WDAC

WDAC
Broadcast areaCentral Pennsylvania
Frequency94.5 MHz (HD Radio)
Programming
FormatChristian radio
SubchannelsHD2: Christian radio "HOPE Music for the Heart!"[1]
AffiliationsSRN News
Ownership
OwnerWDAC Radio Company
History
First air date
December 13, 1959; 65 years ago (1959-12-13)[2]
Former call signs
WLPH (1959)
Call sign meaning
Dean Alan Crawford, son of the founder.[2]
Technical information[3]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID71309
ClassB
ERP19,000 watts
HAAT247 meters (810 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
39°53′46.3″N 76°14′20.8″W / 39.896194°N 76.239111°W / 39.896194; -76.239111 (WDAC)
Translator(s)See § Translators
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.wdac.com

WDAC (94.5 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, known as "Hope 94.5." It is owned by the WDAC Radio Company and broadcasts a Christian radio format.[4] Christian Adult Contemporary music is heard in morning drive time and late evenings. Other hours feature Christian talk and teaching shows from David Jeremiah, Jim Daly, Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth, Alistair Begg, Chuck Swindoll and others. WDAC's radio studios and transmitter are on Lancaster Pike in New Providence.[5][6]

WDAC has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 19,000 watts.[7] It broadcasts using HD Radio technology. Its HD2 digital subchannel has a Christian radio format with the slogan "HOPE Music for the Heart!"[8]

History

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted Percy B. Crawford a construction permit for a new FM station on April 15, 1959. The original call sign was WLPH. On May 25, 1959, the call sign was changed to WDAC.[9]

WDAC signed on for first time on December 13, 1959.[2] It was granted its first license on August 1, 1960.[9] On December 16, 1960, the FCC granted a reassignment of the station's license to Ruth Marjorie Crawford following the death of Percy Crawford.[9]

On June 19, 1973, the FCC granted a voluntary reassignment of the station's license to the WDAC Radio Company, effective July 2, 1973.[9] From its earliest days, the station has broadcast a Christian radio format.

Former logo

Translators

WDAC programming is broadcast on the following translators:

Call sign Frequency
(MHz) 		City of license State Facility ID Class ERP
(W) 		Height
(m (ft)) 		Transmitter coordinates Rebroadcasts
W246BI 97.1 Middletown Delaware 156585 D 80 50.5 m (166 ft) 39°32′4.4″N 75°42′35.8″W / 39.534556°N 75.709944°W / 39.534556; -75.709944 (W246BI) WDAC
W280CP 103.9 Wagontown Pennsylvania 71312 D 5 10 m (33 ft) 40°00′44.3″N 75°50′32.8″W / 40.012306°N 75.842444°W / 40.012306; -75.842444 (W280CP) WDAC
W284BF 104.7 Lancaster Pennsylvania 144103 D 200 240 m (790 ft) 39°53′46.0″N 76°14′21.0″W / 39.896111°N 76.239167°W / 39.896111; -76.239167 (W284BF) WDAC-HD2[8]
W300BZ 107.9 Reading Pennsylvania 87062 D 250 239.5 m (786 ft) 40°21′15.9″N 75°53′55.7″W / 40.354417°N 75.898806°W / 40.354417; -75.898806 (W300BZ) WDAC-HD2[8]

Signal note

WDAC is short-spaced to three other Class B stations: WDSD 94.7 Dover, Delaware; WIAD 94.7 Bethesda, Maryland; and WPST 94.5 Trenton, New Jersey.

WDSD and WIAD operate on 94.7 MHz, a first adjacent channel to WDAC. The distance between WDAC's transmitter and WDSD's transmitter is 60 miles, while the distance between WDAC's transmitter and WIAD's transmitter is 79 miles, as determined by FCC rules.[10] The minimum distance between two Class B stations operating on first adjacent channels according to current FCC rules is 105 miles.[11]

WDAC and WPST operate on the same channel and the distance between the two stations' transmitters is 76 miles as determined by FCC rules.[10] The minimum distance between two Class B stations operating on the same channel according to current FCC rules is 150 miles.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Streaming WDAC". Retrieved 2016-04-13.
  2. ^ a b c "History [WDAC]". wdac.com. Retrieved 2019-03-06.
  3. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WDAC". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  4. ^ "WDAC Facility Record". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
  5. ^ "WDAC Facility Record". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
  6. ^ PublicFiles.FCC.gov/WDAC
  7. ^ Radio-Locator.com/WDAC
  8. ^ a b c "Hope 94.5 HD2". hope945.com. Retrieved 2019-03-06.
  9. ^ a b c d "History Cards for WDAC". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2019-03-06.
  10. ^ a b "Reference points and distance computations. 47 CFR § 73.208". Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  11. ^ a b "Minimum distance separation between stations. 47 CFR § 73.207(b)(1)" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-03-06.