WLEY (AM)

WLEY
City	Cayey, Puerto Rico
Broadcast area	Puerto Rico
Frequency	1080 kHz
Branding	Radio Ley 1080
Programming
Format	News Talk Information
Affiliations	CNN Radio
Ownership
Owner	Media Power Group ; (Media Power Group, Inc.)
Sister stations	WSKN, WDEP, WKFE, W228EF
History
First air date	September 8, 1964
Technical information
Facility ID	52945
Class	B
Power	250 watts unlimited
Transmitter coordinates	18°6′55.00″N 66°8′28.00″W / 18.1152778°N 66.1411111°W
Translator(s)	95.1 W236DS (Juncos)
Repeater(s)	WSKN
Links
Webcast	listen live
Website	www.radioisla.tv

WLEY (1080 AM, "Radio Ley") is a radio station licensed to serve Cayey, Puerto Rico. The station was founded on September 8, 1964 and it is owned by Media Power Group, Inc. WLEY is part of the Radio Isla Network.^[1] It airs a Spanish language News Talk Information format.^[2]

The station was assigned the WLEY 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. (Janero 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 WLEY, from Uno Radio Group. (Jesus M. Soto, owner) for a reported $6.8 million.^[5]

Translator stations[]

Broadcast translators of WLEY
Call sign	Frequency (MHz)	City of license	ERP (W)	FCC info
W236DS	95.1 FM	Juncos, Puerto Rico	250	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.