WMAL-FM
Talk radio station in Woodbridge, Virginia, United States, serving Washington, D.C. / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the radio station in Washington, D.C. at 107.3 FM known as WMAL-FM from 1948 to 1977, see WLVW.
For the radio station in Washington, D.C. at 630 AM known as WMAL(AM) from 1925 to 2019, see WSBN.
WMAL-FM (105.9 MHz) – branded 105.9 FM WMAL – is a radio station licensed to Woodbridge, Virginia, serving the Washington, D.C. Metro area. WMAL-FM airs a talk radio format and is owned and operated by Cumulus Media.[2] The station's studios are located at 4400 Jenifer Street NW in Washington, two blocks from the city's border with Maryland, and the transmitter site is in Falls Church, Virginia, off Lee Highway. WMAL-FM is co-owned with sports radio station WSBN at 630 kHz; the WMAL call sign and talk format originated on that station, and the two stations simulcast from 2011 to 2019.
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Broadcast area | Washington Metropolitan Area |
Frequency | 105.9 MHz |
Branding | 105.9 FM WMAL |
Programming | |
Format | Conservative talk radio |
Network | Fox News Radio |
Affiliations | CBS News Radio Westwood One WJLA-TV |
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History | |
First air date | December 25, 1958; 65 years ago (1958-12-25) |
Former call signs | WBVA (1959–60) WWCN (1960) WBVA (1960–61) WXRA (1961–80) WVKX (1980–81) WPKX-FM (1981–86) WCXR-FM (1986–94) WJZW (1994–2009) WVRX (2009–11)[1] |
Call sign meaning | Martin A. Leese, founder of WMAL (630 AM), now WSBN |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 70037 |
Class | B |
ERP | Horizontal: 28,000 watts Vertical: 25,000 watts |
HAAT | 198 meters (650 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°52′28.4″N 77°13′22.9″W |
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Website | www |
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