WIOB

{{short description|Radio station in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox radio station

| name = WIOB

| logo =

| city = Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

| area = Puerto Rico area

| branding = Zeta 93

| frequency = 97.5 MHz {{HD Radio}}

| subchannels = HD2: WRXD simulcast (Adult Contemporary)
HD3: Viva 95 FM (Spanish variety format)

| translator = 95.5 W238CR (Mayagüez, relays HD3)

| airdate = {{start date and age|1956}}

| format = Spanish Tropical

| power =

| erp = 50,000 watts

| haat = {{convert|891.0|m|ft|sp=us}}

| class = B

| facility_id = 8153

| coordinates = {{coord|18|19|33|N| 67|50|53.9|W|region:US_type:city}}

| callsign_meaning =

| former_callsigns = WORA-FM (1956–1977)
WIOA (1977–1985)

| owner = Spanish Broadcasting System
(HD3 and W238CR leased to Aurio A. Matos Barreto)

| licensee = Spanish Broadcasting System Holding Company, Inc.

| sister_stations = WRXD, WNVI, WTCV, WVOZ-TV, WVEO, WZNT, WZMT, WODA, WNOD, WMEG, WEGM

| webcast =

| website = [http://www.zeta93.fm/ www.zeta93.fm]
[http://www.estereotempo.fm/ www.estereotempo.fm] (HD2)
[https://viva95fm.com/ www.viva95fm.com] (HD3)

| affiliations =

| licensing_authority= FCC

}}

WIOB (97.5 FM), branded on-air as Zeta 93, is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish Tropical format. Licensed to Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, the station serves the Puerto Rico area. WIOB was founded in 1956 by Alfredo Ramírez de Arellano y Bartoli as WORA-FM, the first FM radio station established in Puerto Rico. The station is currently owned by Spanish Broadcasting System Holding Company, Inc.{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WIOB |title=WIOB Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division }} WIOB's programming is also heard on booster station, WIOB-FM1 in San Germán.

WIOB broadcasts in the HD Radio format, and carries additional programming on two of the station's HD subchannels. In addition, WIOB-HD3's programming is simulcast on translator station W238CR 95.5 FM in Mayagüez, which is owned by Aurio A. Matos Barreto.

On February 1, 2018, WIOB left the Estereotempo Network after 41 years and switched to the repeater of the Zeta 93 Salsa Network.

Translator stations

{{RadioTranslators

| callsign = WIOB-HD3

| call1 = W238CR

| freq1 = 95.5

| watts1 = .25

| city1 = Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

| fid1 = 140950

}}

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