WDCD-FM
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| City | Clifton Park, New York |
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| Broadcast area | Albany, New York |
| Branding | New Light 96.7 |
| Slogan | The Best in Christian Talk Radio |
| Frequency | 96.7 MHz |
| First air date | March 1987 (as WCSF) |
| Format | Christian Talk |
| ERP | 4,700 watts |
| HAAT | 100 meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 30571 |
| Callsign meaning | W Donald CrawforD (see WDCD (AM)) |
| Former callsigns | WCSF (3/1987-9/1987) WVKZ-FM (1987-1992) WWCP-FM (1992-1996) WXXO (1996) WDCD-FM (1996-2004) WPTR (2004-2011) |
| Owner | DJRA Broadcasting, LLC |
| Sister stations | WDCD |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | newlight967.com |
WDCD-FM, known on-air as "New Light 96.7", is a Christian Talk radio station licensed to Clifton Park, New York and serving New York's Capital District. The station is owned by DJRA Broadcasting (a subsidiary of Crawford Broadcasting), and broadcasts at 4.7 kilowatts ERP from a rental tower in Clifton Park, New York which is owned by Fitch Communications of New York (FCNY) and shared with WKKF and WTMM-FM.
The station has been assigned several call letters over the years, including the heritage WPTR calls (longtime of 1540 AM and briefly on 96.3 FM); it has also aired various formats, including three attempts at oldies, as well as the first full-time Contemporary Christian music station in the Capital Region. It was also the first station to broadcast in HD Radio in the market in 2005, preceding WGY by several months (WDCD-FM has since switched off their HD Radio transmitter).
What is now WDCD-FM first signed on in March 1987 as WCSF, airing a Saratoga County-targeted oldies format, even though the signal covered the main cities of the Capital District well. In one of the first of the high ticket purchases that set the now astronomical prices for Albany stations, WCSF's ownership sold the station to WV Communications of Schenectady. WCSF-FM was the first oldies station on the FM dial in the Capital Region, and was moving up in the ratings when sold to WV.
WV Communications already owned WWWD, an AM station in neighboring Schenectady. In September 1987, WWWD and WCSF joined in a rock-based CHR simulcast, with WWWD becoming WVKZ and WCSF becoming WVKZ-FM. The two stations would later split off for most of the day, with 96.7 taking the "KZ-96.7" branding. KZ-96.7 shifted to album-oriented rock in 1989, and then to a harder current-based rock format in 1990, now known as "Power Rock KZ-96.7". In 1991, it returned to CHR as "Power Hits KZ-96.7".
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