WQBS (AM)

WQBS (870 kHz), branded on-air as QBS 870 AM, is an AM radio station broadcasting a Talk/Personality/Salsa format. Licensed to San Juan, Puerto Rico, it serves the Puerto Rico area. The station is currently owned by Aerco Broadcasting Corporation.

WQBS

San Juan, Puerto Rico
Broadcast area	Puerto Rico
Frequency	870 kHz
Branding	QBS 870 AM
Programming
Format	Talk/Personality/Salsa
Ownership
Owner	IBC-AERCO (sale to SMD Media Group pending) (Aerco Broadcasting Corporation)
Sister stations	WSJU-LD, WRSJ, WIOA, WIOC, WZET, WIBS, WGIT, WQBS-FM
History
First air date	November 1, 1954; 70 years ago (1954-11-01)
Former call signs	WHOA (1954–1980) WVOZ (1980–1992)
Call sign meaning	Quality Broadcasting corporation of San Juan (former owners)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	573
Class	B
Power	5,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates	18°21′8″N 66°12′6″W
Repeater(s)	92.1 WZET-HD3 (Hormigueros)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	qbs870.com

WQBS's audio signal was broadcast on WSJU-TV channel 31.4 in San Juan, branded as WQBS TV. WQBS TV is the first over-the-air television channel that broadcasts programming from a radio station. WQBS Radio & WQBS TV broadcasts from studios in the IBC-AERCO Building in Rio Piedras. The channel ceased operations on September 5, 2018.

On June 20, 2024, Aerco Broadcasting Corporation announced a sale of WQBS to SMD Media Group, a new conglomerate that unite three radio networks converting into a multimedia content hub across the globe.^[2]