WDCX-AM
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| City | Rochester, New York |
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| Broadcast area | Rochester metropolitan area |
| Frequency | 990 kHz |
| First air date | 1988 (on AM 990) 1947 (on AM 680) |
| Format | Religious |
| Power | 5,000 watts day 2,500 watts night |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 1906 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 43°13′54.00″N 77°52′0.00″W / 43.2316667°N 77.8666667°W |
| Former callsigns | WRNY (1947-1955) WRVM (1957-1565) WNYR (1965-1988) WEZO (1988-1990) WRMM (1990-1993) WCMF (1993-1997) WDCZ (1997-1999) WLGZ (1999-5/2008) WRCI (5/2008-9/2008) WDCX (9/2008-present) |
| Owner |
Crawford Broadcasting (Kimtron, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | WLGZ-FM |
WDCX (990 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Rochester, New York. The station airs a brokered religious radio format. WDCX's license is held by Kimtron, Inc. which is owned by Crawford Broadcasting. WDCX is a sister station to 102.7 WLGZ (which previously occupied the AM 990 frequency).
WDCX and WLGZ studios and offices are on Browncroft Boulevard in Rochester. The transmitter is off Clarkson Parma Townline Road in Brockport, New York.
WDCX programming originates from co-owned 99.5 WDCX-FM in Buffalo, New York. It is also simulcast on 970 WDCZ in Buffalo. As a brokered time station, nationally known religious leaders pay WDCX for their half hour segments on the station, and appeal to the listeners for contributions. Hosts on WDCX include Dr. Charles Stanley, Jim Daly, Chuck Swindoll and Jay Sekulow.
The station now known as WDCX has its roots in an earlier radio station, on a different frequency. In 1947, WRNY signed on at 680 kHz. It was a low-power (250 watts) daytime-only station because it was on the same clear channel frequency as 25,000 watt CFTR Toronto, which is only about 100 miles away from Rochester as the crow flies. (Today CFTR runs 50,000 watts and can be heard in some areas of Rochester.) WRNY added an FM sister station (FM 97.7, today 97.9 WPXY) primarily to give the station a night signal, but in the 1950s, few listeners had FM radios. WRNY-FM signed off by 1955.
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