WPAB

WPAB (550 AM, "550 Ponce"^[4]) is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish News/Talk format. Licensed to Ponce, Puerto Rico, it serves the greater Puerto Rico area. The station is currently owned by WPAB, Inc. Its call letters, PAB, stand for "Puerto Rican American Broadcasting" corporation.^[5]

Radio station WPAB, on PR-678, Barrio Playa, Ponce, Puerto Rico

WPAB

Ponce, Puerto Rico
Broadcast area	Puerto Rico
Frequency	550 kHz
Branding	PAB 550 Ponce[1] ECO 93 (FM translator)
Programming
Format	Spanish News/Talk
Affiliations	CNN Radio
Ownership
Owner	WPAB, Inc. (Alfonso Gimenez Porrata[2])
History
First air date	August 22, 1940; 84 years ago (1940-08-22)
Call sign meaning	Puerto Rico American Broadcasting
Technical information[3]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	53077
Class	B
Power	5,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates	17°59′27″N 66°37′46″W
Translator(s)	93.1 W226CS (Bayamon)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	pab550.com

The station is shared with translator station W226CS 93.1 FM in Bayamon, covering the entire metropolitan area.

Significance

The radio station is "one of the most important radio stations in Puerto Rico", and the one that introduced Puerto Rico to the news and interviews format.^[6]

History

The station was founded in August 1940^[7] by Miguel Soltero Palermo and Alfonso Giménez Aguayo. It had its first studios on Calle Leon in the Ponce Historic Zone, then moved to more spacious quarters on Calle Villa in the 1950s.^[8] It is located at 1831 Ave. Eduardo Ruberté, in Barrio Playa, Ponce, Puerto Rico.^[9]

Translator stations

Broadcast translator for WPAB

Call sign	Frequency	City of license	FID	ERP (W)	FCC info
W226CS	93.1 FM	Bayamon, Puerto Rico	202653	.247	LMS