WMAL (AM)
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| City | Washington, D.C. |
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| Broadcast area | Washington metropolitan area |
| Branding | 105.9 FM & AM 630 WMAL |
| Slogan | Where Washington Comes To Talk |
| Frequency |
630 (kHz) (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | October 12, 1925 |
| Format | Talk |
| Power | 10,000 watts (day) 5,000 watts (night) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 73250 |
| Callsign meaning |
W-"Martin A. Leese" (founding and former owner) Washington's MALL |
| Affiliations |
Westwood One Premiere Networks Westwood One News ABC 7 |
| Owner |
Cumulus Media (Radio License Holdings LLC) |
| Sister stations | WMAL-FM, WRQX |
| Webcast | WMAL Live Feed |
| Website | wmal.com |
WMAL (630 kHz) — branded 105.9 FM & AM 630 WMAL — is a commercial AM news/talk radio station licensed to Washington, D.C. and serving the Washington metro area. It operates with 10,000 watts in the daytime and 5,000 watts in the nighttime with studios in Northwest Washington and its transmitter in Bethesda, Maryland. All programming is simulcast on co-owned WMAL-FM at 105.9 MHz.
WMAL is owned and operated by Cumulus Media and is affiliated with the Westwood One Network (a Cumulus subsidiary) and Premiere Radio Networks. It is one of the oldest radio stations in the Washington Media market, continuously on the air from 1925.
Weekday mornings on WMAL-AM-FM start with "Breakfast on the Mall" with hosts Brian Wilson and Larry O'Connor. O'Connor returns at 5 p.m. with a one-hour show called "The Drive at Five." At 9 a.m., Chris Plante hosts a show also heard on several other Cumulus stations. The rest of the day, nationally syndicated shows air from Rush Limbaugh, Michael Savage, Mark Levin and John Batchelor. Red Eye Radio is heard overnight. Weekends feature shows on money, health, law and gardening with repeats of some weekday shows and Brokered programming. Most weekday hours feature local news at the beginning of each hour. Westwood One News airs nights and weekends.
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