WDCX-FM

Radio station in Buffalo, New York

42°38′07″N 78°46′05″W / 42.63528°N 78.76806°W / 42.63528; -78.76806Repeater(s)970 WDCZ (Buffalo)LinksWebcastListen Live
Listen Live (HD2)Websitewdcxradio.com

WDCX-FM (99.5 MHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to Buffalo, New York.^[1] The station airs a brokered religious radio format. WDCX-FM is owned by Kimtron, Inc., a division of Crawford Broadcasting.^[2] Its studios are located in the Allentown neighborhood north of downtown Buffalo, and the transmitter site is located off Zimmerman Road in Boston, New York, southeast of Buffalo.

As a brokered time station, nationally known religious leaders pay WDCX-FM for their half hour segments on the station, and appeal to the listeners for contributions. Hosts on WDCX-FM include Dr. Charles Stanley, Jim Daly, Chuck Swindoll and Jay Sekulow. Since 2012, WDCX is simulcast on AM 970 WDCZ in Buffalo. Programming is also heard on AM 990 WDCX in Rochester, New York.

WDCX-FM broadcasts in HD Radio.^[3] The station's HD 2 channel carries Christian music.

History

WDCX-FM signed on for the first time on February 18, 1963, and has been owned by the Crawford family for its entire existence.^[4] Since its founding, WDCX-FM has broadcast religious programming, with Donald B. Crawford, the son of evangelist Percy Crawford, as WDCX-FM's original president. Crawford's initials are represented by the DC in the station's call letters, with the X representing the Christian cross.

Superpower Status

WDCX-FM is a grandfathered "Superpower" Class B FM radio station, operating at 110,000 watts.^[5] Buffalo has three other superpower FM stations: 92.9 WBUF, 94.5 WNED-FM and 102.5 WBKV. (WBKV also broadcasts at 110,000 watts but has a taller antenna, so it has a larger coverage area.) Under current Federal Communications Commission rules, Class B FM stations are not allowed to exceed 50,000 watts ERP. WDCX-FM's signal not only covers much of Western New York but extends into Canada. The station has listeners in Toronto, Hamilton and around the Niagara Peninsula of Ontario.

References

^ "WDCX Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
^ "Application Search Results".
^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-139
^ "WDCX-FM Radio Station Coverage Map".

External links

WDCX in the FCC FM station database
WDCX in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
List of "grandfathered" FM radio stations in the U.S.

Radio stations in the Buffalo–Niagara Falls, New York, metropolitan area

By AM frequency

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88.3
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91.3
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101.7
102.5
103.3
104.1
106.5
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Translators	93.3 94.1 94.9 95.5 95.7 W239BA W239BX 96.5 97.5 98.9 100.1 100.3 100.5 102.9 104.7 105.3 106.1 106.9 107.3

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162.55

Digital radio
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Defunct

Nearby regions – U.S.: Elmira-Corning; Erie; Jamestown-Dunkirk-Fredonia/Warren; Olean-Bradford; Rochester

Canada: Hamilton-Niagara; Toronto

See also: List of radio stations in New York

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