Station Profile
STATION PROFILE Tony Fitzherbert, 356 Jackman Avenue, Fairfield, CT 06430 *p~*~#~flflfl~fl#~~##~~~~~fl##fl~~~~~Q~~~~~~~~-~~#~flflfl STATION PROFILE - 79 -WNWS, News Talk for Southern Florida -- - - -- -- - -- --- ----- - -- ------- - -- Residents of Miami have a choice of three strong signalled 79 WNWs English - speaking news - talk formatted stations. Also, the almost 50% of the market demographics who are Nm/TMK of Hispanic or Cuban heritage, may listen to several AM broadcasters . who air all news and information from Cuba, as well as from the "Little Cuba" area of South Miami. Thus, talk is a substantial part of the Miam; radio offerings. Two of the English broadcasters operate by temporary authority on high power. WIOD-610 uses 10,000 watts to broadcast from a two tower array on East 79th Street in Biscayne Bay. The other, WNWS-790 is temporarily granted 25,000 watts, because of Cuban inteference. This is the profile of 79-WNWS, "News-Talk Radio for Southern Florida", lively, colorful, and sometimes contraversial companion to thousands of loyal listeners, who enjoy, and actively participate in discussions on topics ranging from real estate to sex. WNWS began broadcasting in 1958 as daytime only, non-directional WMBM, for Miami Beach-Miami. Parenthetically, four Miami broadcasters have at one time held the WMBM call. WMBM is presently assigned to a Miami Brach Black programmed station, which broadcasts from a storefront studio (and transmitter on the roof), at the southern tip of Miami Beach. WMBM, in 1958, used 1000 watts on 800Khz, broadcast from studios on MacArthur Causeway, surrounded by the turquois waters of Biscayne Bay.
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