WDAC


WDAC is a commercial FM radio station licensed to serve Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The station is owned by WDAC Radio Company and broadcasts a Christian radio format featuring programming from Salem Communications.
WDAC uses HD Radio and broadcasts a Christian radio format with the slogan "HOPE Music for the Heart!" on its HD2 subchannel.

History

The Federal Communications Commission granted Percy B. Crawford a construction permit for the station on April 15, 1959 with the WLPH call sign. On May 25, 1959, the call sign was changed to WDAC.
WDAC signed on for first time on December 13, 1959, and was granted its first license on August 1, 1960. On December 16, 1960, the FCC granted an involuntarily reassignment of the station's license to Ruth Marjorie Crawford following the death of Percy Crawford.
On June 19, 1973, the FCC granted a voluntary reassignment of the station's license to W.D.A.C. Radio Company, effective July 2, 1973.

Translators

WDAC programming is broadcast on the following translators:

Signal note

WDAC is short-spaced to two other Class B stations: WDSD 94.7 WDSD and WPST 94-5 PST. WDAC and WDSD operate on first adjacent channels and the cities they are licensed to serve are only about 74 miles apart. The minimum distance between two Class B stations operating on first adjacent channels according to current FCC rules is 105 miles. WDAC and WPST operate on the same channel and the cities they are licensed to serve are only about 83 miles apart. The minimum distance between two Class B stations operating on the same channel according to current FCC rules is 150 miles.