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50-602: It broadcasts with 47,000 watts during the day and 2,500 watts at night. The signal can be received from as far north as Jupiter to as far south as the upper Florida keys. The nighttime directional pattern of WNMA protects 1210 in Philadelphia , a Class A 50,000- watt station. WFEC signed on April 10, 1949. The daytime-only outlet broadcast on 1220 kHz and was owned by the Florida East Coast Broadcasting Company. However, Florida East Coast reached

100-763: A local marketing agreement and ran the ESPN Deportes Spanish-language sports network on the station; WNMA replaced WOCN and increased the signal coverage of the network in south Florida. However, Deportes Media collapsed in 2016, losing its various local marketing agreements in Miami and other cities, and WMYM (990 AM) replaced it in the network. After ESPN Deportes moved to WMYM, WNMA returned to talk, airing programming in English and Spanish. In late 2018, Cielo Media, led by former Salem Media Group Miami general manager, Tony Catalyud, began leasing WNMA. It relaunched

150-483: A deal by the end of 1949 to sell the station to Howard B. Steere, an advertising executive from Detroit . Early in 1950, an attempt made before the station had signed on to move it to 1230 kHz, thereby allowing it to broadcast at night, was denied by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC); in 1951, Steere asked to move WFEC to 1240 kHz, which would also allow it nighttime operation, but

200-466: A female householder with no husband present, and 32.7% are non-families. 25.8% of all households are made up of individuals and 10.4% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.32 and the average family size is 3.15 In 2000, the town the population is spread out with 20.7% under the age of 18, 5.1% from 18 to 24, 28.8% from 25 to 44, 26.5% from 45 to 64, and 18.9% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age

250-621: A lengthy broadcasting heritage in Cuba, where CMQ had been one of the most important broadcasters in the country prior to the Cuban Revolution, when the radio station became the core of the Radio Rebelde national network. A month after they were adopted by the Miami radio station, CMQ Corporation, a production company owned by the Mestre brothers who had owned CMQ before its nationalization, objected to

300-431: A mild and dry winter (November through April), and a hot and wet summer (May through October). Daily thundershowers are common in the hot season, though they are brief. The Town of Jupiter is home to a multitude of tropical trees, and is also known for its lush landscaping around private homes and public parks. As of the 2020 United States census , there were 61,047 people, 26,597 households, and 16,484 families residing in

350-600: A relocated WMET, a Spanish-language outlet. Three years later, however, the station dropped Spanish-language programming and changed its call letters to WOAH, airing Miami's first full-time country music format; the format flip left WFAB as the city's only Spanish-language radio station. Another attempt was made in 1965 to change the station's frequency; however, the FCC dismissed Latin's application to shift to 1190 kHz in 1969. On January 9, 1969, WOAH changed its call letters to WLTO, returning to Spanish-language programming. However,

400-402: Is 42 years. For every 100 females there are 97.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 94.2 males. In 2000, the median income for a household in the town is $ 54,945, and the median income for a family is $ 64,873. Males have a median income of $ 44,883 versus $ 33,514 for females. The per capita income for the town is $ 35,088. 4.8% of the population and 3.0% of families are below

450-434: Is 94.86% White (89.4% were Non-Hispanic White ), 1.22% African American , 0.19% Native American , 1.12% Asian , 0.12% Pacific Islander , 1.37% from other races , and 1.12% from two or more races. 7.33% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. In 2000, there are 16,945 households out of which 26.6% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.8% are married couples living together, 8.4% have

500-535: Is set in Jupiter in 1952. CMQ (Cuba) CMQ (640 kHz ) was a commercial radio station in Havana , Cuba . It had a large audience in the 1940s and 1950s, attracting listeners with programs that included music, sports, talk and news. It later expanded into a television station and network. The radio station was heard on the clear channel frequency of 640 AM , powered at 50,000 watts , making it audible around

