WABC (770 kHz), known as "NewsTalkRadio 77," is a radio station in New York City. Owned by the Citadel Broadcasting Corporation, the station broadcasts on a clear channel and is the flagship station of Citadel Media (formerly ABC Radio Networks). WABC shares studio facilities with sister station WPLJ (95.5 FM) and former sister stations WEPN and WQEW at 2 Penn Plaza (above Pennsylvania Station) in midtown Manhattan, and its transmitter is located...
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WABC (770 kHz), known as "NewsTalkRadio 77," is a radio station in New York City. Owned by the Citadel Broadcasting Corporation, the station broadcasts on a clear channel and is the flagship station of Citadel Media (formerly ABC Radio Networks). WABC shares studio facilities with sister station WPLJ (95.5 FM) and former sister stations WEPN and WQEW at 2 Penn Plaza (above Pennsylvania Station) in midtown Manhattan, and its transmitter is located in Lodi, New Jersey.
Since 1982 WABC has programmed a talk radio format, and has been one of the most successful talk stations locally and in the United States. Many of NewsTalkRadio 77's hosts have now moved on to national syndication. The station also carries reports from ABC News. Before 1982, WABC broadcast a Top 40 music format, was the dominant music station in the New York City area, and served as a template for many other Top 40 stations in different cities.
NewsTalkRadio 77 is also known as The Station of the Nation, Breaking News &...
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