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WMAL
WMAL-AM Logo
Broadcast area Washington, D.C.
Branding 630 WMAL
Slogan Stimulating Talk - Breaking News
First air date October 12, 1925
Frequency 630 kHz (Also on HD Radio)
Format News/Talk
ERP 10,000 watts (day), 5,000 watts (night)
Class B
Callsign meaning M.A. Leese
Affiliations ABC News
Owner Citadel Broadcasting
(Radio License Holding VII, LLC)
Sister stations WJZW, WRQX
Webcast Listen Live
Website www.630wmal.com

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History

WMAL first went on the air on October 12, 1925, using call letters incorporating the initials of M.A. Leese, a local optician. WMAL was originally owned by a company run by Leese, and shifted through various frequencies in its first three years, until the Federal Radio Commission's national frequency allocation plan assigned WMAL the AM 630 frequency in 1928; WMAL still broadcasts on that frequency today. WMAL was a CBS affiliate from 1928 until October 19, 1932, and then was briefly unaffiliated until joining the NBC Blue network in January 1933; this network later became ABC, with which WMAL is still affiliated today. is the 285th day of the year (286th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... An optician is an individual who makes and adjusts optical aids. ... Federal Radio Commission Seal The Federal Radio Commission (FRC) was a government body that regulated radio use in the United States from its creation in 1927 until its replacement by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 1934. ... Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... CBS Broadcasting, Inc. ... is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1932 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2002 identity of the ABC Circle logo, designed by Paul Rand in 1962. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ...


In addition to being the first owner and manager of WMAL, Washington optician M.A. Leese was also the station's first announcer. In 1927, Leese left his optical business to focus full-time on running the station. By mid-1932, M.R. Baker had been appointed Manager of the station, and Kenneth H. Berkeley was appointed station director of WMAL in 1933. While still owned by the Leese family, WMAL was eventually leased to the National Broadcasting Company in 1934, joining it with owned-and-operated station WRC. The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... WTEM (AM 980 kHz) is a radio station that serves the metropolitan Washington, D.C. area. ...


NBC’s Washington vice president Frank M. Russell supervised the operation of both WMAL and WRC by 1935 when studios were moved from the National Press Building to the Trans-Lux Theatre Building, 724 14th Street NW. Transmitting facilities continued to be located at 712 Eleventh Street NW.


In the late months of 1937, the lease to NBC was terminated, with station operation reverting back to the Leese interests. NBC, however, continued to operate it under a managerial agreement executed in the fall of 1937. Norman Leese was President of WMAL’s licensee at this time. On May 1, 1938, the M.A. Leese Radio Corporation was acquired by publishers of the now-defunct "Washington Evening Star" newspaper, a family-owned concern headed by Board Chairman and President Samuel H. Kauffman. Norman Leese remained President and K.H. Berkeley continued as General Manager of WMAL. The Washington Star, previously known as the Washington Star-News and the Washington Evening Star, was a daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. between 1852 and 1982. ...


The operating arrangement between NBC and the M.A. Leese Radio Corporation ended in February of 1942. The station then reverted back to the direct control of the Evening Star Broadcasting Company, of which K. H. Berkeley was executive vice president. Mr. Berkeley was also WMAL’s general manager. In October 1947, WMAL-TV signed on as the first high-band VHF television station in the United States. It became an ABC affiliate a year later. Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Very high frequency (VHF) is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. ...


By 1946, S.H. Kauffman, president and part owner of the Evening Star, was given additional duties as president of its broadcasting subsidiary, the Evening Star Broadcasting Company until his resignation in August 1954. His replacement as general manager was Frederick S. Houwink.


Also in 1954, John W. Thompson, Jr. replaced S.H. Kauffman as president of Evening Star Broadcasting Co. Andrew Martin Ockershausen was appointed station manager of WMAL in 1960. In 1962, Fred Houwink became a company vice-president while continuing as WMAL’s general manager. In 1965 Houwink was named Vice President of Evening Star Broadcasting and Ockershausen was elevated to general manager of WMAL.


In 1970 Houwink retired and Ockershausen was named Vice President, Operations. Also in 1970 Richard S. Stakes was named general manager and Harold L. Green was named station manager. In 1974 Charles A. Macatee became WMAL’s general manager.


In early January 1976, the Evening Star Broadcasting Company’s WMAL, WMAL-FM and WMAL-TV and majority control of the ailing newspaper were acquired from the Kauffman, Noyes and Adams families by publisher Joseph L. Albritton’s Perpetual Corporation and Albritton became board chairman and chief owner of WMAL’s license. On January 21, 1976, WMAL’s licensee name was changed to Washington Star Communications of Delaware, Inc. Richard S. Stakes became station president, but resigned in December of 1976. Mr. Albritton then assumed the presidency, with Robert Nelson becoming president of the broadcasting division. General Manager Charles Macatee resigned in January 1977. Mix 107. ... WJLA, Washingtons ABC7 is the local ABC affiliate in Washington, DC, and is located on channel 7 (digital channel 39). ...


A requirement of the purchase of the Evening Star properties included the sale of the radio or television properties. In March of 1977, WMAL and WMAL-FM were spun off to ABC Radio, while the TV station was retained and became WJLA-TV, named after Albritton's initials. The transfer fetched $16 million, a record price for radio properties at that time. Andrew Ockershausen was appointed executive vice president. WJLA, Washingtons ABC7 is the local ABC affiliate in Washington, DC, and is located on channel 7 (digital channel 39). ...


