WDCX-FM
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| City | Buffalo, New York |
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| Broadcast area | Western New York, Niagara Peninsula, Ontario |
| Frequency | 99.5 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | February 18, 1963 |
| Format | 99.5 MHz: Religious HD 2: Christian music |
| ERP | 110,000 watts |
| HAAT | 195 meters (640 feet) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 34820 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°38′7.00″N 78°46′5.00″W / 42.6352778°N 78.7680556°W |
| Callsign meaning | W DC (founder Donald Crawford) X (representing the Christian cross) |
| Owner |
Crawford Broadcasting (Kimtron, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | WDCZ |
| Webcast | http://player.liquidcompass.net/WDCXFM |
| Website | wdcxradio.com |
WDCX-FM (99.5 MHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to Buffalo, New York. The station airs a brokered religious radio format. WDCX-FM is owned by Kimtron, Inc., a division of Crawford Broadcasting. Its studios are located in the Allentown neighborhood north of downtown Buffalo, and the transmitter site is located off Zimmerman Road in Boston, New York, southeast of Buffalo.
As a brokered time station, nationally known religious leaders pay WDCX-FM for their half hour segments on the station, and appeal to the listeners for contributions. Hosts on WDCX-FM include Dr. Charles Stanley, Jim Daly, Chuck Swindoll and Jay Sekulow. Since 2012, WDCX is simulcast on AM 970 WDCZ in Buffalo. Programming is also heard on AM 990 WDCX in Rochester, New York.
WDCX-FM broadcasts in HD Radio. The station's HD 2 channel carries Christian music.
WDCX-FM signed on for the first time on February 18, 1963 and has been owned by the Crawford family for its entire existence. Since its founding, WDCX-FM has broadcast religious programming, with Donald B. Crawford as WDCX-FM's original president. Crawford's initials are represented by the DC in the station's call letters, with the X representing the Christian cross.
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