,000 in August 2011.[3] WPRX's license was again canceled on June 7, 2017, for not paying debts it owed to the FCC, which prevented the renewal of the station's license;[4] the license was reinstated on November 15, 2017.[5] Its license was cancelled again on April 4, 2022, for failing to file a license renewal application;[6] a month later, the WPRX license was restored after the application was filed.[7]
Referencesedit
^Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999(PDF). 1999. p. D-77. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
^ ab"WPRX is back in New Britain - The first wholly owned Puerto Rican station in Connecticut". HispanicTips - National Hispanic News.
^Stimson, Leslie (October 4, 2011). "FCC Upholds $7,000 Fine for WPRX". Radio World. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
^Bradshaw, James D. (June 7, 2017). "Re: WPRX(AM), Bristol, CT" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
^Venta, Lance (April 10, 2022). "FCC Report 4/10: Fines Proposed Against Pair Of California Translators For Late License Renewals". RadioInsight. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
^Venta, Lance (May 8, 2022). "FCC Report 5/8: Four Property Owners Noted For Pirate Activity". RadioInsight. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
wprx, 1120, radio, station, licensed, serve, bristol, connecticut, station, owned, nievezquez, productions, airs, tropical, music, format, bristol, connecticutfrequency1120, khzbrandingdinámica, 1120, amprogramminglanguage, spanishformattropical, musicownershi. WPRX 1120 AM is a radio station licensed to serve Bristol Connecticut The station is owned by Nievezquez Productions Inc It airs a tropical music format WPRXBristol ConnecticutFrequency1120 kHzBrandingDinamica 1120 AMProgrammingLanguage s SpanishFormatTropical musicOwnershipOwnerNievezquez Productions Inc HistoryFirst air dateOctober 1948 75 years ago 1948 10 1 Former call signsWBIS 1948 1993 Call sign meaning Puerto Rican Extraordinaire 2 Technical informationFacility ID13630ClassBPower1 000 watts day500 watts nightTransmitter coordinates41 39 29 N 72 56 51 W 41 65806 N 72 94750 W 41 65806 72 94750LinksWebsitedinamicaam wbr com WPRX is the first wholly owned Puerto Rican station in the United States and 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 2 In 1977 the station then WBIS 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 Pittsburgh 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 programmed a soft rock format and was located on 1440 kHz and was on the air only during the day Former logo In 1993 the station was assigned the call letters WPRX by the Federal Communications Commission FCC In September 2010 the FCC canceled WPRX s license because its license had expired without renewal on April 1 2006 after filing a renewal application the station was fined 7 000 in August 2011 3 WPRX s license was again canceled on June 7 2017 for not paying debts it owed to the FCC which prevented the renewal of the station s license 4 the license was reinstated on November 15 2017 5 Its license was cancelled again on April 4 2022 for failing to file a license renewal application 6 a month later the WPRX license was restored after the application was filed 7 References edit Broadcasting amp Cable Yearbook 1999 PDF 1999 p D 77 Retrieved April 24 2017 a b WPRX is back in New Britain The first wholly owned Puerto Rican station in Connecticut HispanicTips National Hispanic News Stimson Leslie October 4 2011 FCC Upholds 7 000 Fine for WPRX Radio World Retrieved May 15 2022 Bradshaw James D June 7 2017 Re WPRX AM Bristol CT PDF CDBS Public Access Federal Communications Commission Retrieved June 7 2017 Station Search Details WPRX CDBS Public Access Federal Communications Commission Retrieved January 29 2018 Venta Lance April 10 2022 FCC Report 4 10 Fines Proposed Against Pair Of California Translators For Late License Renewals RadioInsight Retrieved May 15 2022 Venta Lance May 8 2022 FCC Report 5 8 Four Property Owners Noted For Pirate Activity RadioInsight Retrieved May 15 2022 External links editOfficial website WPRX in the FCC AM station database WPRX in Nielsen Audio s AM station database FCC History Cards for WPRX covering 1947 1978 as WBIS nbsp nbsp This article about a radio station in Connecticut is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title WPRX amp oldid 1152051749, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
