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WURN
Miami, Florida;
Broadcast area	South Florida
Frequency	1040 kHz
Branding	Actualidad 1040 AM / 103.9 FM
Programming
Format	Spanish news/talk
Affiliations	CNN en Español
Ownership
Owner	Actualidad Media Group; (Actualidad 1040 AM Licensee, LLC);
Sister stations	WLVJ, WURN-FM
History
First air date	1973; 52 years ago
Former call signs	WKAO (197?-1986); WYFX (1986–1996); WJNA (1996–1997); WJNO (1997–2000); WBZT (2000); WJNA (2000–2003); WLVJ (2003–2016);
Former frequencies	1510 kHz (197?–198?)
Call sign meaning	Union Radio Noticias
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	4341
Class	B
Power	50,000 watts (day; 5,000 watts (night);
Transmitter coordinates	25°50′34″N 80°25′12″W / 25.84278°N 80.42000°W
Translator(s)	103.9 W280FV (Miami)
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Webcast	Listen live
Website	actualidadradio.com

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WURN (1040 kHz "Actualidad 1040 AM / 103.9 FM") is a commercial AM radio station Miami, Florida. The station airs a Spanish news/talk radio format. WURN is owned by Actualidad Media Group.^[2]

The weekday schedule is made up of all news blocks along with talk programs in the daytime and sports shows in the evening. Some hours, the station carries the audio from CNN en Español.

WURN transmits with 50,000 watts by day, the maximum for commercial AM stations. Because AM 1040 is a clear channel frequency, reserved for Class A WHO Des Moines, WURN must reduce power at night to 5,000 watts, when AM radio waves travel further. The station uses a directional antenna in the daytime. The transmitter is off NW 74th Street in Miami.^[3] Programming is also heard on 99-watt FM translator W280FV at 103.9 MHz in Miami.^[4]

During the 2020 election, some programs on WURN promoted falsehoods and conspiracy theories.^[5]^[6]

History

Boynton Beach's first AM radio station was WZZZ, which broadcast with a Top 40 format on 1510 kHz and signed on the air April 10, 1962.^[7] WZZZ went off the air in September 1965. It was eventually replaced by a newly licensed station on 1510 using the call sign WKAO. In the 1980s WKAO moved to 1040 kHz.^[8] WKAO changed its call letters to WYFX on May 3, 1986. Subsequently the station changed its call sign to WJNA on November 1, 1996, to WJNO on September 22, 1997, to WBZT on March 6, 2000, back to WJNA on December 20, 2000, and to WLVJ on January 7, 2003.^[9]

In June 1988, the station found its nighttime signal being subsumed by from 1040 AM "Radio Taino" in Cuba, which may have been increasing its signal strength to as much as 250,000 watts. WHBO 1040 in the Tampa radio market also experienced signal inference from Radio Taino.^[10]

On January 24, 2012, the FCC approved the transfer of the station's broadcast license from James-Crystal Radio's subsidiary, JCE Licenses LLC, to a company known as Actualidad 1040AM Licensee, LLC.^[11]

On April 26, 2016, WURN was granted a Federal Communications Commission construction permit to change its city of license from Boynton Beach to Miami, increase day power to 50,000 watts, increase night power to 5,000 watts and move the transmitter to the same site as WMYM.^[12] WURN was issued a license for this change effective February 9, 2018.

In effect, on December 16, 2016, WURN and its co-owned station, WLVJ, flipped frequencies. WURN moved from AM 1020 to AM 1040. WLVJ did the reverse, moving from AM 1040 to AM 1020.

References

^ "Facility Technical Data for WURN". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
^ "WURN Facility Record". fcc.gov.
^ Radio-Locator.com/WURN
^ Radio-Locator.com/W280FV
^ Mazzei, Patricia; Medina, Jennifer (October 21, 2020). "False Political News in Spanish Pits Latino Voters Against Black Lives Matter". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
^ Univision. ""The rhetoric is out of control, more than usual." The disinformation wars in Miami take an ugly turn". Univision (in Spanish). Retrieved October 21, 2020.
^ Palm Beach Post, April 11, 1962, page 15
^ Palm Beach Post, March 19, 1966, page 33
^ "WURN Call Sign History". fcc.gov.
^ "Cuban Broadcasts Overpower Radio Station - tribunedigital-sunsentinel". Archived from the original on December 10, 2017.
^ Application Search Details fcc.gov. Accessed February 27, 2015
^ "Application for Construction Permit for Commercial Broadcast Station". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

External links

Facility details for Facility ID 4341 (WURN) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
WURN in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
FCC History Cards for WURN

[1] "Facility Technical Data for WURN". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.

[2] "WURN Facility Record". fcc.gov.

