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WCDL

Radio station in Carbondale, Pennsylvania

41°33′23″N 75°29′7″W / 41.55639°N 75.48528°W / 41.55639; -75.48528Translator(s)106.7 W294BJ (Honesdale)
107.9 W300DQ (Carbondale)LinksWebcastListen LiveWebsiteWCDL Online

WCDL (1440 AM) is a radio station licensed to Carbondale, Pennsylvania. The station operates with 5,000 watts daytime and 37 Watts nighttime with a non-directional antenna. The Federal Communications Commission considers WCDL a Class D AM broadcast station. Bold Gold Media Group is the current owner of WCDL.

History

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 with sports as "The Game".

On March 8, 2020 WCDL changed their format from sports to oldies, branded as "The Mothership", simulcasting WICK 1400 AM Scranton.

References

^ ^a ^b "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

WCDL official website
WCDL in the FCC AM station database
WCDL in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
W294BJ in the FCC FM station database
W294BJ at FCCdata.org
W300DQ in the FCC FM station database
W300DQ at FCCdata.org
- Daytime Coverage Map of WCDL According to Radio-Locator.com