| Frequency | 1270kHz |
|---|---|
| Branding | CNY News |
| Programming | |
| Format | Silent (previouslyTalk) |
| Network | Fox News Radio |
| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WBKT,WDLA-FM,WDOS,WKXZ,WSRK,WZOZ | |
| History | |
First air date | May 30, 1951; 74 years ago (1951-05-30) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 16443 |
| Class | D |
| Power |
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Transmitter coordinates | 42°8′10″N75°4′48″W / 42.13611°N 75.08000°W /42.13611; -75.08000 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | cnynews |
WDLA (1270kHz) is acommercialAM radio station that's currentlysilent.[2]Licensed toWalton, New York, WDLA is owned byTownsquare Media. It previously had atalk radioformat.
By day, WDLA is powered at 5,000watts using anon-directional antenna. But at night, to avoid interfering with other stations on1270 AM, it greatly reduces power to 89 watts. Thetransmitter is on Radio Station Road offNew York State Route 206 inColchester, New York.[3]
Weekdays on WDLA began with twosyndicated newsmagazine shows,America in the Morning andThis Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal. They're followed byThe Brian Kilmeade Show,The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show,The Sean Hannity Show,The Mark Levin Show, America at Night with Rick Valdes andRed Eye Radio.[4]
Weekends includedThe Ramsey Show withDave Ramsey,The Dana Loesch Show,The Lars Larson Show,The Weekend with Michael Brown,The Ben Ferguson Show,Fox Across America with Jimmy Failla,Fox News Sunday andMeet The Press.Fox News Radio provided updates each hour.
WDLAsigned on the air on May 30, 1951 (1951-05-30).[5] It was owned by the Delaware County Broadcasting Corporation.
WDLA was originally adaytimer powered at 1,000 watts but required to go off the air at night. In the 1980s, the station was authorized by theFederal Communications Commission to broadcast at 5,000 watts in the daytime and run with limited power at night.[6]
The station went silent in mid-2025 for economic reasons. Vince Benedetto’s Bold Gold Media Group has offered to buy WDLA andsister stationWDLA-FM 92.1.[7] Bold Gold owns 15 stations inUpstate New York.