[3] Radio-Locator.com/WURN

[4] Radio-Locator.com/W280FV

[5] Mazzei, Patricia; Medina, Jennifer (October 21, 2020). "False Political News in Spanish Pits Latino Voters Against Black Lives Matter". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 21, 2020.

[6] Univision. ""The rhetoric is out of control, more than usual." The disinformation wars in Miami take an ugly turn". Univision (in Spanish). Retrieved October 21, 2020.

[7] Palm Beach Post, April 11, 1962, page 15

[8] Palm Beach Post, March 19, 1966, page 33

[9] "WURN Call Sign History". fcc.gov.

[10] "Cuban Broadcasts Overpower Radio Station - tribunedigital-sunsentinel". Archived from the original on December 10, 2017.

[11] Application Search Details fcc.gov. Accessed February 27, 2015

[12] "Application for Construction Permit for Commercial Broadcast Station". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

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-| name                 = WURN
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-| city                 = [[Miami, Florida|Miami]], [[Florida]]
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+| city             = [[Miami, Florida]]
-| branding             = Actualidad 1040 AM
+| area             = [[South Florida]]
-| slogan               =
+| branding         = Actualidad 1040 AM / 103.9 FM
-| airdate              = 1973
+| airdate          = {{start date and age|1973}}
-| frequency            = 1040 [[kHz]]
+| frequency        = 1040 [[kHz]]
+| translator       = {{Radio Relay|103.9|W280FV|Miami}}
-| format               = [[Spanish language|Spanish]] [[talk radio]]
-| power                = 50,000 [[watt]]s day<br>5,000 [[watt]]s night
+| format           = [[Spanish language in the United States|Spanish]] [[news/talk]]
-| erp                  =
+| power            = {{ubl|50,000 [[watt]]s (day|5,000 watts (night)}}
-| haat                 =
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-| coordinates          = {{nowrap|{{coord|26|28|26|N|80|12|11|W|}}}}
-| callsign_meaning     =
+| facility_id      = 4341
+| coordinates      = {{coord|25|50|34|N|80|25|12|W|}}
-| former_callsigns     = WKAO (1970s-1986)<br>WYFX (1986-1996)<br>WJNA (1996-1997)<br>WJNO (1997-2000)<br>WBZT (2000)<br>WJNA (2000-2003)<br>WLVJ (2003-2016)
+| callsign_meaning = Union Radio Noticias
-| owner                = Actualidad Media Group
+| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WKAO (197?-1986)|WYFX (1986–1996)|WJNA (1996–1997)|WJNO (1997–2000)|WBZT (2000)|WJNA (2000–2003)|WLVJ (2003–2016)}}
-| licensee             = Actualidad 1040 AM Licensee, LLC
+| former_frequencies = 1510 kHz (197?–198?)
-| sister_stations      = [[WLVJ (AM)|WLVJ]], [[WURN-FM]], [[WMYM]]
-| webcast              =
+| owner            = Actualidad Media Group
+| licensee         = Actualidad 1040 AM Licensee, LLC
-| website              = [http://www.actualidadmiami.com/ Actualidad Miami]
+| sister_stations  = [[WLVJ (AM)|WLVJ]], [[WURN-FM]]
-| affiliations         =
+| webcast          = {{listenlive|http://actualidadradio.com/en-vivo}}
+| website          = {{url|http://actualidadradio.com}}
+| affiliations     = [[CNN en Español]]
 }}
-'''WURN''' (1040 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) is a [[radio station]] broadcasting a [[Spanish language|Spanish]] [[talk radio]] format. Licensed to [[Miami, Florida]], USA, the station's [[broadcast license]] is currently held by Actualidad 1040AM Licensee, LLC.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division |title=WURN Facility Record |url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=WURN |accessdate=January 29, 2012}}</ref>
+'''WURN''' (1040 [[kHz]] "Actualidad 1040 AM / 103.9 FM") is a [[commercial radio|commercial]] [[AM broadcasting|AM]] [[radio station]] [[Miami, Florida]].  The station airs a [[Spanish language in the United States|Spanish]] [[news/talk]] [[radio format]]. WURN is owned by Actualidad Media Group.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=WURN |title=WURN Facility Record |website=[[fcc]].gov}}</ref>
+The weekday schedule is made up of [[all news]] blocks along with talk programs in the daytime and sports shows in the evening.  Some hours, the station carries the audio from [[CNN en Español]].
-On April 26, 2016 WURN was granted a [[Federal Communications Commission]] [[construction permit]] to change the community of license to [[Miami, Florida|Miami]], increase day power to 50,000 watts, increase night power to 5,000 watts and move the transmitter site to the [[WMYM]] site.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101695444&formid=301&fac_num=4341 |title=Application for Construction Permit for Commercial Broadcast Station |work=United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division }}</ref>
