WSBN

WSBN
Broadcast areaWashington metropolitan area
Frequency630 kHz
BrandingESPN 630 D.C.
Programming
Language(s)English
FormatSports
NetworkESPN Radio
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
WMAL-FM
History
First air date
October 12, 1925 (99 years ago) (1925-10-12)
Former call signs
WMAL (1925–2019)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID73250
ClassB
Power10,000 watts day
2,700 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
39°8′2″N 77°18′14″W / 39.13389°N 77.30389°W / 39.13389; -77.30389
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitesportscapitoldc.com

WSBN (630 kHz) is a commercial AM sports radio station licensed to Washington, D.C., and serving the Washington metro area. It operates with 10,000 watts in the daytime and 2,700 watts at night using a directional antenna around the clock. WSBN's studios are on Jenifer Street in Northwest Washington.[2] The transmitter is located off Black Rock Road in Germantown, Maryland.[3]

WSBN is owned and operated by Cumulus Media and is affiliated with ESPN Radio. It is one of the oldest radio stations in the Washington media market, continuously on the air from 1925. For most of its history, the station operated as WMAL; on July 1, 2019, its talk programming was moved exclusively to co-owned WMAL-FM at 105.9 MHz, which had simulcast with 630 am since 2011.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WSBN". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "Station Information". WMAL-FM.
  3. ^ "WSBN-AM 630 kHz - Washington, DC". radio-locator.com.