WIRA | |
Above: | Currently silent |
City: | Fort Pierce, Florida |
Country: | US |
Area: | Vero Beach, Florida |
Frequency: | 1400 kHz |
Format: | Latin-American music |
Power: | 1,000 watts unlimited |
Class: | C |
Facility Id: | 2681 |
Licensing Authority: | FCC |
Coordinates: | 27.4356°N -80.3612°W |
Owner: | Carline Clerge |
Licensee: | Caribbean Media Group, Inc. |
WIRA (1400 AM) is a radio station broadcasting Latin-American music.[1] Licensed to Fort Pierce, Florida, United States, the station serves the Vero Beach area, but also reaches to Sebastian, Florida.[2] The station is owned by Carline Clerge, through licensee Caribbean Media Group, Inc.[3] In addition, this radio station is also popularly known as "Spanish; Castilian: La Nueva" and is re-transmitted on FM translator W285FN (104.9) in Port St. Lucie.
WIRA was first licensed September 18, 1946.[4] The station changed its call sign to WYFX on November 1, 1996. On August 15, 1997, the WIRA call sign returned.[5]
Following divorce proceedings involving Caribbean Media Group's principals, the company filed to transfer WIRA and WPOM to Sugar Broadcasting, owner of WSWN, in November 2023.[6] On February 13, 2024, WIRA went silent after it was found to be interfering with another nearby AM station.[7]