WIOA

WIOA (99.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a bilingual Top 40/CHR format. Licensed to San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States, it serves the Puerto Rico area. The station is currently owned by International Broadcasting Corporation.

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WIOA
CitySan Juan, Puerto Rico
Broadcast areaPuerto Rico
BrandingFresh 99.9 FM
SloganCon la Música de Hoy
Frequency99.9 MHz
First air dateMarch 1, 1961[1]
FormatTop 40/CHR
Language(s)Spanish and English
ERP31,000 watts
HAAT289.0 meters
ClassB
Facility ID8151
Transmitter coordinates18°16′30″N 66°5′35.9″W
Former call signsWFQM (1961–1968)
WKYN-FM (1968–1970)
WQBS-FM (1970–1977)
WIOB (1977–1985)
OwnerAiLive Network
(International Broadcasting Corporation)
Sister stationsWSJU-LP
WRSJ
WGIT
WIOC
WZET
WQBS
WQBS-FM
WIBS
W295BU
WebcastIncluded on website home page
or direct streaming URL http://204.12.193.98:8173
Websitewww.fresh999.com

WIOA is simulcast on WIOC 105.1 FM in southern Puerto Rico, including Ponce, and 106.9 FM for western Puerto Rico. On October 14, 2014 Estereotempo change frequencies from 99.9 FM to 96.5 FM, while Fresh 99.9 FM begins broadcasting on October 15 with better coverage in the metropolitan area. Fresh offers a wide variety of American CHR Music. Fresh is broadcasting on 99.9 FM Metro, 105.1 FM South & 106.9 FM West covering the entire market.

History

WIOA signed on March 1, 1961. It was originally owned by the Supreme Broadcasting Company of Puerto Rico, controlled by Alfredo Ramírez de Arellano y Bártoli, and it was the FM counterpart to WKYN (630 AM), known as "La Gran Cadena FM" with a beautiful music format. In 1968, the call letters were changed to WKYN-FM, with the WQBS-FM designation adopted in 1970.

By that time the three radio stations that formed the network were WQBS-AM-FM 630 & 99.9 San Juan, WORA-AM-FM 760 and 97.5 Mayagüez, and WPRP-AM-FM 910 and 105.1 Ponce. The FM stations were intended to change their call signs on September 1, 1977, to WIOA, WIOB and WIOC, respectively, but confusion with WHOA (870 AM) in San Juan required the first two stations to change. After WHOA was sold and became the current WQBS, WIOA and WIOB exchanged call letters in 1985.

In 1985, the station relaunched as Estereotempo, eventually segueing into a romantic/ballad format in the late 1980s.

Estereotempo moved to WRXD 96.5 FM in San Juan in 2014, making way for Fresh, a hot adult contemporary format; the Estereotempo format was dismantled in 2018, and WIOB is no longer co-owned. WIOC continues to rebroadcast WIOA.

References
  1. "WFQM (FM)" (PDF). Broadcasting Yearbook. 1963. p. B-208 (410). Retrieved April 18, 2020.


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