WAGE, a news, talk and sports radio station, first aired in 1958 and featured 5,000 watts during the daytime and 1,000 at night. New World Radio bought the station in 2005, and quickly strived to make it a 50,000-watt station that could service the entire Washington DC metro area.
On Oct. 29, 2008, WAGE received a permit from the Federal Communications Commission to move to 1190 kHz and increase its power to 50,000 watts.