WDCN-LP
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WDCN-LP is a low-power
Low-power broadcasting
Low-power broadcasting is electronic broadcasting at very low power and low cost, to a small community area.The terms "low-power broadcasting" and "micropower broadcasting" should not be used interchangeably, because the markets are not the same...

 television station
Television station
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 in the Washington, DC area, broadcasting locally on channel 6. Currently broadcasting in Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

, it was slated to adopt a dance music
Electronic dance music
Electronic dance music is electronic music produced primarily for the purposes of use within a nightclub setting, or in an environment that is centered upon dance-based entertainment...

 format under a lease agreement with Mega Media, a company which operates a similar station on channel 6 in New York City
New York City
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, WNYZ-LP. Like WNYZ, WDCN was supposed to be branded as "Pulse 87" and was slated to begin broadcasting in June 2009, but financial problems at Mega Media has put those plans in limbo. 87.75 MHz FM is the center frequency of channel 6's audio signal, which can be received on most FM radios and thus makes a music format viable. WDCN LP is currently managed by Media One Communications, Inc. since August, 2009. WDCN-LP is the flagship Spanish-language radio station for broadcasts of D.C. United soccer games.

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