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The media of Puerto Rico includes local radio stations, television stations and newspapers; for the majority of all these the language is Spanish. There are also three stations of the US Armed Forces Radio and Television Service.

Radio transmission first began in Puerto Rico on December 3, 1922 with WKAQ (AM), making it the first radio broadcasting station on the island and the fifth in the world.^{[citation needed]} Its purpose was to transmit news and weather updates with commercials. By 1937, the advertising industry had entered radio on the Island; and by the year 1942, there were five radio broadcasting stations in Puerto Rico. These five stations were based in San Juan, Ponce and Mayagüez.

There are currently over one hundred and forty radio stations being broadcast in Puerto Rico as of March 1st, 2019. These radio stations broadcast in different formats, some of the most popular being religious, news/talk, and music. The city of San Juan currently transmits more radio stations than any other city in Puerto Rico. Ponce and Mayagüez also remain popular locations for radio transmission.

Radio transmission in Puerto Rico was highly interrupted during Hurricane Maria. After Hurricane Maria had passed, there was a spike in radio use in Puerto Rico, as it served as a main source of news information after the natural disaster.

The following radio stations transmit from Puerto Rico:

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• Puerto Rican literature
• Media of the United States
• Journalism in Puerto Rico [es]
• Freedom of the press in Puerto Rico [es]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Media of Puerto Rico.

• "United States AM Stations: Puerto Rico", Yearbook of Radio and Television, New York: Radio Television Daily, 1964, OCLC 7469377 – via Internet Archive + FM Stations on the Air: Puerto Rico
• Federico A. Subervi-Vélez; et al. (1990). "Mass Media in Puerto Rico". In Stuart H. Surlin; Walter C. Soderlund (eds.). Mass Media and the Caribbean. New York: Gordon and Breach. pp. 149–176. ISBN 978-2-88124-447-6.
• FCC AM Query Results for Puerto Rico
• FCC FM Query Results for Puerto Rico

• Pedro Luis Perea Roselló (1962), Los periódicos y los periodistas de Mayagüez (in Spanish), Ponce: Ediciones Aldecoa, OCLC 912547459
• Pablo Tirado Mercado (1974), Anatomía del periodismo puertorriqueño (in Spanish), Mexico: B. Costa-Amic [es], OCLC 2585609
• Robert Anderson; Gustavo Marrero Irizarry (1977), La Prensa en Puerto Rico (in Spanish), San Juan: Comision de Derechos Civiles, OCLC 22129637 (About freedom of the press)
• José A. Romeu (1985). Panorama del periodismo puertorriqueño (in Spanish). Universidad de Puerto Rico. ISBN 0847700674.
• El Periodismo en Puerto Rico: reflexiones, reseñas y ensayos (in Spanish), Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, 1987, ISBN 0934369526
• Asociación de Periodistas de Puerto Rico, ed. (2006). Dos siglos de periodismo puertorriqueño (in Spanish). Vol. 2. San Juan: Casa de Periodistas Editorial. ISBN 0974310212. (Essays)
• Lourdes Lugo-Ortiz (2011). "Valores y motivaciones profesionales: los periodistas en Puerto Rico en la era digital" [Professional Values and Motivations: Puerto Rican Journalists in the Digital Age]. Estudios Sobre el Mensaje Periodistico (in Spanish). 17. Universidad Complutense de Madrid. ISSN 1134-1629.
• Rafael Matos; Arturo Yépez, eds. (2014). La noticia y yo: nuestros periodistas y sus memorias (in Spanish). San Juan: Editorial Universidad de Puerto Rico. ISBN 9780847716265. (Covers 1930s-1980s)

• Historia de la radio en Puerto Rico
• La Radioafición en Puerto Rico
• La radio y sus oyentes durante el huracán María: un reexamen de la relación medio-audiencia en situaciones de desastres
• WAPA Radio『abrazó』a Puerto Rico en el peor momento de María

• "Media and Communication". Encyclopedia of Puerto Rico (in English and Spanish). San Juan: Fundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades. OCLC 234072526. Archived from the original on 2017-04-19. Retrieved 2017-05-19.