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| Broadcast area | Atlanta, Georgia |
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| Frequency | 1520kHz |
| Programming | |
| Format | Christian talk and teaching |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Word Christian Broadcasting Inc. |
| WDPC,WNEA | |
| History | |
First air date | June 30, 1964 |
Former call signs | WDGL (1964–1984) WSPZ (1984–1990) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 73693 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 2,500watts day 800wattscritical hours (construction permit for 50,000wattsdays only) |
Transmitter coordinates | 33°45′48.00″N84°44′28.00″W / 33.7633333°N 84.7411111°W /33.7633333; -84.7411111 Construction permit for33°45′38.00″N84°41′18.00″W / 33.7605556°N 84.6883333°W /33.7605556; -84.6883333 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | WDCY Program Schedule |
WDCY (1520kHz) is anAMChristianradio station broadcasting aChristian talk and teachingradio format.Licensed toDouglasville, Georgia, it serves theAtlanta metro area. The station is owned by Word Christian Broadcasting Inc. Much of the programming issimulcast with co-owned 1500WDPC inDallas, Georgia and 1300WNEA inNewnan, Georgia.
WDCY is adaytimer, powered at 2,500watts (800 watts duringcritical hours) but required to go off the air at night so it cannot interfere withClass A stationsWWKBBuffalo andKOKCOklahoma City.AM 1520 is aclear channel frequency. Thetransmitter is off Brown Street in Douglasville.[2]
The station has been issued aconstruction permit by theFederal Communications Commission (FCC) to increase power to the maximum for commercial AM stations, 50,000 watts. It would use adirectional antenna pattern aimed toward Atlanta from a new transmitter location, but still not be on the air at night. The new proposed daytime directional antenna pattern will require a fourtower array.
On April 4, 1964, the stationsigned on asWDGL.[3] It was owned by Douglas County Broadcasting and was powered at 1,000 watts in the daytime (500 watts during critical hours) but required to be off the air at night.
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