WRHC (AM)

WRHC
City	Coral Gables, Florida
Broadcast area	Miami metropolitan area
Frequency	1550 kHz
Branding	Cadena Azul
Programming
Format	Spanish variety
Ownership
Owner	WRHC Broadcasting Corp.
History
Former call signs	WRIZ
Call sign meaning	Radio; Habana; Cuba
Technical information
Facility ID	73945
Class	B
Power	10,000 watts day; 500 watts night
Transmitter coordinates	25°39′2″N 80°9′36″W / 25.65056°N 80.16000°W (day); 25°44′36″N 80°18′52″W / 25.74333°N 80.31444°W (night)
Links
Website	wrhc.com or cadenaazul.com

WRHC (branded as Cadena Azul, meaning "Blue Network") is an AM radio station broadcasting on 1550 kHz with a Spanish variety radio format. Licensed to serve Doral, Florida, United States, the station reaches the Miami metropolitan area. The station is currently owned by WRHC Broadcasting Corp.^[1]

The station's name and broadcast callsign are an homage to the former Cuban radio network, RHC-Cadena Azul, which operated from 1939 until 1954.^[2]

Previously known as WRIZ until 1985, the station had a phased array of four radio towers in Stiltsville south of Key Biscayne from 1967 to 1990.^[3] Because salt water is highly conductive, it makes an excellent ground plane for signals in the mediumwave radio 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 were mast radiators, connected to the transmitter shack via transmission lines, held in this case a few feet above the water line by pilings.

References[]

^ "WRHC Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
^ "Acerca de". WRHC Cadena Azul.
^ "Archived copy". stiltsville.org. Archived from the original on 7 March 2001. Retrieved 14 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links[]

FCC History Cards for WRHC
WRHC in the FCC AM station database
WRHC on Radio-Locator
WRHC in Nielsen Audio's AM station database

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[1] "WRHC Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

[2] "Acerca de". WRHC Cadena Azul.

[3] "Archived copy". stiltsville.org. Archived from the original on 7 March 2001. Retrieved 14 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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