550-577: Is that the FCC has generally required paired original and expanded band stations to remain under common ownership. In 1997, citing a desire to exit AM radio and focus on music-formatted FM stations, SBS sold its three AM outlets—WCMQ, KXMG in Los Angeles and WXLX in New York City —to the One-on-One Sports radio network, in a $ 45 million transaction that saw One-on-One enter station ownership for

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600-402: The 2010 United States census , there were 55,156 people, 21,614 households, and 13,452 families residing in the town. As of the 2000 US census , there are 39,328 people, 16,945 households , and 11,403 families residing in the town. The population density is 759.2/km (1,966.5/mi ). There are 20,943 housing units at an average density of 404.3/km (1,047.2/mi ). The racial makeup of the town

650-548: The 2020 US Census , the town had a population of 61,047. It is 84 miles north of Miami and 15 miles north of West Palm Beach . Along with the adjacent Village of Tequesta , Jupiter is considered the northernmost municipality in the Miami metropolitan area . It was named the 9th Best Southern Beach Town to live in by Stacker Newsletter for 2022, was rated as the 12th Best Beach Town in the United States by WalletHub in 2018, and as

700-539: The Caribbean and Southern United States at night. The TV station broadcast on Channel 6 in Havana, later expanding to seven stations around the island. The company was founded on March 12, 1933, by Miguel Gabriel and Ángel Cambó. Ten years later, on August 1, 1943, half of it was acquired by the business group of Goar Mestre . In the beginning, CMQ Radio transmitted only in the capital. But broadcasts later were expanded to

750-435: The poverty line . Out of the total population, 4.7% of those under the age of 18 and 4.7% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line. As of 2000, speakers of English as a first language accounted for 88.47% of all residents, while Spanish was at 7.17%, and Italian made up 1.66% of the population. As of 2000, it's also home to the 102nd highest percentage of Guatemalan residents, which made up 1.09% of

800-473: The 1990s, WCMQ's programming shifted to talk. The station was the charter Spanish-language broadcaster of the expansion Florida Marlins Major League Baseball team in 1993, with Felo Ramírez as play-by-play announcer, under a deal that included affiliates in Latin America. Tomás García Fusté, a market veteran, defected from competitor WQBA in 1993 after more than a decade at that station. On March 17, 1997

850-620: The 9th Happiest Seaside Town in the United States by Coastal Living in 2012. The area where the town now sits was originally named for the Hobe Indian tribe which lived at the mouth of the Loxahatchee River and whose name is also preserved in the name of nearby Hobe Sound . A mapmaker misunderstood the Spanish spelling Jobe of the native people name Hobe and recorded it as Jove . Subsequent mapmakers further misunderstood this to be

900-588: The Atlantic Ocean further than any other point on the Florida coast. Since 1550, ships have considered it an important stop when sailing to Central and South America. Jupiter has a trade-wind Tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Much of the year is warm to hot in Jupiter, and frost is extremely rare. Jupiter is also known for humid summers. As is typical in South Florida, there are two basic seasons in Jupiter,

950-639: The Cuban station had not used the call letters on air since 1968. On July 31, 1974, WLTO became WCMQ again; the next year, the FCC denied a petition by CMQ Corporation to deny the license renewal of WCMQ. As WCMQ, the station upgraded from 250 watts of daytime power to 1,000 in 1978. It also gained an FM partner in 1974 when Dolgoff acquired WQXK-FM in Hialeah and relaunched it as WCMQ-FM . Dolgoff attempted to sell WCMQ-AM-FM in 1979 to American Radio and Television, owned by Michael F. Leone and Joy S. Davis, for $ 4.5 million;

1000-399: The FCC announced that 88 stations been given permission to move to newly available " Expanded Band " transmitting frequencies, ranging from 1610 to 1700 kHz, with WCMQ authorized to move from 1210 to 1700 kHz. The call sign for the original WCMQ on 1210 AM was changed to WNMA on November 25, 1997, thus allowing a construction permit for the expanded band station on 1700 AM to inherit

