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WKFE
Yauco, Puerto Rico;
Frequency	1550 kHz
Branding	Radio Café 1550
Programming
Format	Spanish News Talk Information (daytime); Spanish Religious (nighttime)
Ownership
Owner	Media Power Group; (Media Power Group, Inc.);
Operator	Faro de Santidad, Inc. (under time brokerage agreement)
Sister stations	WSKN, WDEP, WLEY
History
First air date	November 3, 1961
Call sign meaning	"Café"
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	52942
Class	B
Power	250 watts unlimited
Transmitter coordinates	18°01′24″N 66°52′02″W / 18.02333°N 66.86722°W
Translator(s)	93.5 W228EF (Mayagüez)
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	www.radioisla.tv; www.farodesantidad.com

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WKFE (1550 AM, Radio Café 1550) is a radio station licensed to serve Yauco, Puerto Rico. The station is owned by Media Power Group, Inc. and operated through time brokerage agreement by Faro de Santidad, Inc.^[2] It airs a Spanish language News Talk Information format during the day and Religious programming during the evening hours.^[3] The station shares with translator station W228EF 93.5 FM in Mayagüez.

The station was assigned the WKFE call letters by the Federal Communications Commission.^[4]

Ownership

In July 1999, Uno Radio of Ponce Inc., Caguas, P.R. (Jesus M. Soto, chairman) reached an agreement to purchase five radio stations in Puerto Rico from Ponce Broadcasting Corp. (Jenaro G. Scarano Sr., Julio C. Braum, Luis F. Sala, Catalina Scarano and Sala Business Corp., shareholders) for a reported sale price of $10.75 million.^[5]

In June 2003, Media Power Group Inc. (Eduardo Rivero Albino, chairman, Gilberto Rivera Gutierrez, Jose E. Fernandez and Joe Pagan, shareholders) reached an agreement to purchase four AM radio stations in Puerto Rico, including WKFE, from Uno Radio Group. (Jesus M. Soto, owner) for a reported $6.8 million.^[6]

Translator stations

Broadcast translator for WKFE
Call sign	Frequency	City of license	FID	ERP (W)	FCC info
W228EF	93.5 FM	Mayaguez, Puerto Rico	203036	250	LMS

References

^ "Facility Technical Data for WKFE". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
^ Jacobs, George (2007). National Radio: Puerto Rico (US Associated). Billboard Books. pp. 305–306. ISBN 978-0-8230-5997-3. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Archived from the original on 2010-03-01.
^ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
^ "Changing Hands". Broadcasting & Cable. 1999-07-01. ^{[dead link]}
^ "Changing Hands". Broadcasting & Cable. 2003-06-09.

External links

Facility details for Facility ID 52942 (WKFE) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
WKFE in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
Facility details for Facility ID 203036 (W228EF) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
W228EF at FCCdata.org

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[1] "Facility Technical Data for WKFE". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.

[2] Jacobs, George (2007). National Radio: Puerto Rico (US Associated). Billboard Books. pp. 305–306. ISBN 978-0-8230-5997-3. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

[arb1-3] "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Archived from the original on 2010-03-01.

[fcc1-4] "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.

[5] "Changing Hands". Broadcasting & Cable. 1999-07-01. ^{[dead link]}

[6] "Changing Hands". Broadcasting & Cable. 2003-06-09.

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-| translator       = {{small|W228EF 93.5 ([[Mayaguez, Puerto Rico|Mayaguez]])}}
+| translator       = {{Radio Relay|93.5|W228EF|[[Mayagüez, Puerto Rico|Mayagüez]]}}
-| format           = [[Spanish language|Spanish]] [[News Talk Information|News Talk]]
+| format           = [[Spanish language|Spanish]] [[News Talk Information]] (daytime)<br>[[Spanish language|Spanish]] [[Religious broadcasting|Religious]] (nighttime)
-| power            = 250 [[watt]]s (unlimited)
+| power            = 250 [[watt]]s unlimited
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 | callsign_meaning = "Café"
 | former_callsigns =
 | owner            = Media Power Group
 | licensee         = Media Power Group, Inc.
+| operator         = Faro de Santidad, Inc. ''(under time brokerage agreement)''
 | sister_stations  = [[WSKN]], [[WDEP]], [[WLEY (AM)|WLEY]]
 | webcast          =
-| website          = [http://www.radioisla.tv/ www.radioisla.tv]
+| website          = [http://www.radioisla.tv/ www.radioisla.tv]<br>[http://www.farodesantidad.com/ www.farodesantidad.com]
 | affiliations     =
+| licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
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-'''WKFE''' (1550 [[AM broadcasting|AM]], "Radio Café 1550") is a [[radio station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to serve [[Yauco, Puerto Rico]].  The station is owned by Media Power Group, Inc. WKFE is part of the Radio Isla Network.<ref>{{cite book |title=National Radio: Puerto Rico (US Associated) |pages=305–306 |work=World Radio TV Handbook 2007: The Directory of Global Broadcasting |date=2007 |first=George |last=Jacobs |publisher=Billboard Books |isbn=0-8230-5997-9}}</ref> It airs a [[Spanish language]] [[News Talk Information]] format.<ref name="arb1">{{cite web|title=Station Information Profile |work=Arbitron |url=http://www.arbitron.com/ |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301134627/http://www.arbitron.com/ |archivedate=2010-03-01 |df= }}</ref>
+'''WKFE''' (1550 [[AM broadcasting|AM]], '''Radio Café 1550''') is a [[radio station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to serve [[Yauco, Puerto Rico]].  The station is owned by Media Power Group, Inc. and operated through time brokerage agreement by Faro de Santidad, Inc.<ref>{{cite book |title=National Radio: Puerto Rico (US Associated) |pages=305–306 |work=World Radio TV Handbook 2007: The Directory of Global Broadcasting |date=2007 |first=George |last=Jacobs |publisher=Billboard Books |isbn=978-0-8230-5997-3}}</ref> It airs a [[Spanish language]] [[News Talk Information]] format during the day and [[Religious broadcasting|Religious]] programming during the evening hours.<ref name="arb1">{{cite web|title=Station Information Profile |work=Arbitron |url=http://www.arbitron.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301134627/http://www.arbitron.com/ |archive-date=2010-03-01 }}</ref> The station shares with translator station '''W228EF''' 93.5 [[FM broadcasting|FM]] in [[Mayagüez, Puerto Rico|Mayagüez]].
 The station was assigned the WKFE call letters by the [[Federal Communications Commission]].<ref name="fcc1">{{cite web |title=Call Sign History |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=52942&Callsign=WKFE |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database}}</ref>
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+|freq1            = 93.5
-|watts1           = .25
+|watts1           = 250
 |city1            = Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
+|fid1            = 203036
 }}
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 ==External links==
-{{AM station data|WKFE}}
+{{AM station data|52942|WKFE}}
-{{FMQ|W228EF}}
+*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|203036|W228EF}}
 *{{FMXL|W228EF}}
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 {{Puerto Rico Radio}}
-[[Category:Radio stations in Puerto Rico|KFE]]
+[[Category:Christian radio stations in Puerto Rico|KFE]]
 [[Category:Radio stations established in 1961]]
+[[Category:Yauco, Puerto Rico]]
+[[Category:1961 establishments in Puerto Rico]]