WMCA, 570 AM

AM broadcasting

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, is a radio station

Radio station

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 in New York City

New York City

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, most known for its "Good Guys" Top 40 era in the 1960s. It is currently owned by Salem Communications

Salem Communications

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 and plays a Christian radio

Christian radio

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 format

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. Its three-tower transmitter site (easily visible from the northbound New Jersey Turnpike

New Jersey Turnpike

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) is located on the Hackensack River

Hackensack River

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, in Kearny, New Jersey

Kearny, New Jersey

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WMCA first went on the air on February 1, 1925, broadcasting from the McAlpin Hotel, from which its call letters derive. In 1928 it moved to the 570 kHz frequency.

Through its early decades WMCA had a varied programming history, playing music, hosting dramas, and broadcasting New York Giants

San Francisco Giants

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 baseball games.