WBYM
| City | Bayamon, Puerto Rico |
|---|---|
| Branding | Radio Jazz |
| Frequency | 1560 kHz |
| First air date | March 5, 1948 |
| Format | Jazz |
| Power | 5,000 watts (day) 750 watts (night) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 295 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 18°24′05″N 66°07′14″W / 18.40139°N 66.12056°W |
| Callsign meaning | Bayamon |
| Former callsigns | WENA (1948-1961) WRSJ (1961-2016) |
| Owner | AiLive Network (International Broadcasting Corporation) |
| Sister stations |
WQBS WQBS-FM WRSJ WIBS WIOA/WIOC WZET WGIT WSJU-TV WIVE-LP |
| Website | www.ailivenetwork.com |
WBYM (1560 AM, Radio Jazz) is a radio station broadcasting a Jazz format. licensed to serve Bayamon, Puerto Rico, The station is owned by International Broadcasting Corporation.
The station was assigned the WBYM call letters by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on November 21, 2016.
WBYM began operations on 1560 kHz on March 5, 1948 as WENA, "La Buena", at that time was owned by Bayamon Broadcasting Corporation and broadcasts the news, talk and variety format. in the 1960s, the station changed the callsign of WRSJ under the name, "Radio San Juan", founded by the late Andrés 'Bubo' Gomez, Gustavo Diaz and Ramon Agudo, and was transmitting Beautiful Music.
In December 1994, aviation executive Anthony Tirri announced plans to purchase WRSJ, then known as the former "Radio San Juan," for a reported sale price of $850,000. Tirri also announced that under his ownership the station would switch to English-language programming. At the time, WOSO was the only existing English-language station in the market.
In July 2003, International Broadcasting Corp. (Angel Roman, president) reached an agreement to buy two radio stations, WRSJ and WKVN, from Concillio Mision Cristiano Fuente de Agua Viva Inc. (Otoniel Font, president) for a reported sale price of $1.45 million.
In 2012, WRSJ was rebranded as Pura Palabra 1560AM the day after WVOZ Changed its Spanish Tropical format and in late part of 2014, WRSJ went Silent after former owner, International Broadcasting Corporation, returns to its hands.
Since August 1, 2015, Centro Media Group relaunched WRSJ, with a Spanish and English Variety format, and with this new format WRSJ also revives its original branding, known as the new Radio San Juan. Starting in November 2015, WRSJ intends to produce Local programming that provides News, Sports & Entertainment under the management of broadcaster Juan "Papotito" Rosario, who owns and operates other successful radio stations in Puerto Rico. also, will change its branding to Metro Radio 1560 AM.
Effective December 21, 2015, owner International Broadcasting Corporation assigned WRSJ's license to the IBC Divestiture Trust (Jean Paul Vissepó, trustee), to comply with FCC ownership limits.
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