WDAC
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|---|---|
| Programming | |
| Format | Christian radio |
| Subchannels | HD2: Christian radio "HOPE Music for the Heart!"[1] |
| Affiliations | SRN News |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | WDAC Radio Company |
| History | |
First air date | December 13, 1959[2] |
Former call signs | WLPH (1959) |
Call sign meaning | Dean Alan Crawford, son of the founder.[2] |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 71309 |
| Class | B |
| ERP | 19,000 watts |
| HAAT | 247 meters (810 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 39°53′46.3″N 76°14′20.8″W / 39.896194°N 76.239111°W |
| Translator(s) | See § Translators |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
WDAC (94.5
WDAC has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 19,000 watts.[6] It broadcasts using HD Radio technology. Its HD2 digital subchannel has a Christian radio format with the slogan "HOPE Music for the Heart!"[7]
History
The
WDAC
On June 19, 1973, the FCC granted a voluntary reassignment of the station's license to the WDAC Radio Company, effective July 2, 1973.[8] From its earliest days, the station has broadcast a Christian radio format.
Translators
WDAC programming is broadcast on the following translators:
| Call sign | Frequency (MHz) |
City of license | State | Facility ID | Class | ERP (W) |
Height (m (ft)) |
Transmitter coordinates | Rebroadcasts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W246BI | 97.1 | Middletown | Delaware | 156585 | D | 80 | 50.5 m (166 ft) | 39°32′4.4″N 75°42′35.8″W / 39.534556°N 75.709944°W | WDAC |
| W280CP | 103.9 | Wagontown | Pennsylvania | 71312 | D | 5 | 10 m (33 ft) | 40°00′44.3″N 75°50′32.8″W / 40.012306°N 75.842444°W | WDAC |
| W284BF | 104.7 | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | 144103 | D | 200 | 240 m (790 ft) | 39°53′46.0″N 76°14′21.0″W / 39.896111°N 76.239167°W | WDAC-HD2[7] |
| W300BZ | 107.9 | Reading | Pennsylvania | 87062 | D | 250 | 239.5 m (786 ft) | 40°21′15.9″N 75°53′55.7″W / 40.354417°N 75.898806°W | WDAC-HD2[7] |
Signal note
WDAC is short-spaced to three other Class B stations: WDSD 94.7 Dover, Delaware; WIAD 94.7 Bethesda, Maryland; and WPST 94.5 Trenton, New Jersey.
WDSD and WIAD operate on 94.7 MHz, a first adjacent channel to WDAC. The distance between WDAC's transmitter and WDSD's transmitter is 60 miles, while the distance between WDAC's transmitter and WIAD's transmitter is 79 miles, as determined by FCC rules.[9] The minimum distance between two Class B stations operating on first adjacent channels according to current FCC rules is 105 miles.[10]
WDAC and WPST operate on the same channel and the distance between the two stations' transmitters is 76 miles as determined by FCC rules.[9] The minimum distance between two Class B stations operating on the same channel according to current FCC rules is 150 miles.[10]
References
- ^ "Streaming WDAC". Retrieved 2016-04-13.
- ^ a b c "History [WDAC]". wdac.com. Retrieved 2019-03-06.
- ^ "WDAC Facility Record". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
- ^ "WDAC Facility Record". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
- ^ PublicFiles.FCC.gov/WDAC
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/WDAC
- ^ a b c "Hope 94.5 HD2". hope945.com. Retrieved 2019-03-06.
- ^ a b c d "History Cards for WDAC". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2019-03-06.
- ^ a b "Reference points and distance computations. 47 CFR § 73.208". Retrieved 2021-08-22.
- ^ a b "Minimum distance separation between stations. 47 CFR § 73.207(b)(1)" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-03-06.
External links
- Official website
- WDAC in the FCC FM station database
- WDAC in Nielsen Audio's FM station database