W Radio (Colombia)

W Radio
Broadcast area	Colombia
Frequency	690 kHz 99.9 MHz
Branding	HJCZ (AM), HJLN (FM)
Programming
Format	News / talk
Affiliations	Caracol Radio
Ownership
Owner	Caracol Radio (PRISA)
History
First air date	April 7, 2003
Former names	Punto Azul (1973–1976) ; Caracol Estéreo (1976–2003)
Links
Website	wradio.com.co

W Radio Colombia is a news/talk/adult contemporary Colombian radio network, part of Caracol Radio. It started in 1973 as adult contemporary station Caracol Estéreo. It is part of the W Radio system, with networks in Mexico, Los Angeles (United States), Panama, and transmitted as far away as Chile.

The station is best known for its morning news show La W, presented by Julio Sánchez Cristo, Alberto Casas Santamaría, and Camila Zuluaga.

History

Before 1990, FM radio in Colombia was almost exclusively devoted to music, because a 1975 decree issued by the Ministry of Communications limited to 60 minutes a day the time an FM station could dedicate to "informative, journalistic, or sports programming."^[1] These restrictions were relaxed in the early 1990s, allowing FM stations to broadcast news.

Viva FM was one of the pioneering morning news shows on the FM band, starting in 1991 on Caracol Estéreo, presented by Julio Sánchez Cristo.^[2] Sánchez Cristo left in 1996 to RCN Radio, creating La FM, a similar programme on the then newly created homonymous station. Viva FM continued with the direction of Roberto Pombo until 2003, when Sánchez came back to the then brand new W Radio.

References

^ "Decreto número 2085 de 1975 (septiembre 29), por el cual se reglamentan los artículo 24 A 38 del Decreto Legislativo 3418 de 1954 y los artículos 1º a 19 de la Ley 74 de 1966 sobre el servicio de Radiodifusión Sonora)" (PDF). Ministerio de Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones. 29 September 1975. Retrieved 2 May 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Gómez Concha, Rodolfo (2007). "La radio en Colombia". In Merayo Pérez, Arturo (ed.). La radio en Iberoamérica: evolución, diagnóstico, prospectiva (in Spanish). Comunicación Social. p. 159. ISBN 978-84-96082-49-6. Retrieved 16 October 2013.

External links

Official site

4°35′53″N 74°04′33″W / 4.598056°N 74.075833°W / 4.598056; -74.075833

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[1] "Decreto número 2085 de 1975 (septiembre 29), por el cual se reglamentan los artículo 24 A 38 del Decreto Legislativo 3418 de 1954 y los artículos 1º a 19 de la Ley 74 de 1966 sobre el servicio de Radiodifusión Sonora)" (PDF). Ministerio de Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones. 29 September 1975. Retrieved 2 May 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}

[gomezconcha-2] Gómez Concha, Rodolfo (2007). "La radio en Colombia". In Merayo Pérez, Arturo (ed.). La radio en Iberoamérica: evolución, diagnóstico, prospectiva (in Spanish). Comunicación Social. p. 159. ISBN 978-84-96082-49-6. Retrieved 16 October 2013.

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v t e Radio stations in Bogotá, Colombia
By AM frequency	540 570 610 650 690 730 770 810 850 890 930 970 1010 1040 1070 1100 1130 1160 1190 1220 1250 1280 1310 1370 1400 1430 1460 1490 1520 1550 1580
By FM frequency	88.9 89.9 90.4 90.9 91.9 92.4 92.9 93.4 93.9 94.9 95.9 96.9 97.4 97.9 98.5 99.1 99.9 100.4 100.9 101.9 102.9 103.9 104.4 104.9 105.4 105.9 106.9 107.9 Zipaquirá: 96.3 Facatativá: 91.4 Soacha: 107.4 Cota: 103.4
By callsign	HJBS HJCA HJCC HJCE HJCG HJCI HJCJ HJCK (leased) HJCN HJCS HJCU HJCV HJCY (AM) HJCZ HJOV (Facatativá) HJE31 (Zipaquirá) HJFB (AM) HJGL (FM) HJHR (FM) HJIN (FM) HJIT HJJK HJJW HJJX (AM) HJJZ HJKA HJKC (AM) HJKH HJKL HJKM HJKN HJKR HJKU HJKX HJKZ HJL77 HJL78 HJL80 HJL81 HJL82 (FM) HJL83 HJLI HJLN HJMD HJMO HJND (AM) HJOC HJPU (FM) HJQT HJRX HJST HJUD HJUN HJUT HJVA HJVC HJVD HJVU HJVV HJYM HJYY HJZI
Online only	Colorín Colorradio HJCK El Mundo en Bogotá La Superestación
Defunct	HJN La Voz de Colombia La Voz de la Víctor Radio Sutatenza Sonorama Estéreo La Vallenata El Dorado Estéreo Bienvenida Estéreo Radionet Radio Tequendama Radio Fantasía Ecos del Palmar Emisora Mil Veinte Radio Líder
Main networks	Caracol Radio RCN Radio Todelar Cadena Melodía Cadena Súper Radiópolis Organización Radial Olímpica RTVC Sistema de Medios Públicos Bluradio
Defunct networks	Grupo Radial Colombiano Radio K (Colombia)
Radio stations in italics are state-run or owned by state institutions (licensed as "public interest stations")

v t e Radio in Colombia
Main networks	Caracol Radio RCN Radio RTVC Sistema de Medios Públicos Todelar Cadena Melodía Cadena Súper Radiópolis Colmundo Radio Organización Radial Olímpica Bluradio
Main independent stations	Radio Santa Fe
Main defunct networks	Grupo Radial Colombiano Radio Sutatenza Radio K (Colombia) Núcleo Radial Bienvenida Radionet CORAL
Main online only stations	Colorín Colorradio HJCK El Mundo en Bogotá La Superestación Surcos del Pop
Main defunct stations	HJN La Voz de Barranquilla La Voz de Colombia La Voz de la Víctor

Authority control databases
International	VIAF
National	United States