WPAB
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| City | Ponce, Puerto Rico |
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| Broadcast area | Puerto Rico |
| Branding | PAB 550 Ponce |
| Slogan | La Radio del Sur de Puerto Rico |
| Frequency | 550 kHz |
| First air date | 1940 |
| Format | Spanish News/Talk |
| Power | 5,000 watts (unlimited) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 53077 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 17°59′27″N 66°37′46″W / 17.99083°N 66.62944°WCoordinates: 17°59′27″N 66°37′46″W / 17.99083°N 66.62944°W |
| Callsign meaning |
Puerto Rico American Broadcasting |
| Affiliations | CNN Radio |
| Owner | WPAB, Inc. (Alfonso Gimenez Porrata) |
| Website | pab550.com |
WPAB (550 AM, "550 Ponce") is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish News/Talk format. Licensed to Ponce, Puerto Rico, it serves the greater Puerto Rico area. The station is currently owned by WPAB, Inc. Its call letters, PAB, stand for "Puertorican American Broadcasting" corporation.
The radio station is "one of the most important radio stations in Puerto Rico", and the one that introduced Puerto Rico to the news and interviews format.
The station was founded in the 1940s by Miguel Soltero Palermo and Alfonso Giménez Aguayo. It had its first studios on Calle Leon in the Ponce Historic Zone, then moved to more spacious quarters on Calle Villa in the 1950s. It is located at 1831 Ave. Eduardo Ruberté, in Barrio Playa, Ponce, Puerto Rico.
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