WSBN
ESPN Radio affiliate in Washington, D.C. / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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WSBN (630 kHz) is a commercial AM sports radio station licensed to Washington, D.C., and serving the Washington metro area. It operates with 10,000 watts in the daytime and 2,700 watts at night using a directional antenna around the clock. WSBN's studios are on Jenifer Street in Northwest Washington.[1] The transmitter is located off Black Rock Road in Germantown, Maryland.[2]
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Broadcast area | Washington metropolitan area |
Frequency | 630 kHz |
Branding | ESPN 630 D.C. |
Programming | |
Format | Sports |
Network | ESPN Radio |
Affiliations | |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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WMAL-FM | |
History | |
First air date | October 12, 1925 (98 years ago) (1925-10-12) |
Former call signs | WMAL (1925–2019) |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 73250 |
Class | B |
Power | 10,000 watts day 2,700 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 39°8′2″N 77°18′14″W |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen live |
Website | sportscapitoldc.com |
WSBN is owned and operated by Cumulus Media and is affiliated with ESPN Radio. It is one of the oldest radio stations in the Washington media market, continuously on the air from 1925. For most of its history, the station operated as WMAL; on July 1, 2019, its talk programming was moved exclusively to co-owned WMAL-FM at 105.9 MHz, which had simulcast with 630 am since 2011.