WDJA (1420 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish Christian format. Licensed to Delray Beach, Florida, United States, the station is currently owned by Professional Broadcasting, LLC.[2]
Frequency | 1420 kHz |
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Branding | Radio Universo 1420 AM |
Programming | |
Format | Spanish Christian |
Affiliations | None |
Ownership | |
Owner | Professional Broadcasting, LLC |
History | |
First air date | 1978-09-28 (as WDBF) |
Former call signs | WDBF (?-2001) WPBI (2001–2003) WFFL (2003–2003) WFTL (2003–2003) |
Call sign meaning | W Dow Jones Average (calls were swapped with 850 AM in 2003) |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 54038 |
Class | B |
Power | 5,000 watts day 500 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 26°27′22.00″N 80°5′58.00″W / 26.4561111°N 80.0994444°W |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | Radio Universo 1420 |
History
editThe station went on the air as WDBF in the 70s and broadcast a Big band format under the ownership of bandleader Vic Knight. On April 3, 2001, the station changed its call sign to WPBI. On April 23, 2003, the calls were changed to WFFL but were quickly changed to WFTL one week later. The following week (May 7, 2003) the call sign was again changed to the current WDJA. From [3] On February 3, 2009, the World Ethnic format was dropped for a News/talk format.
On January 1, 2012, WDJA flipped to a Spanish Christian format branded as Radio Universo.
References
edit- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WDJA". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WDJA Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
External links
edit- Facility details for Facility ID 54038 (WDJA) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WDJA in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- South Florida Radio Pages web site