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; 64 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]

  1. ^ "Streaming WDAC". Retrieved 2016-04-13.
  2. ^ a b "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. ^ "Hope 94.5 HD2". hope945.com. Retrieved 2019-03-06.