City Dallas, Georgia Frequency 1500 kHz | Broadcast area Atlanta Format Gospel music | |
Slogan Voice of Old-time Religion Power 5,000 watts day
3,200 watts critical hours | ||
WDPC AM 1500 is an American radio station broadcasting a gospel music format. It is licensed to Dallas, Georgia, USA, and serves the west-northwestern Atlanta area. The station is owned by Word Christian Broadcasting, Inc., and is classified as a class D station by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The station transmits with 5,000 watts during daytime hours and with 3,200 watts during critical hours at local sunrise and sunset. The station signs off during nighttime hours.
Callsign history
WDPC signed on in September 1979 as WKRP. At first, the FCC denied the call letters to the new station, stating that MTM Enterprises, the producers of the popular CBS television series WKRP in Cincinnati, had a 'hold' on the callsign. When the station's lawyer pointed out to the FCC that "MTM is neither a licensee, nor a permittee. Therefore, MTM has no legal basis to reserve the WKRP callsign", the FCC allowed the assignment. In August 1989, the station switched to WDPC, meaning Dallas/Paulding County.