WABC (AM)
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| City | New York City |
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| Broadcast area | New York City area |
| Branding | "77 WABC Radio" |
| Slogan | "Where New York Comes To Talk." |
| Frequency |
770 kHz (also on HD Radio) (also on HD Radio via WPLJ-HD3) |
| First air date | October 1, 1921 |
| Format | News/Talk |
| Power | 50,000 watts |
| Class | A (Clear channel) |
| Facility ID | 70658 |
| Transmitter coordinates |
40°52′50″N 74°4′10″W / 40.88056°N 74.06944°W (main antenna) 40°52′50″N 74°4′5″W / 40.88056°N 74.06806°W (auxiliary antenna) |
| Callsign meaning |
We're the American Broadcasting Company (former owner and affiliation) |
| Former callsigns | WJZ (1921–1953) |
| Affiliations |
Westwood One News WABC-TV |
| Owner |
Cumulus Media (Radio License Holdings LLC) |
| Sister stations | WNBM, WNSH, WPLJ, WFAS |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www.wabcradio.com |
WABC (770 AM), known as "NewsTalkRadio 77 WABC" is a radio station in New York City. Owned by the broadcasting division of Cumulus Media, the station broadcasts on a clear channel and is the flagship station of the Westwood One Network (successor to Cumulus Media Networks; formerly Citadel Media and ABC Radio Networks). WABC shares studio facilities with sister stations WNSH (94.7 FM), WPLJ (95.5 FM), and WNBM (103.9 FM) above Pennsylvania Station in midtown Manhattan.
WABC's transmitter is located in Lodi, New Jersey. Its 50,000 watt non-directional clear channel signal can be heard at night throughout much of the eastern U.S. and Canada. Beginning January 2009, its programming has also been carried on WPLJ's HD3 digital sub-channel.
One of the country's oldest radio stations, WABC began broadcasting, originally as WJZ in Newark, New Jersey, in early October 1921.
WABC has programmed a talk radio format since 1982. The station uses on-air slogans such as Breaking News and Stimulating Talk, New York's 50,000 Watt Beacon of Freedom and Where New York Comes to Talk. Many WABC hosts moved on to national syndication. The station currently serves as the flagship for syndicated talk-radio hosts Mark Levin, John Batchelor and Don Imus. It was where the nationally syndicated programs hosted by Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity got their start, although those programs are now heard on WABC's Talk Radio rival in New York, 710 WOR.
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