WDPC AM

AM broadcasting

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 1500 is a radio station

Radio station

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 broadcasting a gospel music

Gospel music

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 format. Licensed to Dallas, Georgia

Dallas, Georgia

Dallas is a city in and the county seat of Paulding County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 11,544. It was named for George M. Dallas, Vice President of the United States of America under James K. Polk.-History:...

, USA, it serves the west-northwestern Atlanta area. The station is currently owned by Word Christian Broadcasting, Inc., and is classified as a class D station by the Federal Communications Commission

Federal Communications Commission

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. The station transmits with 5,000 watt

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s during daytime hours and with 500 watt

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s during critical hours

Critical hours

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 at local sunrise and sunset. The station signs off during nighttime hours. WDPC has applied to the FCC

Federal Communications Commission

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 to increase critical hours transmit power to 3,200 watt

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s and has been issued a construction permit

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 to do so.

Callsign history

WDPC initially signed on in September 1979 as WKRP. At first, the FCC denied the call letters to the new station, stating that MTM Enterprises

MTM Enterprises

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, the producers of the popular CBS

CBS

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 series WKRP in Cincinnati

WKRP in Cincinnati

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, had a 'hold' on the callsign. When the station's lawyer pointed out to the FCC, "MTM is neither a licensee, nor a permittee. Therefore, MTM has no legal basis to reserve the WKRP callsign", they allowed the assignment. In August 1989, the station switched to its current calls, WDPC, meaning Dallas / Paulding County

Paulding County, Georgia

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