WDCD (AM)
| City | Albany, New York |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Capital District and Southeastern Adirondacks |
| Branding | New Light 96.7 |
| Slogan | The Best in Christian Talk Radio |
| Frequency | 1540 kHz |
| First air date | August 10, 1948 (as WPTR) |
| Format | Christian radio |
| Power | 50,000 watts |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 833 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°44′1″N 73°51′49″W / 42.73361°N 73.86361°W |
| Callsign meaning | Donald CrawforD (founder/CEO of previous owner) |
| Former callsigns | WPTR (1948-1995) WDCD (1995-1999) WPTR (1999-2004) |
| Owner | DJRA Broadcasting, LLC |
| Sister stations | WDCD-FM |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | WDCD |
WDCD is a news/talk radio station licensed to Albany, New York, USA and serving New York's Capital District, Adirondacks, and much of western New England. The station is owned by DJRA Broadcasting, and broadcasts on 1540 kHz at 50 kilowatts from a three-tower directional antenna array adjacent to the station's studios in Colonie, New York. The station went off the air in April 2012 and returned to the air on March 27, 2013 simulcasting Christian talk-formatted WDCD-FM 96.7. On July 10, 2013, The NEW 1540 AM was announced with a news/talk format including Laura Ingraham, Bob Dutko, Neil Boron, Jerry Doyle and Andrea Tantaros.
WDCD signed on August 10, 1948 as WPTR, with 10,000 watts of power from its current location in Colonie. The call letters were requested as such to reflect the original licensee, Patroon Broadcasting Company, which was owned by Schine Chain Theatres. The studios were located in the Hotel Ten Eyck in Albany. In 1953, the station gained the ABC Radio affiliation from exiting WXKW, and primarily programmed a mix of popular and country music along with news & sports. It was during this period that 1540 increased power to 50,000 watts full-time to combat nighttime interference from co-channel stations KXEL in Waterloo, Iowa and ZNS-1 in Nassau, Bahamas (although the official explanation to the Federal Communications Commission [FCC] was the "poor ground conductivity" at the transmitter site).
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