WDCN-LP

WDCN-LP, VHF analog channel 6, branded on air as La Nueva 87.7, is a low-powered Spanish-language television station licensed to Washington, D.C., United States. WDCN-LP markets itself as a conventional radio station broadcasting Spanish contemporary hits, as stations on television channel 6 broadcast an FM audio signal at 87.75 MHz which is receivable by ordinary FM radios. These stations, colloquially known as "Franken-FMs", take advantage of this fact and a loophole in FCC regulations that only require a television station to broadcast some kind of video content, not that the video and audio content are related.[1]

WDCN-LP
Fairfax, Virginia
United States
ChannelsAnalog: 6 (VHF)
Digital: proposed 8 (VHF)
BrandingLa Nueva 87.7
Programming
AffiliationsIndependent (Spanish language audio programming)
Ownership
OwnerSignal Above LLC
History
Founded1996
Former call signs
W42BE (1996-2007)
W06CJ (2007-2008)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
42 (UHF, 1996-2007)
Technical information
Facility ID20450
ERP3.0 kW
HAAT131 m
Transmitter coordinates38.895623°N 77.134886°W / 38.895623; -77.134886
Links
Websitewww.lanueva877.com

History

WDCN-LP previously simulcast on co-owned WOWZ-LP, another low-power channel 6 station, licensed to Salisbury, Maryland and serving the Ocean City-Salisbury area; that station has since switched to a simulcast of WVES.[2]

Sports programming

From 2010 through 2012, WDCN-LP was the home for Spanish-language broadcasts of D.C. United soccer games. WDCN-LP carried all of the team's games, including those not broadcast on television.[3]

Since the 2019 NFL season, WDCN-LP is the flagship Spanish-language radio station of the NFL's Baltimore Ravens.[4]

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-04-16. Retrieved 2009-04-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Delmarva Country Station Rebrands... And Reverts After C&D - RadioInsight". 26 October 2017.
  3. "La Nueva 87.7 FM Returns as Official Spanish-Language Radio Partner". OurSports Central. 5 March 2012.
  4. Campbell, COlin (29 December 2019). "Spanish radio announcers bring soccer-style energy to NFL". Baltimore Sun/AP.


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