WKAQ (AM)

WKAQ
San Juan, Puerto Rico;
Broadcast area	Puerto Rico
Frequency	580 kHz
Branding	WKAQ 580
Programming
Format	Talk radio
Ownership
Owner	WAPA Media Group; (WLII/WSUR License Partnership, G.P.);
Sister stations	WAPA-TV; WKAQ-FM/WUKQ-FM; WYEL;
History
First air date	December 3, 1922; 102 years ago
Former frequencies	830 kHz (1922–1934); 1240 kHz (1934–1942); 620 kHz (1942–1951)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	19099
Class	B
Power	10,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates	18°25′56″N 66°58′59″W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	www.wkaq580.com
Repeater
	WUKQ
Ponce, Puerto Rico;
Frequency	1420 kHz
History
First air date	June 3, 1958; 67 years ago
Former call signs	WEUC (1958–2000)
Technical information
Facility ID	9352
Class	B
Power	50,000 watts unlimited
Transmitter coordinates	17°59′23″N 66°37′21″W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;

WKAQ (580 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Currently owned by WAPA Media Group, the station airs a Spanish language talk radio format. Its programming is repeated on WUKQ, which broadcasts on 1420 kHz in Ponce, and WYEL which broadcasts on 600 kHz in Mayagüez. The station was the first radio station to broadcast in Puerto Rico.^[3] According to Ernesto Vigoreaux, in the early days of music in Puerto Rico, the musicians would record music at the WKAQ radio station.^[4] WKAQ is the Puerto Rico primary entry point station for the Emergency Alert System.^{[citation needed]}

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WKAQ was owned for many years by Angel Ramos, owner of the El Mundo newspaper, and eventual namesake for WKAQ-TV, branded as Telemundo. The El Mundo operated until 1986 when labor strikes and acts of terrorism ended its operation.

On May 9, 2022, Hemisphere Media Group, the owners of WAPA-TV, announced they would purchase WKAQ, WKAQ-FM, WUKQ, WUKQ-FM and WYEL from Univision Radio. The deal marks Hemisphere's entry into the radio business. During WAPA's 2023 upfront presentation, the network's management alluded that talent from the channel would also be joining the radio stations in the future and vice versa.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]

On September 1, 2023, Hemisphere Media Group announced that the deal to buy WKAQ-AM and WKAQ-FM had been finalized and that they would be spinning off their media properties into a subsidiary called WAPA Media. The conglomerate would include WAPA-TV, WAPA Deportes (WAPA-TV Sub-channel), WAPA América, and the two radio stations.^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]

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WKAQ (AM)

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