WCDL
City | Carbondale, Pennsylvania |
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Broadcast area | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre |
Branding | NEPA's Sports Radio, The Game |
Frequency | 1440 kHz AM |
Translator(s) | 106.7 W294BJ (Honesdale) |
Format | Sports radio |
Power |
5,000 watts daytime only 37 watts nighttime |
Class | D |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°33′23″N 75°29′07″W / 41.55639°N 75.48528°WCoordinates: 41°33′23″N 75°29′07″W / 41.55639°N 75.48528°W |
Owner | Bold Gold Media Group |
Sister stations | WTRW, WICK, WYCK, WWRR, WPSN, WDNH, WYCY, WDNB |
Website | www.nepasportsradio.com |
WCDL is an AM broadcasting radio station licensed to Carbondale, Pennsylvania. The station operates on a frequency of 1440 kHz with 5,000 Watts of power using a non-directional antenna during daytime hours only. However, the station has plans filed with the Federal Communications Commission to extend their broadcast hours to nighttime with a power reduction to 37 Watts (same non-directional signal) during that time period. The Federal Communications Commission considers WCDL a Class D AM broadcast station. Bold Gold Media Group are the current owners of WCDL.
The station flipped formats from Adult Standards to a mix of Tropical and Spanish language adult contemporary [1] format in August 2007 [2] branded as "Caliente" (translation from Spanish into English as "Hot") to serve the region's growing Hispanic population.[3] Former sister station WNAK, 730 kHz, located in Nanticoke, started simulcasting WCDL programming in October 2007.[1]
In late 2008 WCDL returned to the Adult Standards format,[4] simulcasting with WNAK 730 kHz under the slogan "The Greatest Music of All Time".
As of 2011, WCDL was simulcasting with WICK and WYCK.
References
- 1 2 "More 'Caliente' For Northeast Pennsylvania". Hispanic Market Weekly (Coral Gables, Florida). Retrieved October 22, 2007.
- ↑ Fybush, Scott. "Northeast Radio Watch". Retrieved 2007-08-27.
- ↑ Haggerty, James. "The Times Tribune". The Times-Tribune (Scranton). Retrieved 2007-09-11.
- ↑ Fybush, Scott. "Northeast Radio Watch". Retrieved 2008-12-08.
External links
- Official Website
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WCDL
- Radio-Locator Information on WCDL
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WCDL