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This article is about the low-powered television station in Washington, D.C.. For the Nashville PBS member station that formerly used the call letters, see
WNPT (TV ) .
Television station in the United States
United States
Fairfax, Virginia
6.1: The Country Network
Signal Above LLC
Costa Mesa Boston
1996; 28 years ago (1996 )
WDCN-LP (2008–2021)
Analog: 42 (UHF, 1996–2007), 6 (VHF, 2007–2021)
FCC
20450
LD
3 kW
189.9 m (623 ft )
38°52′28.2″N 77°13′23.6″W / 38.874500°N 77.223222°W / 38.874500; -77.223222
Public license information
Radio station information
87.7 MHz
DC 87.7FM
Spanish contemporary hits
Listen Live
www
WDCN-LD (channel 6), branded on air as DC 87.7FM , is a low-power television station licensed to Fairfax, Virginia , United States, serving the Washington, D.C. , metropolitan area . Owned by Signal Above LLC , WDCN-LD markets itself as a conventional FM radio station , broadcasting Spanish contemporary hits .
WDCN-LD has its studios on Old Gallows Road in Tysons . The transmitter is on Lee Highway (US 29 ) near Interstate 495 (The Capital Beltway) in Merrifield .[2]
History [ edit ]
Channel 6 [ edit ]
In the analog television era, stations on television channel 6 broadcast an FM Franken-FMs ", took advantage of this fact and a loophole in Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations that only require a television station to broadcast some kind of video content, not that the video and audio content are related.[3]
Low-powered analog stations were exempt from the 2009 digital television transition , allowing WDCN-LP to continue operating as a Franken-FM. However, the later set a 2021 deadline for all low-powered stations to cease operating in analog. Several Franken-FMs proposed experimentally embedding an FM carrier at 87.7 MHz inside an ATSC 3.0 signal, which tests later showed to be technically feasible; the FCC initially allowed this under special temporary authority grants, provided the stations broadcast at least one accompanying television service, and the FM and television signals had similar coverage.[4] "FM6" stations allowed to continue to operate an FM radio broadcast, as a "ancillary or supplementary" service.[5]
Switch to digital [ edit ]
WDCN-LP signed off on July 13, 2021, the day on which the FCC ended all analog television operation nationwide.[6] The Country Network and the embedded FM signal.[7]
WDCN-LP previously simulcast on co-owned WOWZ-LP, another low-power channel 6 station, licensed to Salisbury, Maryland , and serving the Ocean City –Salisbury area. That station has since switched to a simulcast of WVES .[8]
Sports programming [ edit ]
From 2010 through 2012, WDCN-LP was the home for Spanish-language broadcasts of D.C. United soccer games. WDCN-LP carried all of the team's games, including those not broadcast on television.[9]
Since the 2019 NFL season , WDCN-LD is the flagship Spanish-language radio station of the NFL 's Baltimore Ravens .[10]
WDCN-LD and co-owned WFAX (1220 AM) broadcast Washington Nationals games in Spanish for the 2024 season .[11]
Subchannel [ edit ]
Subchannel of WDCN-LD (ATSC 3.0)[12]
Aspect
Short name
Programming
1080p
16:9
WDCN
The Country Network
References [ edit ]
^ "Welcome to Mega Media Group, Inc. - Recent News" . Archived from the original on April 16, 2009. Retrieved April 14, 2009 .
^ " . Insideradio.com .
^ "Fifth Report and Order: In the Matter of Amendment of Parts 73 and 74 of the Commission's Rules to Establish Rules for Digital Low Power Television and Television Translator Stations" (FCC 23-58, MB Docket No. 03-185, Adopted: July 20, 2023, Released: July 20, 2023)
^ WDCN-LP 87.7 Final Sign-Off
^ "WDCN-LD Facility Data" . FCCData .
^ "Delmarva Country Station Rebrands... And Reverts After C&D - RadioInsight" . October 26, 2017.
^ "La Nueva 87.7 FM Returns as Official Spanish-Language Radio Partner" . OurSports Central . March 5, 2012.
^ Campbell, Colin (December 26, 2019). "Spanish radio announcers bring soccer-style energy to NFL" . The Baltimore Sun AP
^ "DC Low Power FM Snags Play-By-Play For Washington Nationals" . Insideradio.com . March 14, 2024.
^ "Digital TV Listing for WDCN-LD" . RabbitEars.Info .
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Arlington /Fairfax /Fredericksburg, VA cable television
WTTG (5.1 Fox , 5.2 Buzzr , 5.3 Start )
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WWTD-LD (49.3 QVC2 , 49.4 NTD , 49.5 SBN , 49.6 LC
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W08EE-D (24.1 PBS /WVPB , 24.2 World , 24.3 PBS Kids )
WWPX-TV (60.1 Ion , 60.2 Bounce , 60.3 Court , 60.4 Laff , 60.5 Mystery , 60.6 Ion+ , 60.7 Scripps , 60.8 HSN )
WOOK-TV 14 (Ind.)
WHFV 69 (NBC , Fredericksburg, VA )
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Notes
1. Audio from channel 6 TV station
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