WQBA
WQBA (1140 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish talk format. Licensed to Miami, Florida, United States, the station is currently owned by TUDN Radio. Previous call letters were WMIE, owned by Susquehanna Broadcasting.
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| City | Miami, Florida |
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| Frequency | 1140 kHz |
| Branding | WQBA 1140 AM |
| Programming | |
| Format | Spanish Talk |
| Affiliations | TUDN Radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Uforia Audio Network (Univision Radio Illinois, Inc.) |
| Radio: WAQI, WRTO-FM, WAMR-FM TV: WLTV-DT, WAMI-DT | |
| History | |
First air date | 1952 (as WMIE) |
Former call signs | WMIE (1948-1968) |
Call sign meaning | QBA = Cuba |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 73912 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 50,000 watts day 10,000 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 25°46′3″N 80°29′10″W |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www |
In 1976, The Miami Herald stated that the station, which ran a news program presented by Emilio Milián, had the largest audience of any in the Miami metropolitan area.[1]
1140 AM is a United States and Mexican clear-channel frequency on which XEMR-AM in Apodaca, Nuevo León and WRVA in Richmond, Virginia are the Class A stations. WQBA must reduce power and use a highly directional array during nighttime hours in order to prevent interference to the skywave signals of the Class A stations.
On December 20, 2016, Univision announced that WQBA would be one of the charter affiliates of Univision Deportes Radio, their new Spanish-language sports network launched in April 2017.[2]
References
- Buchanan, Edna; Gaiter, Dorothy (May 1, 1976). "Cuban Newsman is Maimed as Bomb Explodes in Car" (PDF). The Miami Herald.
- Univision To Launch "Univision Deportes Radio"
External links
- WQBA in the FCC AM station database
- WQBA on Radio-Locator
- WQBA in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