+WURN transmits with 50,000 [[watt]]s by day, the maximum for commercial AM stations. Because [[AM 1040]] is a [[clear channel station|clear channel frequency]], reserved for [[List of North American broadcast station classes|Class A]] [[WHO (AM)|WHO]] [[Des Moines]], WURN must reduce power at night to 5,000 watts, when AM radio waves travel further. The station uses a [[directional antenna]] in the daytime.  The [[transmitter]] is off NW 74th Street in Miami.<ref>[https://radio-locator.com/info/WURN-AM Radio-Locator.com/WURN]</ref>  Programming is also heard on 99-watt [[FM translator]] W280FV at 103.9 [[MHz]] in Miami.<ref>[https://radio-locator.com/info/W280FV-FX Radio-Locator.com/W280FV]</ref>
-==History==
-Boynton Beach's first AM radio station was '''WZZZ''', which broadcast with a Top 40 format on 1510&nbsp;kHz and went on the air April 10, 1962.<ref>Palm Beach Post, April 11, 1962, page 15</ref> WZZZ went off the air in September, 1965; it was eventually replaced by a newly licensed station on 1510 using the [[call sign]] '''WKAO'''. In the 1980s WKAO moved to 1040&nbsp;kHz.<ref>Palm Beach Post, March 19, 1966, page 33</ref> WKAO changed its call letters to '''WYFX''' on May 3, 1986. Subsequently the station changed its call sign to '''WJNA''' on November 1, 1996, to '''WJNO''' on September 22, 1997, to '''WBZT''' on March 6, 2000, back to '''WJNA''' on December 20, 2000, and to '''WLVJ''' on January 7, 2003.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=4341&Callsign=WURN |title=WURN Call Sign History |publisher=United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division}}</ref> The station was home to the Jewish program "Shalom South Florida" and the long-running oldies specialty show "Ken Held's Doo-Wop Shop."
+During the 2020 election, some programs on WURN promoted falsehoods and conspiracy theories.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Mazzei|first1=Patricia|last2=Medina|first2=Jennifer|date=October 21, 2020|title=False Political News in Spanish Pits Latino Voters Against Black Lives Matter|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/21/us/politics/spanish-election-2020-disinformation.html|access-date=October 21, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Univision|title="The rhetoric is out of control, more than usual." The disinformation wars in Miami take an ugly turn|url=https://www.univision.com/univision-news/politics/the-rhetoric-is-out-of-control-more-than-usual-the-disinformation-wars-in-miami-take-an-ugly-turn|access-date=October 21, 2020|website=Univision|language=spanish}}</ref>
-On January 24, 2012, the FCC approved the transfer of the WLVJ [[broadcast license]] from James-Crystal Radio's subsidiary, JCE Licenses LLC, to a company known as Actualidad 1040AM Licensee, LLC.<ref>[http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1484397 Application Search Details] fcc.gov. Accessed February 27, 2015</ref> Prior to the sale to Actualidad 1040AM Licensee, LLC., the station aired a Christian format branded "Family Values Radio".
+==History==
-The station changed its call sign to the current WURN on December 6, 2016.
+Boynton Beach's first AM radio station was WZZZ, which broadcast with a [[Top 40]] format on 1510&nbsp;kHz and [[sign-on|signed on]] the air April 10, 1962.<ref>Palm Beach Post, April 11, 1962, page 15</ref> WZZZ went [[off the air]] in September 1965. It was eventually replaced by a newly licensed station on 1510 using the [[call sign]] WKAO. In the 1980s WKAO moved to 1040&nbsp;kHz.<ref>Palm Beach Post, March 19, 1966, page 33</ref> WKAO changed its call letters to WYFX on May 3, 1986. Subsequently the station changed its call sign to WJNA on November 1, 1996, to WJNO on September 22, 1997, to WBZT on March 6, 2000, back to WJNA on December 20, 2000, and to WLVJ on January 7, 2003.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=4341&Callsign=WURN |title=WURN Call Sign History |website=fcc.gov}}</ref>
+In June 1988, the station found its nighttime signal being subsumed by from 1040 AM "Radio Taino" in [[Cuba]], which may have been increasing its signal strength to as much as 250,000 watts. [[WHBO]] 1040 in the [[Tampa]] radio market also experienced signal inference from Radio Taino.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1988-06-21/news/8802050924_1_cuban-broadcasts-station| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171210020024/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1988-06-21/news/8802050924_1_cuban-broadcasts-station| archive-date = December 10, 2017| title = Cuban Broadcasts Overpower Radio Station - tribunedigital-sunsentinel}} </ref>
-==The history and legacy of WYFX FOXY 1040==