1050-574: The Radio Única Spanish-language radio network in a $ 9 million transaction. WNMA was one of 13 owned-and-operated Radio Única stations, and network operations also were based in Miami. García Fusté continued to host a program. Additionally, WNMA became the Spanish-language home of Miami Dolphins football under a two-year deal in 2001. In 2003, Radio Única declared bankruptcy and sold its 15 stations to Multicultural Broadcasting for $ 150 million. As part of

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1100-534: The Town of Jupiter is located at 26°55′34″N 80°6′18″W  /  26.92611°N 80.10500°W  / 26.92611; -80.10500 . According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 21.1 square miles (55 km ), of which 20.0 square miles (52 km ) is land and 1.1 square miles (2.8 km ) is water. Jupiter has a unique geographical location that sticks out into

1150-612: The ability to broadcast at night. At the end of 1961, it began negotiating a deal with Latin Broadcasting Company, the owners of WMET (1490 AM) , which would see WMET and WMBM swap facilities. The deal was finalized and announced in March 1962; Consolidated paid $ 253,000 to acquire the WMET-AM- FM facility. On April 3, 1962, the WMBM intellectual unit moved to 1490 kHz, and 1220 received

1200-521: The bankruptcy, the company laid off 220 employees, including 76 in Miami. As with most other Multicultural stations, WNMA featured brokered programming. In 2006, Venezuelan radio network Circuito Unión Radio  [ es ] began buying air time to broadcast some of its programming in Miami, hoping to build an audience and fearful of potential reprisals as Hugo Chávez consolidated media power in Venezuela. In 2011, Deportes Media took over WNMA under

1250-520: The channel, Haber dropped out in November. Under Haber and continuing under the second Florida East Coast Broadcasting Company, station programming was primarily aimed at a Black audience. As early as December 1952, WFEC promoted itself in trade advertising as "the only station in Florida featuring all-negro programming". Robert Earl Sawyer hosted a weekly program, "Negro Review", on WFEC in 1952. 1957 brought King Coleman , formerly of Tampa 's WIOK . When

1300-399: The citizens of Jupiter. There are three fire stations assigned to the town: Station 19 is the headquarters for Battalion 1, which covers Jupiter, Juno Beach, Lake Park and unincorporated areas of Palm Beach County such as Jupiter Farms and Palm Beach Country Estates. The Jupiter Police Department consists of 121 sworn officers and 36 civilian support staff personnel, and is headquartered in

1350-453: The first such station in South Florida. After having owned WCMQ-AM-FM since 1972 and 1974, respectively, Dolgoff sold the pair for $ 15 million to Spanish Broadcasting System in 1986, marking his retirement from station ownership. SBS ownership brought an overhaul to the AM, which was sinking in the ratings, and changed its moniker from "Radio Alegre" to "Radio Centro" with a faster-paced format. In

1400-580: The first time. For WCMQ listeners and air staff, the move was a shock. García Fusté found out from the Associated Press news wire, and his WCMQ program Micrófono Abierto was flooded with calls. However, for WCMQ, it ended up not being goodbye, as the station moved to a new expanded band license at 1700 kHz . That station signed on November 17, 1997—the same day that 1210 kHz flipped to One-on-One as WNMA. One-on-One sold WNMA and WCMQ in February 1998 to

1450-413: The historic WCMQ call letters on December 5, 1997. The FCC's initial policy was that both the original station and its expanded band counterpart could operate simultaneously for up to five years, after which owners would have to turn in one of the two licenses, depending on whether they preferred the new assignment or elected to remain on the original frequency. Due to this requirement, on February 23, 2006

1500-585: The local and national media, the homeowners association, as well as George, refused to budge. George Andres later won the case and was allowed to display his flag in his front lawn with the use of a flagpole. On July 24, 2006, President George W. Bush signed into law the Freedom to Display the American Flag Act of 2005 , allowing residents to display the flag on their residential property despite any homeowners association rules. The approximate coordinates for

