WABC (AM)

E403624
AM radio station commercial radio station radio station

WABC (AM) is a historic New York City radio station best known for its influential Top 40 music format and prominent personalities during the 1960s and 1970s.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
WABC Radio 2
77 WABC 1
WABC 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf AM radio station ⓘ
commercial radio station ⓘ
radio station ⓘ
airdate 1921 ⓘ
band AM ⓘ
branding WABC (AM) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 77 WABC
broadcastArea New York metropolitan area ⓘ
callSign WABC (AM) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: WABC
callSignMeaning American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
city New York City ⓘ
class Class A ⓘ
clearChannelFrequency 770 kHz ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
facilityId 19529 ⓘ
format talk radio ⓘ
formerCallSign WJZ ⓘ
formerFormat Top 40 ⓘ
music radio ⓘ
formerOwner ABC Radio Network ⓘ
surface form: ABC Radio

American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
Cumulus Media ⓘ
frequency 770 kHz ⓘ
language English ⓘ
licensedToServe New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York, New York
marketRank major market station ⓘ
medium terrestrial radio ⓘ
networkAffiliation ABC (historical) ⓘ
nighttimeCoverage Eastern United States ⓘ
surface form: eastern United States
notableEra 1960s Top 40 era ⓘ
1970s Top 40 era ⓘ
notableFor influential Top 40 music format ⓘ
prominent disc jockeys ⓘ
shaping American pop music tastes ⓘ
notablePersonality Bob Grant ⓘ
Chuck Leonard ⓘ
Cousin Brucie (Bruce Morrow) ⓘ
Dan Ingram ⓘ
Harry Harrison ⓘ
Ron Lundy ⓘ
Rush Limbaugh ⓘ
surface form: Rush Limbaugh (syndicated)
originalCallSign WJZ-TV ⓘ
surface form: WJZ
owner Red Apple Media ⓘ
power 50000 watts ⓘ
regulator Federal Communications Commission ⓘ
signalType clear-channel station ⓘ
sisterStation WABC-TV ⓘ
WXRK (New York) ⓘ
surface form: WPLJ (historical)
studioLocation New York City ⓘ
timeShift transitioned from music to talk format in the early 1980s ⓘ
transmitterLocation Lodi, New Jersey ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wolfman Jack → employer → WABC (AM) ⓘ
WFAN (AM) → formerCallSign → WABC (AM) ⓘ
this entity surface form: WEAF
Alan Freed → employer → WABC (AM) ⓘ
this entity surface form: WABC (New York City radio station)
Bill White → employer → WABC (AM) ⓘ
this entity surface form: WABC Radio
Joe Franklin → employer → WABC (AM) ⓘ
this entity surface form: WABC Radio
WABC (AM) → branding → WABC (AM) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 77 WABC
WABC (AM) → callSign → WABC (AM) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: WABC