What is "wabc"

WABC (770 AM), known as "NewsTalkRadio 77 WABC" is a radio station in New York City. Owned by the broadcasting division of Cumulus Media, the station broadcasts on a clear channel and is the flagship station of the Westwood One Network (successor to Cumulus Media Networks; formerly Citadel Media and ABC Radio Networks). WABC shares studio facilities with sister stations WNSH (94.7 FM), WPLJ (95.5 FM), and WNBM (103.9 FM) above Pennsylvania Station in midtown Manhattan. Its transmitter is located in Lodi, New Jersey. WABC's 50,000 watt non-directional clear channel signal can be heard at night in much of the eastern U.S. and Canada.

Since 1982 WABC has programmed a talk radio format. From 1960 to 1982, WABC broadcast a Top 40 music format and was the dominant contemporary music station in the New York City area, serving as a template for many other Top 40 stations around the country. During this time, WABC was among the most listened to radio stations in North America.

Today, WABC uses on-air slogans such as Breaking News and Stimulating Talk, New York's 50,000 Watt Beacon of Freedom and Where New York Comes to Talk. Many of WABC's hosts have now moved on to national syndication. The station serves as the flagship station for syndicated talk-radio hosts Mark Levin, John Batchelor and Don Imus. It was also where the nationally syndicated programs hosted by Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity got their start, although those programs are now heard on WABC's Talk Radio rival in New York, 710 WOR.

In January 2009, the station began simulcasting on WPLJ's HD3 sub-channel.

WABC may refer to:

• WABC (AM), a radio station (770 AM) licensed to New York, New York, United States
• WABC-TV, a television station (channel 7) licensed to New York, New York, United States
• Classic Gold WABC, a defunct British radio station
• WPLJ, a radio station (95.5 FM) licensed to New York, New York, United States, which formerly used the call sign WABC-FM
• WCBS (AM), a radio station (880 AM) licensed to New York, New York, United States, which formerly used the WABC call sign