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| Broadcast area | New York, New York |
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| Branding | 1280 WADO Univision Deportes 1280 AM |
| Slogan | La Campeona de Nueva York |
| Frequency | 1280 (kHz) (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | 1927 (as WGL, then WOV) |
| Format | News/talk |
| Language(s) | Spanish |
| Power | 50,000 watts (day) 7,200 watts (night) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 70684 |
| Former callsigns | WGL (1927-1928) WOV (1928–1959) |
| Former frequencies | 1020 kHz (1927-1928) 1130 kHz (1928-1941) |
| Affiliations | Univision Deportes Radio |
| Owner |
Univision Radio (Univision Radio Illinois, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | WFUT-DT, WXNY-FM, WXTV-DT |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | WADO Website |
WADO is a radio station in New York City. Owned by Univision Radio, it broadcasts a Spanish-language news talk format. Its transmitters are located in Carlstadt, New Jersey.
This station was launched as WGL on January 30, 1927, and was owned by the International Broadcasting Corporation. WGL president Colonel Lewis Landes stated on the inaugural broadcast, "The International Broadcasting Corporation's aim is to adhere to truth, to be free of partisanship, religious or political."
WGL was the first station to protest the frequency allocations of the Federal Radio Commission in May 1927. WGL was authorized to move to 1170 AM, but wanted to go to 720, occupied by WOR. When WOR was awarded the 710 frequency, both stations went to court, with WOR eventually winning the case. Finally in June 1927, WGL moved to 1020 AM and shared time with Paterson station, WODA.
In August 1927, studio manager Charles Isaacson announced one of the city's first attempts at local news coverage. WGL was organizing listeners to volunteer as radio reporters and call the station with breaking news stories.
On September 16, 1928, WGL changed calls to WOV and was sold to Sicilian-born importer John Iraci. The WGL call sign was then picked up by a Fort Wayne station, which uses them to this very day.
WOV's initial programming was aimed at a general audience, but by the mid-1930s, it strengthened its ethnic ties and expanded its Italian-language programming to fill the daytime hours. WOV soon became the dominant Italian voice in the Northeast through its affiliation with share-time station WBIL and Iraci's WPEN in Philadelphia.
The station was owned by WOV Broadcasting until 1959, when it was sold to Bartel Broadcasters, at which time the station was renamed WADO. During the day, WADO broadcast R&B music. At night, they ran Italian programming. By 1962, some Spanish programming was run on weekends. By 1963, the only English programming found on WADO was in Sunday religious broadcasts.
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