WMCA (AM)
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| Broadcast area | New York metropolitan area |
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| Frequency | 570 kHz |
| Branding | AM 570 and 102.3 FM The Mission WMCA |
| Programming | |
| Language | English |
| Format | Christian radio |
| Network | Salem Radio Network |
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| WNYM | |
| History | |
First air date | February 22, 1925 |
Call sign meaning | Named for the Hotel McAlpin, the station's original studio and antenna location |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 58626 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 5,000 watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°45′10.37″N 74°06′13.51″W / 40.7528806°N 74.1037528°W |
| Translator | 102.3 W272DX (New York) |
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| Webcast |
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| Website | wmca |
WMCA (570 AM) is a radio station licensed to New York, New York. Founded in 1925, the station has programmed several formats over the decades; since 1989, it has offered a Christian radio format of teaching and talk programs.
The station shares its Lower Manhattan studios with WNYM (970 AM); both are owned by Salem Media Group. WMCA's transmitter sits along Belleville Turnpike in Kearny, New Jersey; its programming is simulcast on a 250-watt translator, W272DX (102.3 MHz), from a tower in Clifton, New Jersey.
In the 1960s, the station was a Top 40 outlet featuring a lineup of disc jockeys known as the "Good Guys". It is credited with having been the first New York radio station to broadcast a recording by The Beatles. During the 1970s and 1980s, WMCA was a talk radio station.