WCAP was a short-lived radio station located inWashington, D.C. during the mid-1920s. It was initially licensed in mid-1923 to theChesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company (C&P),^[1] and its call letters were chosen to reflect the station owner. C&P was controlled by theAmerican Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T), and the station was the second of two, followingWEAF (now WFAN) in New York City, that would be established by AT&T. WCAP was high-powered "Class B" station, and it shared time on the 640 AM frequency withWRC (now WTEM), owned by theRadio Corporation of America (RCA).

On May 11, 1926, AT&T announced that a subsidiary, theBroadcasting Company of America (BCA), had been formed to take over its radio broadcasting assets, including WCAP.^[2] Two months later AT&T signed an agreement to sell its BCA subsidiary to RCA for $1 million. Because there was no need for RCA to continue operation of two Washington stations, WCAP ceased broadcasting on July 31, 1926, with its hours ceded to WRC.^[3]

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