WCDL

Infobox Radio Station
name = WCDL


city = Carbondale, Pennsylvania
area = Scranton/Wilkes-Barre/Hazleton
branding = "Caliente"
slogan =
airdate =
frequency = 1440 kHz AM
format = Mix of Tropical and Spanish Adult Contemporary
power = 5,000 watts daytime only
class = D
sister_stations = WLNP, WNAK, WAZL, WCOJ
owner = [http://www.route81radio.com Route 81 Radio]
website = [http://www.wcdlam.com WCDLAM.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. [http://www.route81radio.com Route 81 Radio] are the current owners of WCDL.

The station flipped radio formats from Adult Standards to a mix of Tropical and Spanish language adult contemporary cite web|title=More 'Caliente' For Northeast Pennsylvania|accessyear = 2007|accessmonthday = October 22|publisher = Hispanic Market Weekly (Coral Gables, Florida)|url=http://www.hispanicmarketweekly.com/article.cms?id=9752] radio format in August 2007 cite web|first=Scott|last=Fybush|url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2007/070827/nerw.html|title=Northeast Radio Watch|accessdate=2007-08-27] branded as "Caliente" (translation from Spanish into English as "Hot") to serve the region's growing Hispanic populationcite web|first=James|last=Haggerty|url=http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18803792&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=415891&rfi=6|title=The Times Tribune|publisher=The Times-Tribune (Scranton)|accessdate=2007-09-11] . Sister station WNAK, 730 kHz, located in Nanticoke, started simulcasting WCDL programming in October 2007cite web|title=More 'Caliente' For Northeast Pennsylvania|accessyear = 2007|accessmonthday = October 22|publisher = Hispanic Market Weekly (Coral Gables, Florida)|url=http://www.hispanicmarketweekly.com/article.cms?id=9752] .

References

External References

* [http://www.wcdlam.com Official Website]
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** [http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WCDL&service=AM&status=L&hours=D Daytime Coverage Map of WCDL According to Radio-Locator.com]
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