WOSO

WOSO
City San Juan, Puerto Rico
Broadcast area San Juan–Caguas–Guaynabo metropolitan area
Branding WOSO Radio
Slogan Listen Smart
Frequency 1030 kHz
First air date November 21, 1977
Last air date October 21, 2014
Format News Talk Information
Power 10,000 watts unlimited
Class B
Facility ID 9412
Transmitter coordinates 18°22′7″N 66°15′17″W / 18.36861°N 66.25472°W / 18.36861; -66.25472Coordinates: 18°22′7″N 66°15′17″W / 18.36861°N 66.25472°W / 18.36861; -66.25472
Callsign meaning W Oso (Spanish for "bear")
Affiliations ABC Radio
CBS Radio
ESPN Radio
Westwood One
Owner Sherman Broadcasting Corporation
Website Archive of wosoradio.net

WOSO (1030 kHz) was a commercial AM radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information radio format. Licensed to San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States, it served the San Juan–Caguas–Guaynabo metropolitan area. The station was owned by Sherman Broadcasting Corporation, with Sherman Wildman as president. It featured local news-talk shows and syndicated programming from ABC Radio, CBS Radio, ESPN Radio and Westwood One.

WOSO was the only radio station in Puerto Rico that broadcast in English full time. (AM 1190 WBMJ is a Christian radio station broadcasting in both English and Spanish.)

On October 21, 2014, after 37 years broadcasting on 1030 AM, WOSO signed off. The transmitter had been vandalized and the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority was forced to shut down the station. As of October 22, 2014, WOSO is silent. After an initial effort to revive the station as an online stream, nothing further has been heard.

Ownership

In 1993, Sherman Wildman purchased WOSO for a reported sale price of $1.2 million.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "PUERTO RICO: New English-language radio station proposed". Caribbean Update. 1994-12-01.


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