WDBA-LP (105.5 FM) is a low-power FM

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broadcasting a Spanish Christian format. Licensed to Farmingdale, New York, the station is currently owned by Fuente de Luz Radio, Inc.

History

This station received its original

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from the

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on October 21, 2014, with a scheduled expiration of April 21, 2016. The new station was assigned the WDBA-LP

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by the FCC on October 28, 2014. and received its license to cover from the FCC on February 3,

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. Initially, the station broadcast a

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format as "The Hawk," but wasn't able to get enough underwriters to sustain it. In late 2016, they switched over to Spanish Christian, and made the country format online only.

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