WKFE

WKFE
City	Yauco, Puerto Rico
Frequency	1550 kHz
Branding	Radio Café 1550
Programming
Format	Spanish News Talk
Ownership
Owner	Media Power Group ; (Media Power Group, Inc.)
Sister stations	WSKN, WDEP, WLEY
History
First air date	November 3, 1961
Call sign meaning	"Café"
Technical information
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)	W228EF 93.5 (Mayaguez)
Links
Website	www.radioisla.tv

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. WKFE is part of the Radio Isla Network.^[1] It airs a Spanish language News Talk Information format.^[2]

The station was assigned the WKFE call letters by the Federal Communications Commission.^[3]

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.^[4]

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.^[5]

Translator stations[]

Broadcast translators of WKFE
Call sign	Frequency (MHz)	City of license	ERP (W)	FCC info
W228EF	93.5 FM	Mayaguez, Puerto Rico	.25	FCC FM Query

References[]

^ Jacobs, George (2007). National Radio: Puerto Rico (US Associated). World Radio TV Handbook 2007: The Directory of Global Broadcasting. Billboard Books. pp. 305–306. ISBN 0-8230-5997-9.
^ "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.