WMAL News
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| City | Woodbridge, Virginia |
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| Broadcast area | Washington Metropolitan Area |
| Branding | 105.9 FM & AM 630 WMAL |
| Slogan | Where Washington Comes To Talk |
| Frequency | 105.9 MHz |
| First air date | December 25, 1958 (as WXRA) |
| Format | Talk |
| ERP | Horizontal: 28,000 watts Vertical: 25,000 watts |
| HAAT | 198 meters (650 ft) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 70037 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 38°52′28.0″N 77°13′24.0″W / 38.874444°N 77.223333°W |
| Callsign meaning |
W-"Martin A. Leese" (founder of AM simulcast WMAL) |
| Former callsigns | 2009–2011: WVRX 1994–2009: WJZW 1986–1994: WCXR-FM 1981–1986: WPKX-FM 1962–1981: WXRA |
| Affiliations |
Westwood One Network Premiere Radio Networks Westwood One News |
| Owner |
Cumulus Media (Radio License Holdings LLC) |
| Sister stations | WMAL, WRQX |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wmal.com |
WMAL-FM (105.9 MHz) – branded 105.9 FM & AM 630 WMAL – is an FM radio station licensed to Woodbridge, Virginia, serving the Washington, D.C. Metro area. WMAL-FM airs a talk radio format and is owned and operated by Cumulus Media. The station's studios are located at 4400 Jenifer Street NW in Washington, two blocks from the city's border with Maryland, and the transmitter site is in Falls Church, Virginia, off Lee Highway. Since September 19, 2011, all of WMAL-FM's programming is simulcast from co-owned WMAL (AM) at 630 kHz.
Weekday mornings on WMAL-AM-FM start with "Breakfast on the Mall" with Mary Walter. At 9 a.m., Chris Plante hosts a nationally syndicated show, based at WMAL-AM-FM. And Larry O'Connor hosts late afternoons. The rest of the day, syndicated shows air from Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin and John Batchelor. Red Eye Radio is heard overnight. Weekends feature shows on money, health, real estate and gardening, many of which are paid brokered programming. Most weekday hours feature local news at the beginning of each hour. Westwood One News airs at the beginning of most hours during nights and weekends.
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