+On January 24, 2012, the FCC approved the transfer of the station's [[broadcast license]] from James-Crystal Radio's subsidiary, JCE Licenses LLC, to a company known as Actualidad 1040AM Licensee, LLC.<ref>[http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1484397 Application Search Details] fcc.gov. Accessed February 27, 2015</ref>
-Formerly known as WKAO, a thousand watt daytime only station, 1040 AM changed its call letters to WYFX on May 3, 1986, and began branding themselves as “Foxy 1040.” The station, which aired a full-time Blues & Soul format with Gospel Music on the weekends, also marketed itself as “The Ten Thousand Watt Giant” and, with a power increase, “[https://www.radiodiscussions.com/showthread.php?524571-WEST-PALM-BEACH-HISTORY-PT2/page3 The Twenty Five Thousands Watt Giant].”
+On April 26, 2016, WURN was granted a [[Federal Communications Commission]] [[construction permit]] to change its [[city of license]] from [[Boynton Beach, Florida|Boynton Beach]] to Miami, increase day power to 50,000 watts, increase night power to 5,000 watts and move the transmitter to the same site as [[WMYM]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101695444&formid=301&fac_num=4341 |title=Application for Construction Permit for Commercial Broadcast Station |work=United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division }}</ref> WURN was issued a license for this change effective February 9, 2018.
-One of Foxy’s earliest personalities was Sunny Quinn, who eventually moved onto [[WEAT]] “Sunny 104.3” with her “Sunny After Dark” evening program; she then became the morning show host on “Real Rock” 92.7 [[WZZR]].<ref>https://www.radiodiscussions.com/showthread.php?524571-WEST-PALM-BEACH-HISTORY-PT2/page3
-</ref>
+In effect, on December 16, 2016, WURN and its co-owned station, WLVJ, flipped frequencies.  WURN moved from AM 1020 to AM 1040.  WLVJ did the reverse, moving from AM 1040 to AM 1020.
-By 1987, “Foxy 1040” became so popular in the South Florida area that its morning show tied for 6th place with the popular FM morning program hosted by Skip Herman and Jim McBean on the newly implemented “All Compact Disc Rock” outlet, 97.3 [[WGTR]], in a June 1987 Sun Sentinel reader’s poll.<ref>http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1987-06-10/features/8702210396_1_kitchens-show-morning-show-tanner-show
+[[File:WURN actualidad1040AM logo.jpg|thumb|Logo before translator sign on]]
-</ref>
-In addition to Sunny Quinn, one of the station’s most popular DJ’s was Joan “Sister Beckford” Beckford, who got her start on [[WPOM]] 1600 AM, a low wattage Gospel outlet in Rivera Beach. Foxy’s then program director, Chico Wesley, dubbed her “The legend of Gospel Music in Palm Beach County.”<ref>http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1989-10-06/news/8902020983_1_gospel-music-gospel-show-sister-beckford</ref> “Sister Beckford” passed away at the age of 65 in August 2010.<ref>http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/palmbeachpost/obituary.aspx?pid=144939829</ref>
-In June 1988, “FOXY 1040” went to battle against the 1040 AM Cuban-based “Radio Taino,” which cranked its power up to 250,000 watts and interfered with Foxy’s 10,000 watt night time signal.  WYFX was not alone: [[WHBO]] 1040 on the West Coast of Florida also experienced signal inference from the errant Cuban station.<ref>http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1988-06-21/news/8802050924_1_cuban-broadcasts-station</ref>
-Eventually the staff of “FOXY 1040,” including the popular afternoon drive DJ Duke Ellington Brice, were fired and WYFX flipped to the ABC Radio Network’s satellite “Touch” format, in the early 1990s. This format flip is verified on the Miami-Fort Lauderdale boards under the 2009 entry "[https://www.radiodiscussions.com/showthread.php?524571-WEST-PALM-BEACH-HISTORY-PT2/page3 West Palm Beach History]," available on Radio Discussions.com.
-By 1996, WYFX was no more; its sale resulted in call letter and format change as [[WJNA]], which ran a [[nostalgia]] music and later, a [[business news]] format.
-The [[WYFX (FM)|WYFX]] call letters are currently used by an FM radio station at the 106.7 dial position, licensed to Mount Vernon, Indiana, United States.
-[[Image:WLVJ logo.png|thumb|right|Former station logo]]
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
-{{AM station data|WURN}}
+{{AM station data|4341|WURN}}
+* [https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=62022&.pdf FCC History Cards for WURN]
-*{{FCC History Cards|4341|WURN}}
 {{Miami Radio}}
-[[Category:Radio stations in Florida|URN (AM)]]
+[[Category:Christian radio stations in Florida|URN (AM)]]
-[[Category:Christian radio stations in the United States]]
-[[Category:Boynton Beach, Florida]]
 [[Category:1973 establishments in Florida]]
 [[Category:Radio stations established in 1973]]
-{{Florida-radio-station-stub}}