WURN (AM)

See also: WURN (disambiguation)

WURN
Broadcast areaSouth Florida
Frequency1040 kHz
BrandingActualidad 1040 AM / 103.9 FM
Programming
FormatSpanish news/talk
AffiliationsCNN en Español
Ownership
Owner
  • Actualidad Media Group
  • (Actualidad 1040 AM Licensee, LLC)
WLVJ, WURN-FM
History
First air date
1973; 51 years ago (1973)
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[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID4341
ClassB
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 / 25.84278; -80.42000
Translator(s)103.9 W280FV (Miami)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websiteactualidadradio.com

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]

  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.