WCAP was a short-lived radio station located in

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during the mid-1920s. It was initially licensed in mid-1923 to the

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(C&P), and its call letters were chosen to reflect the station owner. C&P was controlled by the

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(AT&T), and the station was the second of two, following WEAF (now

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) in New York City, that would be established by AT&T. WCAP was high-powered "Class B" station, and it shared time on the 640 AM frequency with

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(now WTEM), owned by the

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(RCA). On May 11, 1926, AT&T announced that a subsidiary, the

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(BCA), had been formed to take over its radio broadcasting assets, including WCAP. Two months later AT&T signed an agreement to sell its BCA subsidiary to RCA for $1 million. Because there was no need for RCA to continue operation of two Washington stations, WCAP ceased broadcasting on July 31, 1926, with its hours ceded to WRC.''Big Business and Radio''
by Gleason Archer, L.L.D., 1939, page 279.

References

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