WMAL-FM

WMAL-FM
Broadcast areaWashington Metropolitan Area
Frequency105.9 MHz
Branding105.9 FM WMAL
Programming
Language(s)English
FormatConservative talk radio
NetworkFox News Radio
AffiliationsCBS News Radio
Westwood One
WJLA-TV
Ownership
Owner
WSBN
History
First air date
December 25, 1958; 65 years ago (1958-12-25)
Former call signs
WBVA (1959–60)
WWCN (1960)
WBVA (1960–61)
WXRA (1961–80)
WVKX (1980–81)
WPKX-FM (1981–86)
WCXR-FM (1986–94)
WJZW (1994–2009)
WVRX (2009–11)[1]
Call sign meaning
Martin A. Leese, founder of WMAL (630 AM), now WSBN
Technical information
Facility ID70037
ClassB
ERPHorizontal: 28,000 watts
Vertical: 25,000 watts
HAAT198 meters (650 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
38°52′28.4″N 77°13′22.9″W / 38.874556°N 77.223028°W / 38.874556; -77.223028
Links
Webcast
Websitewww.wmal.com

WMAL-FM (105.9 MHz) – branded 105.9 FM WMAL – is a radio station licensed to Woodbridge, Virginia, serving the Washington, D.C. Metro area. WMAL-FM airs a talk radio format and is owned and operated by Cumulus Media.[2] The station's studios are located at 4400 Jenifer Street NW in Washington, two blocks from the city's border with Maryland, and the transmitter site is in Falls Church, Virginia, off Lee Highway. WMAL-FM is co-owned with sports radio station WSBN at 630 kHz; the WMAL call sign and talk format originated on that station, and the two stations simulcast from 2011 to 2019.

  1. ^ "FCC History Cards for WMAL-FM".
  2. ^ "WMAL Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.