| SimulcastsWWFEMiami | |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Miami metropolitan area |
| Frequency | 1550kHz |
| Branding | La Nueva Poderosa |
| Programming | |
| Format | Spanish languagetalk radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| History | |
Former call signs | WRIZ |
Call sign meaning | Radio Habana Cuba |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 73945 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 10,000watts day 500 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 25°39′2″N80°9′36″W / 25.65056°N 80.16000°W /25.65056; -80.16000 (day) 25°44′36″N80°18′52″W / 25.74333°N 80.31444°W /25.74333; -80.31444 (night) |
| Translator(s) | 98.7 W254DV (Miami) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | lapoderosa.com |
WRHC (1550kHz) is anAMradio station with aSpanish languagetalkradio format, simulcastingWWFE.Licensed to serveCoral Gables, Florida, United States, the stationreaches theMiami metropolitan area. The station is currently owned bySalem Media Group.[2]
The station's name andbroadcast callsign are anhomage to the formerCubanradio network,RHC-Cadena Azul, which operated from 1939 until 1954.[3]
Previously known asWRIZ until 1985, the station had aphased array of fourradio towers inStiltsville south ofKey Biscayne from 1967 to 1990.[4] Becausesalt water is highlyconductive, it makes an excellentground plane for signals in themediumwaveradio band, allowing the station to travel farther on the same power, although this station's purpose was to put a strong signal across Miami while minimizing its signal toward the Bahamas Islands and a station on 1540. As with all medium-frequency stations, the towers themselves weremast radiators, connected to thetransmitter shack viatransmission lines, held in this case a few feet above thewater level bypilings.
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