| Broadcast area | San Juan–Caguas–Guaynabo metropolitan area |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 1030kHz |
| Branding | WOSO Radio |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Sherman Broadcasting Corporation |
| History | |
First air date | November 21, 1977; 48 years ago (1977-11-21) |
Last air date | October 21, 2014; 11 years ago (2014-10-21) |
Call sign meaning | "Oso" (Spanish for "bear") |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 9412 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 10,000 watts unlimited |
Transmitter coordinates | 18°22′7″N66°15′17″W / 18.36861°N 66.25472°W /18.36861; -66.25472 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | Archive of wosoradio.net |
WOSO (1030kHz) was acommercialAM radio station broadcasting anEnglish-languagetalkradio format.Licensed toSan Juan, Puerto Rico, it served theSan Juan–Caguas–Guaynabo metropolitan area. The station was owned by Sherman Broadcasting Corporation, with Sherman Wildman as president. It featured local talk and information shows, a weekdaytradio program andsyndicated programming fromCBS News Radio,ESPN Radio andWestwood One.
WOSO was launched on November 21, 1977.
WOSO was the only radio station inPuerto Rico that broadcast in English full-time, until theK-LOVE stationWCAD was launched in early 2019. (WBMJ is aChristian radio station broadcasting in both English and Spanish.)
During its time on the air, WOSO provided the only English-language news-programming broadcasts in the United States territory of Puerto Rico and invited the few English-fluent politicians to appear on a weekly basis in its programming, notably then Rep.Carmen Yulín Cruz, who later became mayor of the capital city of San Juan, then Sen.Kenneth McClintock, who later became President of the Puerto Rico Senate and Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of State of Puerto Rico, and then Sen. Juan Eugenio Hernández-Mayoral, son of late Gov.Rafael Hernández Colón and uncle of current Resident CommissionerPablo José Hernández Rivera.
On October 21, 2014, after 37 years broadcasting on1030 AM, WOSOsigned off. Thetransmitter was vandalized and thePuerto Rico Electric Power Authority was forced to shut down the station. After an initial effort to revive the station as an online stream, nothing further was heard. After more than 10 years off the air, the station's license was cancelled on December 11, 2024,[2] as the station had not properly reported its operating status since July 2020 and had not operated at all since August 2021.[3] Thecall sign was quickly requested byWTIL inMayaguez.[3]
In 1993, Sherman Wildman purchased WOSO for a reported sale price of $1.2 million.[4]
