WCAU Radio
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| City | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Broadcast area | Philadelphia metropolitan area |
| Branding | "Talk Radio 1210 WPHT" |
| Frequency | 1210 kHz (also on HD Radio) (also on HD Radio via WOGL-HD3) |
| First air date | May 1922 |
| Format | Talk radio |
| Power | 50,000 watts |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 9634 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°58′46″N 74°59′13″W / 39.97944°N 74.98694°WCoordinates: 39°58′46″N 74°59′13″W / 39.97944°N 74.98694°W (NAD27) |
| Callsign meaning | W PHiladelphia's Talk |
| Former callsigns | WCAU (1922–1990) WOGL (1990–1994) WGMP (1994–1996) WPTS (1996) |
| Affiliations |
ABC News Radio CBS News Radio Fox Sports Radio Premiere Networks 6 ABC (local news updates) |
| Owner |
Entercom (CBS Radio East, LLC) |
| Sister stations | KYW, WIP-FM, WOGL, WTDY-FM, WXTU |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | cbslocalwpht.com |
WPHT (1210 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to serve Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The station is owned by Entercom and broadcasts a talk radio format. Its transmitter and broadcast tower are located in Moorestown, New Jersey and its studios are at 2 Bala Plaza in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.
WPHT uses HD Radio on its AM signal 24 hours a day. The station's programming is also available to listeners with an HD Radio receiver via a simulcast on the HD3 subchannel of sister station WOGL.
WPHT programming is mostly conservative talk-radio with a focus on issues local to the Delaware Valley, in addition to nationally syndicated shows. Local news briefs are heard on weekdays.
WPHT was the flagship station for Philadelphia Phillies baseball for 32 years, until the 2016 season, when co-owned 94.1 WIP-FM became the exclusive Philadelphia radio home for the games.
WPHT airs Temple University football and men's basketball.
The station first began broadcasting in May 1922 as WCAU, a 250-watt station operating out of electrician William Durham's home at 19th and Market Streets. It is Philadelphia's third-oldest radio station, having signed on two months after WIP (now WTEL) and WFIL. In 1924, WCAU was sold to law partners Ike Levy and Daniel Murphy. Murphy later bowed out in favor of Ike's brother, Leon, a local dentist.
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