WDNO
City | Quebradillas, Puerto Rico |
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Branding | Cima Norte 97.9 FM |
Slogan | Vive tus Exitos |
Frequency | 960 kHz |
Translator(s) | W250CF 97.9 mHz (Arecibo) |
First air date | 1982 |
Format | Spanish Variety |
Power |
1,000 watts day 1,700 watts night |
Class | B |
Facility ID | 11621 |
Transmitter coordinates | 18°20′8.00″N 67°1′51.00″W / 18.3355556°N 67.0308333°W |
Callsign meaning |
Del Norte |
Former callsigns |
WJYT (1982-1988) WORR (1988-1992) WKVN (1992-2004) WCHQ (2004-2011) |
Owner |
Aurio A. Matos Barreto (WDNO, Inc.) |
Sister stations | WTIL, WCMA |
Website | www.cimafm.net |
WDNO (960 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish Variety format. Licensed to Quebradillas, Puerto Rico, the station is currently owned by Aurio A. Matos Barreto. WDNO broadcast its Cima FM simulcast on W250CF 97.9 FM in Arecibo.[1] WDNO is part of the Cima Radio Network.
History
The station was assigned the call letters WJYT on 1982-06-28. On 1988-07-07, the station changed its call sign to WORR, on 1992-09-28 to WKVN, on 2004-07-06 to WCHQ, and on 2011-01-19 to the current WDNO.[2]
Ownership
In July 2003, International Broadcasting Corp. (Angel Roman, president) reached an agreement to buy two radio stations, WRSJ and WKVN (now WDNO), from Concillio Mision Cristiano Fuente de Agua Viva Inc. (Otoniel Font, president) for a reported sale price of $1.45 million.[3]
Since October 1st, 2016 and after 29 years broadcasting in the frequency 103.7 FM, WDNO and the translator station with the approval of the Federal Communications Commission in the United States, has changed to 97.9 FM for best coverage.
References
- ↑ "WDNO Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ↑ "WDNO Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ↑ "Changing Hands". Broadcasting & Cable. 2003-07-14.
External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WDNO
- Radio-Locator Information on WDNO
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WDNO