1550-542: The move was dismissed a year later. Steere sold WFEC in 1952 to David Haber , owner of an automobile repair company and a fleet of taxi cabs in New York, for the same purchase price he had paid two years ago—$ 50,000. Haber then filed to obtain a construction permit for a television station on channel 10 the next year, proposing to co-locate the TV transmitter with the radio station at 350 NE 71st Street. With five other applicants seeking

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1600-560: The name of the Roman god Jupiter , because the declension of the word Jupiter in Latin includes the root Jov- in all cases but the nominative case and vocative case. They, therefore, adopted the more familiar name of Jupiter . The god Jupiter (or Zeus in the Greek mythology ) is the chief Roman god, and the god of light, of the sky and weather, and of the state and its welfare and laws. Jupiter's consort

1650-506: The new moniker, claiming that WCMQ was attempting to traffic in the former Cuban broadcaster's goodwill and reputation. The FCC Broadcast Bureau overrode the objection, but on appeal, the full commission granted CMQ's application for review on February 21, 1973, citing the potential for confusion between the American and Cuban outlets and ordered the radio station to revert to its previous WLTO call letters. The Miami station countered by noting that

1700-449: The new owners pledging to retain the station's format. The WMBM call letters became available when 790 AM changed its call letters to WFUN in January 1961 and became a general-market Top 40 outlet. WFEC took on the WMBM call letters as well as several personalities that had previously broadcast on WMBM at 790. However, WMBM also sought what had already been denied twice to the 1220 facility:

1750-470: The population (tied with Calverton, New York ). The School District of Palm Beach County provides public education. Jupiter is also home to several private schools and religious schools. Jupiter's population is served by two public high schools: Jupiter Community High School in Jupiter, and William T. Dwyer High School in Palm Beach Gardens . Jupiter Christian School is a private school in

1800-513: The programs on the station will be his afternoon show, which had previously aired on WEYS-LP 87.7. In June 2023, The Spanish Christian "Radio Oasis" format moved to WMYM and WNMA has since been airing a Spanish and English classic hits format. On November 30, 2023, WNMA flipped to Spanish talk as "Radio Mundo 1210". Jupiter, Florida Jupiter is the northernmost town in Palm Beach County, Florida , United States. According to

1850-445: The programs. The station was sold later in the year from Haber to a new Florida East Coast Broadcasting Company, owned by General Teleradio executive Harry Trenner and WFEC general manager Herbert Schorr, for $ 70,000. Two years later, a new group of stockholders, known as Fraternity Associates, bought a third of WFEC in exchange for a $ 135,000 loan. In 1960, WFEC was sold to Consolidated Communications of Philadelphia for $ 250,000, with

1900-774: The rest of the country using broadcast relay stations . The CMQ 640 radio studios were initially located on Calle Monte, on the corner of Paseo del Prado. On March 12, 1948, the studios and offices were moved to the Radiocentro Building on La Rampa and Calle L in El Vedado . Pre-revolutionary Cuba was an early adopter of new technology, including TV. Cuba was the first Latin American country to have television. In December 1946, station CM-21P conducted an experimental multi-point live broadcast. Regular commercial broadcasting began in October 1950 with Gaspar Pumarejo's Unión Radio TV. This

1950-604: The sale collapsed in July 1980. By 1981, WCMQ AM aired an Oro Puro ("Pure Gold") oldies format, complementing the younger sound of WCMQ-FM. In the early 1980s WCMQ made its fourth—and successful—attempt to change frequencies and broadcast at night. In 1981, the station filed to change its city of license from Miami to Miami Springs, move from 1220 to 1210 kHz, increase its daytime power and add nighttime service. The station moved to 1210 in 1985 and began transmitting in C-QUAM AM stereo ,

2000-578: The station as a male-oriented talk outlet, "1210 The Man", in March 2019. The station added a series of Caribbean talk shows to its Saturday lineup in September; the programs, which debuted in the 1980s, had aired over WZAB (880 AM) before it was sold to Immaculate Heart Media and became part of the Relevant Radio network. In June 2021, Adrian Pontes leased the station and relaunched it with Spanish-language Christian programming as "Radio Oasis 1210". One of

