WQBS | |
City: | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
Area: | Puerto Rico |
Branding: | QBS 870 AM |
Frequency: | 870 kHz |
Format: | Talk/Personality/Salsa |
Power: | 10,000 watts |
Class: | B |
Facility Id: | 573 |
Coordinates: | 18.3661°N -66.2156°W |
Callsign Meaning: | Quality Broadcasting corporation of San Juan (former owners) |
Former Callsigns: | WHOA (1955–1980) WVOZ (1980–1992) |
Owner: | IBC-AERCO (sale to SMD Media Group pending) |
Licensee: | Aerco Broadcasting Corporation |
Sister Stations: | WSJU-LD WRSJ WIOA WIOC WZET WIBS WGIT WQBS-FM |
Website: | www.qbs870.com |
Licensing Authority: | FCC |
WQBS (870 AM), branded on-air as QBS, is a radio station broadcasting a Talk/Personality/Salsa format. Licensed to San Juan, Puerto Rico, it serves the Puerto Rico area. The station is currently owned by Aerco Broadcasting Corporation.
WQBS's audio signal was broadcast on WSJU-TV channel 31.4 in San Juan, branded as WQBS TV. WQBS TV is the first over-the-air television channel that broadcasts programming from a radio station. WQBS Radio & WQBS TV broadcasts from studios in the IBC-AERCO Building in Rio Piedras. The channel ceased operations on September 5, 2018.
On June 20, 2024, Aerco Broadcasting Corporation announced a sale of WQBS to SMD Media Group, a new conglomerate that unite three radio networks converting into a multimedia content hub across the globe.[1]