English Radio Station

[e-dawg]

Since Puerto Rico is part of the United States (Commonwealth).  Does San Juan have an English radio station besides AM 1060 WCBG and AM 1190 WBMJ?  Also, is there any NPR stations in Puerto Rico?

[DavidEduardo]

Since Puerto Rico is part of the United States (Commonwealth).  Does San Juan have an English radio station besides AM 1060 WCBG and AM 1190 WBMJ?  Also, is there any NPR stations in Puerto Rico?

I think that you mean 1030 WOSO in San Juan, a news talk station. WBMJ is all religion, and co-operated with WCGB 1060 in Juana Díaz (a Ponce market municipality) and WIVV on the island municipality of Vieques off the SE shore of PR.

WIPR AM and FM are owned by the Commonwealth government, and have had an NPR relationship primarily for news, but I do not think they have even that now (the website shows affiliation with NPR, The Met Opera, RTVEs, and  Radio Netherland) but the program grid shows very little. WIPR FM is classical and the AM is talk, news and Puerto Rican music.

The reason why there is not any more English language programming is just like the reason why New York City does not have a country station... not enough potential listeners.

[Gregg]

When I was in Puerto Rico a few years ago, WIPR-FM sounded much like an NPR Classical station on the mainland, like WQXR or KDFC, except the hosts do all their announcements in Spanish.  In the evening, they run some NPR syndicated classical programs in English, including orchestra broadcasts.  I also heard Radio Espana classical programs in Spanish as well. 

You can hear some Virgin Island FM stations, all broadcasting in English, in the eastern section of the island.  Some come in spotty in San Juan.

[ai4i]

...WIPR-FM...

A grandfathered superpower class B station which covers much of the island.
WINZ, Miami, has a null in the direction toward WIPR(AM)

[DavidEduardo]

...WIPR-FM...

A grandfathered superpower class B station which covers much of the island.
WINZ, Miami, has a null in the direction toward WIPR(AM)

It's antenna, at about 4000 ft AMSL, used to produce some wonderful-to-view corona effects as the humid, salt-laden sea air swept by the tower at night.

They later changed to a different antenna and spacing... it does not glow in the dark any more.

[BMR]

Do the rest of the PR stations broadcast 100% Spanish, or do they throw in a bit of 'Spanglish' into the mix?