2050-500: The station gained a competitor—WMBM (800 AM, later 790 AM )—in the mid-1950s, it also lost DJ Milton Smith, known as the "Fat Daddy"; WFEC continued to promote a "Fat Daddy Show" with another DJ, while WMBM promoted Smith as the "Original Fat Daddy". In 1955, WFEC and two other Miami stations—WMBM and WAHR—came under scrutiny by the FCC for their airing of programs by "tipsters" claiming to help listeners predict—and bet on—horse race winners. The stations won license renewals after removing

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2100-427: The station on 1700 AM, now with the call letters WJCC , was deleted. However, numerous other joint standard/expanded band station pairs had been permitted to operate beyond the initial five year deadline, and a petition to resume operations was granted, with WJCC's license restored on October 4, 2012. Since then, the FCC deadline has been extended multiple times, and both stations have remained authorized. One restriction

2150-401: The station would not experience major turbulence until 1972, when its ownership consortium, Dynamic Broadcasting, sold the outlet to Herbert S. Dolgoff for $ 450,000. Dolgoff changed the call letters to WCMQ and instituted a Spanish-language pop music format; he did not speak any Spanish when he bought the station but said he was trying to learn. The new WCMQ call letters connected the station to

2200-617: The tower, and the tower was repainted using a potassium silicate mineral coating. The lighthouse often is used as the symbol for Jupiter. In 1999, Jupiter resident George Andres wanted to display a United States flag in his front yard; however, the homeowners association had a bylaw that prohibits the display of a flagpole in the front lawn. Andres still displayed the flag, while the homeowners association continued litigation until George Andres foreclosed his home to cover legal fees after being in court at least twenty-eight times. Even after governor Jeb Bush visited his home along with members of

2250-432: The town's municipal campus. Its operational divisions include Road Patrol, Criminal Investigations, Traffic, K-9 , Marine, Beach Patrol, Crime Scene Investigation, SWAT and Hostage Negotiation. Companies based in Jupiter include G4S Secure Solutions , Town Sports International Holdings , Holtec International , and The Babylon Bee . American Horror Story: Freak Show , the fourth season of American Horror Story ,

2300-419: The town. In 2020, 19.1% of the population was under the age of 18, and 23.1% of the population was 65 years of age or older. Females made up 51.7% of the population in 2020, and the average household size was 2.43. In 2020, the median income for a household in the town was $ 87,163, and the per capita income for the town was $ 57,865. Out of the total population, 7.9% were living below the poverty line. As of

2350-613: The town. Universities and colleges Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College at Florida Atlantic University Florida Atlantic University , John D. MacArthur Campus Research Jupiter is home to the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience , which conducts fundamental research in neuroscience, and is the Max Planck Society's first non-European research institute. Since 1984, Palm Beach County Fire Rescue provides fire protection and emergency medical services to

2400-412: The world, only after the United States, to have a national TV network. At the beginning of the 1950s, the transmission of the telenovela El Derecho de Nacer , by Felix B. Caignet, proved popular with audiences. CMQ-TV displaced the competing station, RHC Cadena Azul, as the top television network. After the revolution , CMQ-AM-TV, as other privately-owned broadcast operations, were taken over by

2450-592: Was Juno , inspiring a neighboring town to name itself Juno Beach . The Battles of the Loxahatchee took place near the site of Jupiter during the Seminole Wars in 1838. The most notable landmark is the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse , completed in 1860. Made of brick, it was painted red in 1910 to cover discoloration caused by humidity. Hurricane Jeanne in 2004 sandblasted the paint from the upper portion of

2500-420: Was followed by Goar Mestre Espinosa's CMQ-TV. It was founded on December 18, 1950, and began experimental broadcasts. CMQ-TV officially signed on the air on March 11, 1951 ; 73 years ago  ( March 11, 1951 ) . It became a network affiliate of NBC for news and sports, which was translated into Spanish. By 1954, CMQ-TV had expanded into a seven-station network. Cuba became the second country in

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