WBAP (AM)
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| City | Fort Worth, Texas |
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| Broadcast area | Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex |
| Branding | WBAP News/Talk 820 AM |
| Slogan | "The News and Talk of Texas" "The 50,000 Watt Voice of the Great Southwest." |
| Frequency | 820 kHz |
| Repeater(s) | KPLX 99.5 HD2 |
| First air date | May 2, 1922 |
| Format | News/Talk |
| Language(s) | English |
| Audience share | 3.6  (January 2017, Nielsen Audio[1]) |
| Power | 50,000 watts |
| Class | A (Clear channel) |
| Facility ID | 71200 |
| Transmitter coordinates |
32°36′38″N 97°10′4″W / 32.61056°N 97.16778°W (main antenna) 32°36′43″N 97°9′56″W / 32.61194°N 97.16556°W (auxiliary antenna) |
| Callsign meaning | We Bring A Program |
| Affiliations | Westwood One, Premiere Networks, WFAA-TV |
| Owner |
Cumulus Media (Radio License Holdings LLC) |
| Sister stations | KESN (LMA with Disney), KLIF, KLIF-FM, KSCS, KTCK, KTCK-FM, KPLX |
| Webcast |
Listen Live (via iHeartRadio) Listen Live |
| Website | wbap.com |
WBAP (820 kHz) is an AM News/Talk radio station licensed to Fort Worth, Texas and serving the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. WBAP is owned by Cumulus Media and broadcasts with 50,000 watts from a transmitter site in the northwest corner of Mansfield. It is a Class A clear-channel station, using a non-directional antenna. Its nighttime signal can often be heard throughout the Southern, Central, and Midwestern states and Northern Mexico, while its daytime signal provides at least secondary coverage from Oklahoma City to Austin. The station's studios are located in the Victory Park district in Dallas just north of downtown. WBAP is one of the oldest radio stations in Texas, dating back to 1922, when stations in Texas were still given call signs beginning with a "W" instead of a "K."
As of January 2017, WBAP remains the top-rated News/Talk station ahead of competitors KERA 90.1 FM and KRLD NewsRadio 1080 AM.
WBAP airs both local and nationally syndicated shows on weekdays. The day begins with the "WBAP Morning News" followed by Chris Salcedo mid-mornings, Rick Roberts in the afternoon and Chris Krok evenings. Most syndicated shows come from the co-owned Westwood One Network: Mark Levin, Red Eye Radio and on weekends John Batchelor, Bob Brinker and Larry Kudlow. (The hosts of Red Eye Radio, Eric Harley and Gary McNamara, are based at WBAP.) From Premiere Networks WBAP carries Rush Limbaugh. Weekends include shows on money, cars, home improvement, real estate and the outdoors. Brokered programming also airs. Most hours on weekdays start with local news at the top of the hour while nights and weekends, Westwood One News is heard.
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