WADO

WADO
	; ;
New York, New York; United States;
Broadcast area	New York metropolitan area
Frequency	1280 kHz
Branding	1280 WADO; TUDN Radio Nueva York (Sports);
Programming
Language(s)	Spanish
Format	Sports radio
Affiliations	TUDN Radio
Ownership
Owner	Uforia Audio Network; (Univision Communications, LLC);
Sister stations	Radio:; WXNY-FM; TV:; WFTY-DT, WFUT-DT, WXTV-DT;
History
First air date	January 30, 1927; 97 years ago
Former call signs	WGL (1926–1928); WOV (1928–1959);
Former frequencies	678 kHz (1927); 720 kHz (1927); 1020 kHz (1927–1928); 1130 kHz (1928–1940); 1100 kHz (1940–1941);
Call sign meaning	Call letters phonetically sound similar to "radio"
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	70684
Class	B
Power	50,000 watts (day); 7,200 watts (night);
Transmitter coordinates	40°49′36.36″N 74°4′30.51″W / 40.8267667°N 74.0751417°W
Repeater(s)	96.3 WXNY-HD2 (New York)
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	www.univision.com/radio/nueva-york-wado-am

WADO (1280 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to New York, New York. It is owned by Uforia Audio Network, and broadcasts a Spanish-language sports radio format.

By day, WADO is powered at 50,000 watts, the maximum permitted for American AM stations. But to protect other stations on 1280 AM from interference, at night it reduces power to 7,200 watts. It uses a directional antenna with a four-tower array. The transmitter is on New Jersey Route 120 in Carlstadt, New Jersey.^[2]