WDNO

WDNO
Quebradillas, Puerto Rico;
Frequency	960 kHz
Branding	Nueva Vida
Programming
Format	Contemporary Christian
Ownership
Owner	Juan Carlos Matos Barreto and Ana G. Velez Montes; (New Life Broadcasting Inc.);
Sister stations	WNVM; WNVE; WZNA-LD; WCLO-TV; WKHD-LD
History
First air date	1985; 39 years ago
Former call signs	WJYT (1985–1988); WORR (1988–1992); WKVN (1992–2004); WCHQ (2004–2011)
Call sign meaning	Del; Norte
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	11621
Class	B
Power	10,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates	18°20′58.00″N 67°51′51.00″W / 18.3494444°N 67.8641667°W
Translator(s)	W250CF 97.9 (Arecibo); W283DR 104.5 (Aguadilla)
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	www.nuevavida.fm

WDNO (960 AM), branded on-air as Nueva Vida, is a radio station broadcasting a Contemporary Christian format. Licensed to Quebradillas, Puerto Rico, the station is currently owned by Juan Carlos Matos Barreto and Ana G. Velez Montes, through licensee New Life Broadcasting. WDNO is simulcast on W250CF 97.9 FM in Arecibo and W283DR 104.5 FM in Aguadilla.^[2]

History

The station was assigned the call letters WJYT on 1982-06-28. On 1988-07-07, the station changed its call sign to WORR, on 1992-09-28 to WKVN, on 2004-07-06 to WCHQ, and on 2011-01-19 to the current WDNO.^[3]

Ownership

In July 2003, International Broadcasting Corp. (Angel Roman, president) reached an agreement to buy two radio stations, WRSJ and WKVN (now WDNO), from Concillio Mision Cristiano Fuente de Agua Viva Inc. (Otoniel Font, president) for a reported sale price of $1.45 million.^[4]

Since October 1, 2016 and after 29 years broadcasting in the frequency 103.7 FM, WDNO and the translator station with the approval of the Federal Communications Commission in the United States, has changed to 97.9 FM for best coverage. In March 2018, the station announced that the FM translator in Arecibo will move the frequency to 98.3 FM in the next few months and the callsign will change to W252EA, pending FCC approval, But the translator remain itself on the same frequency (97.9 MHz) and with the same call letters (W250CF).