On January 3, 1986, Capital Cities and ABC, Inc. merged in a $3.52 billion deal. Thomas S. Murphy was chairman and CEO of the new firm. Frederick Weinhaus became president and general manager following the resignation of Andrew Ockershausen in March 1986. Weinhaus was transferred to ABC Radio New York in January 1988. His replacement in May 1988 was Thomas Bresnahan, who continued in that role until his retirement in 2002. Chris Berry was named president and general manager November 19, 2003. Prior to joining WMAL, Berry was vice president, radio for ABC News, based in New York. The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is a television and radio network in the United States. ... ABC Radio is a division of the American Broadcasting Company focused on AM radio and FM radio broadcasting. ... ABC News Special Report ident, circa 2006 ABC News is a division of American television and radio network ABC, owned by The Walt Disney Company. ...


WMAL-FM has since become WRQX (Mix 107.3). The local Citadel group now also includes WJZW-FM (Smooth Jazz 105.9). Today, 630 WMAL remains Washington’s oldest station to be operating under its original call letters. Mix 107. ...


Studios

WMAL broadcast from various facilities in Washington, D.C., and suburban Maryland until July 25, 1973, when it settled in at its current studio facility at 4400 Jenifer Street NW in Washington, two blocks from the city's border with Maryland. Official language(s) None (English, de facto) Capital Annapolis Largest city Baltimore Area  Ranked 42nd  - Total 12,407 sq mi (32,133 km²)  - Width 90 miles (145 km)  - Length 249 miles (400 km)  - % water 21  - Latitude 37° 53′ N to 39° 43′ N  - Longitude 75° 03′ W to 79° 29... is the 206th day of the year (207th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. ... Official language(s) None (English, de facto) Capital Annapolis Largest city Baltimore Area  Ranked 42nd  - Total 12,407 sq mi (32,133 km²)  - Width 90 miles (145 km)  - Length 249 miles (400 km)  - % water 21  - Latitude 37° 53′ N to 39° 43′ N  - Longitude 75° 03′ W to 79° 29...


WMAL's transmitting facility, located in the Bradley Hills section of suburban Bethesda, Maryland, once housed studios for WMAL-AM and WMAL-FM. Bethesda is an urbanized, but unincorporated, area in southern Montgomery County, Maryland, near Washington, D.C. It takes its name from a church located there, the Bethesda Presbyterian Church, built in 1820 and rebuilt in 1850, which in turn took its name from Jerusalems Pool of Bethesda. ...


Personalities

Among the WMAL broadcasters over the years have been Frank Harden and Jackson Weaver, who co-hosted WMAL's morning show for more than four decades until Weaver's death in the early 1990s; Tom Gauger, who also spent several decades at WMAL; Arthur Godfrey, a national radio and early-TV personality who briefly broadcast on WMAL in 1933 as "Red" Godfrey; Bill Mayhugh, a mellow-voiced overnight broadcaster; Ken Beatrice, a sports talk radio pioneer who hosted a call in show from 1977 to 1995; and Chris Core, a former Voice of America announcer who has been an on-air host at WMAL since the 1970s. Arthur Morton Godfrey (August 31, 1903 – March 16, 1983) was an American radio and television broadcaster and entertainer. ... Ken Beatrice was an American radio personality and talk radio pioneer. ... Chris Core is a conservative radio personality on Washington DCs 630 WMAL and host of the Chris Core Show from 9 AM - 12 PM EST. Marc Fisher of the Washington Post calls Chris a rare talker who gets the complexities of this region. ... Voice of America logo Voice of America (VOA), is the official external radio and television broadcasting service of the United States federal government. ...


The station also kept a local following for a time by broadcasting sports games featuring the Washington Redskins and University of Maryland, College Park Terrapins. Legendary jazz announcer Felix Grant broadcast on WMAL for decades. This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... The University of Maryland, College Park (also known as UM, UMD, or UMCP) is a public university located in the city of College Park, in Prince Georges County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C., in the United States. ... Felix Grant (1918 to 1993) was a disk jockey who specialized in jazz during a long career (1945 to 1993) on the radio and television in Washington, D.C. primarily on station WMAL, the local ABC affiliate. ...


WMAL on-air hosts today, in addition to Chris Core, include morning-show co-hosts Fred Grandy and Andy Parks, gardening host Jos Roozen, investing adviser Ric Edelman, lawyer Michael Collins, and Chris Plante in the evenings and on Sunday. The station also carries national hosts Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, Paul Harvey, and The Grandy and Andy Morning Show hosted by Andy Parks and Fred Grandy. In August 2005, conservative host Michael Graham was fired after refusing to apologize for calling Islam a "terrorist organization." Fred Grandy (born June 29, 1948) was an actor on the U.S. television series, The Love Boat, before his election in 1986 to the United States House of Representatives from the state of Iowa. ... A gardener Gardening is the practice of growing flowering plants, vegetables, and fruits. ... Investment is a term with several closely related meanings in finance and economics. ... A lawyer, according to Blacks Law Dictionary, is a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person licensed to practice law. ... Michael Collins is the name of: Michael Collins (Irish leader), the Irish patriot and revolutionary of the 20th century Michael Collins (Limerick politician), a modern-day Irish politician Michael Collins (astronaut), the American astronaut Michael Collins (footballer), an Irish footballer currently playing for Huddersfield Town Michael P. Collins, a Canadian... Rush Hudson Limbaugh III (born January 12, 1951) is an American radio talk show host and political commentator. ... Sean Patrick Hannity (born December 30, 1961, in New York City, New York) is an American conservative talk radio host, a co-host of Fox News Channels program Hannity & Colmes, the host of the Fox News weekend program Hannitys America, and the author of two books. ... Mark Reed Levin (b. ... For the Stuckist artist, see Paul Harvey (artist). ... Fred Grandy (born June 29, 1948) was an actor on the U.S. television series, The Love Boat, before his election in 1986 to the United States House of Representatives from the state of Iowa. ... Michael Graham pictured on the cover of his 2002 book Redneck Nation. ...


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