WCBS (medium wave transmitter)
Coordinates: 40 ° 51 '35.3 " N , 73 ° 47' 7.6" W.
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| Program type | Talk radio |
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analog and digital (HD radio) terrestrial medium wave 880 kHz web radio |
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New York City , New York United States
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| Start of transmission | 1924 |
| Broadcaster | CBS radio |
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WCBS (Branding: WCBS Newsradio 880 ) is a US- American news radio broadcaster in New York City and for over 90 years the flagship of the Columbia Broadcasting System, CBS . WCBS transmits as a clear channel station with 50 kW on the medium wave frequency 880 kHz and can be received at night on the entire east coast of the USA .
The broadcaster holds the baseball broadcast rights to the New York Yankees . The station's slogan is "New York's traffic station. This is WCBS Newsradio 880." The sister station WCBS-FM transmits the WCBS news radio program on its HD channel 2.
history
WCBS started out in 1924 under the callsign WAHG from Richmond Hill, Queens . The operator was the radio manufacturer Alfred H. Grebe, who had been experimenting with radio broadcasts since 1921. He founded the historic Atlantic Broadcasting Company in 1926 and changed its name to WABC that year . Two years later, CBS bought the station and its operating company, thereby building its first radio station.
Stars like Bing Crosby , Burns & Allen and Kate Smith were guests or moderators at the station. In 1941 the station changed to the current frequency of 880 kHz and took the name of its owner as its call sign. Since November 3, 1946, the station has broadcast as Newsradio 88 ; In 1967 the name was expanded and redesigned into today's all-news radio by 1970 .
Web links
See also
List of radio broadcasters in the United States
Individual evidence
- ^ New York Radio Guide - Station Information for WCBS-AM. Retrieved February 17, 2017 .