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{{Infobox radio station
| name             = WKUM
| logo             = LOGO_WKUM.png
| city             = [[Orocovis, Puerto Rico|Orocovis]], [[Puerto Rico]]
| area             = Puerto Rico
| branding         = Cumbre 1470 AM / 106.3 FM
| airdate          = {{start date and age|1979|10|15}}
| frequency        = 1470 [[kHz]]
| translator       = W292GC (106.3 [[MHz]], [[Corozal, Puerto Rico|Corozal]])
| format           = [[Spanish language|Spanish]] [[Variety format]]/[[News talk]]
| power            = 4,400 [[watt]]s
| erp              =
| haat             =
| class            = B
| facility_id      = 54782
| coordinates      = {{coord|18|15|24|N|66|25|50|W|region:PR_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| callsign_meaning = '''KUM'''bre
| former_callsigns = WKCK (1979–2015)
| owner            = Cumbre Media Group Corp.
| licensee         = Dr. Luis Rodriguez Gotay
| sister_stations  =
| webcast          =
| website          = [http://www.cumbre1470am.com cumbre1470am.com]
| affiliations     = Red Informativa de PR
| licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
}}
'''WKUM''' (1470 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) is a [[radio station]]<ref name="googb">{{cite book
|title = The Broadcasting yearbook, Volume 1990
|publisher = Broadcasting Publications Inc.
|year = 1991
|pages = 128
|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=I3ofAQAAIAAJ&q=WKCK+(1470+AM)}}</ref> broadcasting a [[Spanish language|Spanish]] [[variety format]]. Licensed to [[Orocovis, Puerto Rico]], it serves the Puerto Rico area. The station was founded in 1979 and is currently owned by Cumbre Media Group Corp and features programming from Red Informativa de PR.
==History==
[[File:CUMBRE 1470.jpg|thumb|right|Logo before translator sign on]]
WKUM was founded on October 15, 1979, by Luis Rodríguez Bou. Formerly "WKCK Radio Cumbre" ("cumbre" is "summit" in Spanish language). After the death of Rodríguez Bou his son, Dr. Luis Rodríguez Gotay, assumes control of the station and changes its format from music-top 40 to news-talk.
==Translator stations==
{{RadioTranslators
|callsign         = WKUM
|call1            = W292GC
|freq1            = 106.3
|watts1           = .237
|city1            = Corozal, Puerto Rico
|fid1            = 203041
}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
{{AM station data|54782|WKUM}}
*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|203041|W292GC}}
* {{FMXL|W292GC}}
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{{Puerto Rico Radio}}
[[Category:Variety radio stations in Puerto Rico|KUM]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 1979]]
[[Category:1979 establishments in Puerto Rico]]
[[Category:Orocovis, Puerto Rico]]
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