WABC (770 kHz), known as
"NewsTalkRadio 77," is a radio station in
New York City. Owned by the
Citadel Broadcasting Corporation, the station broadcasts on a
clear channel and is the
flagship station of the
ABC Radio Network. ABC Radio still owns stock its former stations including WABC, but non voting. WABC shares studio facilities with sister station
WPLJ (95.5 FM) and former sister stations
WEPN (1050 AM), and
WQEW (1560 AM) in midtown
Manhattan, and its
transmitter is located in
Lodi, New Jersey.
Since 1982 WABC has programmed a
talk radio format, and has been one of the most successful talk stations locally and in the
United States. WABC is, or has been, the flagship station for nationally known talk-radio hosts
Rush Limbaugh,
Sean Hannity,
Mark Levin,
Laura Ingraham,
John Batchelor and
Don Imus. The station also carries reports from
ABC News. Before 1982, WABC broadcast a
Top 40 music format, was the dominant music station in the New York City area, and served as a template for many other Top 40 stations in different cities.
WABC and WPLJ were included in the sale of several ABC radio stations and the ABC Radio Network by the
Walt Disney Company to Citadel, announced in
February 2006 and finalized on
June 12,
2007.