WDAC
| Broadcast area | Central Pennsylvania |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 94.5MHz(HD Radio) |
| 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 signmeaning | Dean Alan Crawford, son of the founder.[2] |
| Technical information[3] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 71309 |
| Class | B |
| ERP | 19,000watts |
| HAAT | 247 meters (810 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 39°53′46.3″N76°14′20.8″W/ 39.896194°N 76.239111°W |
| Translator(s) | See§ Translators |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | www |
WDAC(94.5FM) is acommercialradio stationlicensed toLancaster, Pennsylvania,known as "Hope 94.5." It is owned by the WDAC Radio Company and broadcasts aChristian radioformat.[4]Christian Adult Contemporarymusic is heard in morningdrive timeand late evenings. Other hours featureChristian talk and teachingshows fromDavid Jeremiah,Jim Daly,Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth,Alistair Begg,Chuck Swindolland others. WDAC'sradio studiosandtransmitterare on Lancaster Pike inNew Providence.[5][6]
WDAC has aneffective radiated power(ERP) of 19,000watts.[7]It broadcasts usingHD Radiotechnology. Its HD2digital subchannelhas aChristian radioformat with the slogan "HOPE Music for the Heart!"[8]
History
[edit]TheFederal Communications Commission(FCC) granted Percy B. Crawford aconstruction permitfor a new FM station on April 15, 1959. The originalcall signwasWLPH.On May 25, 1959, the call sign was changed toWDAC.[9]
WDACsigned onfor first time on December 13, 1959.[2]It was granted its first license on August 1, 1960.[9]On December 16, 1960, the FCC granted a reassignment of the station's license to Ruth Marjorie Crawford following the death of Percy Crawford.[9]
On June 19, 1973, the FCC granted a voluntary reassignment of the station's license to the WDAC Radio Company, effective July 2, 1973.[9]From its earliest days, the station has broadcast a Christian radio format.
Translators
[edit]WDAC programming is broadcast on the followingtranslators:
| 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″N75°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″N75°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″N76°14′21.0″W/ 39.896111°N 76.239167°W | WDAC-HD2[8] |
| W300BZ | 107.9 | Reading | Pennsylvania | 87062 | D | 250 | 239.5 m (786 ft) | 40°21′15.9″N75°53′55.7″W/ 40.354417°N 75.898806°W | WDAC-HD2[8] |
Signal note
[edit]WDAC is short-spaced to three otherClass Bstations:WDSD94.7Dover, Delaware;WIAD94.7Bethesda, Maryland;andWPST94.5Trenton, 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.[10]The minimum distance between two Class B stations operating on first adjacent channels according to currentFCCrules is 105 miles.[11]
WDAC and WPST operate on the same channel and the distance between the two stations' transmitters is 76 miles as determined by FCC rules.[10]The minimum distance between two Class B stations operating on the same channel according to currentFCCrules is 150 miles.[11]
References
[edit]- ^"Streaming WDAC".Retrieved2016-04-13.
- ^abc"History [WDAC]".wdac.Retrieved2019-03-06.
- ^"Facility Technical Data for WDAC".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
- ^"WDAC Facility Record".fcc.gov.Federal Communications Commission.Retrieved2017-07-18.
- ^"WDAC Facility Record".fcc.gov.Federal Communications Commission.Retrieved2017-07-18.
- ^PublicFiles.FCC.gov/WDAC
- ^Radio-Locator /WDAC
- ^abc"Hope 94.5 HD2".hope945.Retrieved2019-03-06.
- ^abcd"History Cards for WDAC".fcc.gov.Federal Communications Commission.Retrieved2019-03-06.
- ^ab"Reference points and distance computations. 47 CFR § 73.208".Retrieved2021-08-22.
- ^ab"Minimum distance separation between stations. 47 CFR § 73.207(b)(1)"(PDF).Retrieved2019-03-06.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Facility details for Facility ID 71309 (WDAC)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
- WDACinNielsen Audio's FM station database