WMCA (AM)
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| Broadcast area | New York metropolitan area |
| Frequency | 570 kHz |
| Branding | AM 570 and 102.3 FM The Mission WMCA |
| Programming | |
| Language | English |
| Format | Christian radio |
| Network | Salem Radio Network |
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| WNYM | |
| History | |
First air date | February 22, 1925 |
Call sign meaning | Named for the Hotel McAlpin, the station's original studio and antenna location |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 58626 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 5,000 watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°45′10.37″N 74°06′13.51″W / 40.7528806°N 74.1037528°W |
| Translator(s) | 102.3 W272DX (New York) |
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| Website | wmca |
WMCA (570 AM) is a radio station licensed to New York, New York. Owned by Salem Media Group, the station programs a Christian radio format consisting of teaching and talk programs. The station's studios are in Lower Manhattan and are shared with co-owned WNYM (970 AM). WMCA's transmitter is located along Belleville Turnpike in Kearny, New Jersey. WMCA's programming is simulcast on a 250-watt translator, W272DX (102.3 MHz), from a tower in Clifton, New Jersey.
Prior to switching to its current programming in 1989, WMCA was a talk radio station during the 1970s and 1980s, and earlier a Top 40 outlet featuring a lineup of disc jockeys known as the "Good Guys". WMCA is credited with having been the first New York radio station to broadcast a recording by The Beatles.