| Currentlysilent | |
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| Frequency | 1270kHz |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WBKT,WDLA-FM,WDOS,WKXZ,WSRK,WZOZ | |
| History | |
First air date | May 30, 1951 (1951-05-30) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 16443 |
| Class | D |
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Transmitter coordinates | 42°8′10″N75°4′48″W / 42.13611°N 75.08000°W /42.13611; -75.08000 |
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Public license information | |
WDLA (1270AM) is a commercialradio station licensed toWalton, New York, United States, that is currentlysilent.[2] Owned byTownsquare Media alongsideWDLA-FM, it last carried atalk format.
The transmitter is on Radio Station Road offNew York State Route 206 inColchester, New York.[3]
WDLA signed on the air on May 30, 1951.[4] 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.[5]
The station went silent in mid-2025 for economic reasons. Vince Benedetto’s Bold Gold Media Group has offered to buy WDLA and sister stationWDLA-FM.[6] Bold Gold owns 15 stations inUpstate New York.