WCDL
Encyclopedia
WCDL is an AM broadcasting
radio station
licensed to Carbondale, Pennsylvania
. The station operates on a frequency of 1440 kHz with 5,000 Watt
s 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 Watt
s (same non-directional signal) during that time period. The Federal Communications Commission
considers WCDL a Class D AM broadcast station. 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 radio format in August 2007 branded as "Caliente" (translation from Spanish
into English
as "Hot") to serve the region's growing Hispanic
population. Sister station WNAK, 730 kHz, located in Nanticoke
, started simulcasting WCDL programming in October 2007.
In late 2008 WCDL returned to the Adult Standards
format, simulcasting with WNAK 730 kHz under the slogan "The Greatest Music of All Time".
AM broadcasting
AM broadcasting is the process of radio broadcasting using amplitude modulation. AM was the first method of impressing sound on a radio signal and is still widely used today. Commercial and public AM broadcasting is carried out in the medium wave band world wide, and on long wave and short wave...
radio station
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
licensed to Carbondale, Pennsylvania
Carbondale, Pennsylvania
Carbondale is a city in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. Carbondale is located approximately 15 miles due northeast of the city of Scranton in Northeastern Pennsylvania...
. The station operates on a frequency of 1440 kHz with 5,000 Watt
Watt
The watt is a derived unit of power in the International System of Units , named after the Scottish engineer James Watt . The unit, defined as one joule per second, measures the rate of energy conversion.-Definition:...
s of power using a non-directional antenna
Antenna (radio)
An antenna is an electrical device which converts electric currents into radio waves, and vice versa. It is usually used with a radio transmitter or radio receiver...
during daytime hours only. However, the station has plans filed with the Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
to extend their broadcast hours to nighttime with a power reduction to 37 Watt
Watt
The watt is a derived unit of power in the International System of Units , named after the Scottish engineer James Watt . The unit, defined as one joule per second, measures the rate of energy conversion.-Definition:...
s (same non-directional signal) during that time period. The Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
considers WCDL a Class D AM broadcast station. Route 81 Radio are the current owners of WCDL.
The station flipped radio formats from Adult Standards
Adult standards
Adult standards is a North American radio format heard primarily on AM or class A FM stations.Adult standards is aimed at "mature" adults, meaning mainly those persons over 50 years of age, but it is mostly targeted for senior citizens...
to a mix of Tropical and Spanish language
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
adult contemporary radio format in August 2007 branded as "Caliente" (translation from Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
into English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
as "Hot") to serve the region's growing Hispanic
Hispanic
Hispanic is a term that originally denoted a relationship to Hispania, which is to say the Iberian Peninsula: Andorra, Gibraltar, Portugal and Spain. During the Modern Era, Hispanic sometimes takes on a more limited meaning, particularly in the United States, where the term means a person of ...
population. Sister station WNAK, 730 kHz, located in Nanticoke
Nanticoke, Pennsylvania
Nanticoke is a city in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 10,465 at the 2010 census.-History:The name Nanticoke was derived from Nantego, the Indian tidewater people who moved here when their Maryland lands were spoiled for hunting by the colonial settlement in...
, started simulcasting WCDL programming in October 2007.
In late 2008 WCDL returned to the Adult Standards
Adult standards
Adult standards is a North American radio format heard primarily on AM or class A FM stations.Adult standards is aimed at "mature" adults, meaning mainly those persons over 50 years of age, but it is mostly targeted for senior citizens...
format, simulcasting with WNAK 730 kHz under the slogan "The Greatest Music of All Time".