wcbs 880

101.1-3 FM WCBS-FM HD3 (HD Radio) First air date September 20, 1924 (as WAHG) Format Commercial; News Power 50,000 watts Class A (Clear channel) Facility ID 9636 Transmitter Coordinates 40°51'35?N 73°47'7?W? / ?40.85972, -73.78528 Callsign meaning Columbia Broadcasting System Affiliations CBS Radio Network Owner CBS Radio Sister stations WCBS-FM, WFAN, WINS, WWFS, WXRK Webcast Listen Live! Website http://www.wcbs880.com/

WCBS (880 kHz), often referred to as "WCBS Newsradio 880", is a radio station in New York City. Owned by CBS Radio, the station broadcasts on a clear channel and is the flagship station of the CBS Radio Network.[1] Its studios are located within the CBS Broadcast Center in midtown Manhattan, and the transmitter is located on High Island in the Bronx, New York. The station can be heard as far away as Baltimore, Maryland. At night the station can be heard in most areas east of the Mississippi River and well into eastern Canada. The station's signal cannot generally be heard west of the Mississippi, as to allow Nebraska station KRVN to broadcast. Contents [hide] 1 History 2 Time Announcement 3 'Fear On Trial' 4 Now, the News 5 WCBS and sports 6 WCBS online 7 Current Personalities 8 See also 9 References 10 External links //

History

Even though the station has been broadcasting as WCBS since November 2, 1946, its history goes back to 1924 when Alfred H. Grebe started WAHG at 920 kHz. WAHG was a pioneering station in New York, and was one of the first commercial radio stations to broadcast from remote locations including horse races and yachting events. Two years later, in 1926, Alfred Grebe changed the call sign to WABC (for his Atlantic Broadcasting Company) after concluding a business arrangement with the Ashland Battery Company (which had owned the call sign for a station in Asheville, North Carolina) and moved his studios to West 57th Street, not the last time the station would operate from 57th Street. (This station had no relation to the longtime American Broadcasting Company flagship that operates now at 770 AM.)

In 1928 the station moved to 970 kHz, and became a part time affiliate of the Columbia Broadcasting System, which was looking for a full time radio presence in New York City. (CBS's first flagship was WOR, which today carries programming from CBS's Westwood One service.) After a short time broadcasting CBS programming three days a week, CBS president William S. Paley purchased WABC and it became a subsidiary of CBS.

Soon after this purchase the station moved to a new frequency, this time to 860 kHz. The station also moved its studios into the CBS headquarters at 485 Madison Avenue (corner of 52nd Street). The station, still operating as WABC, featured a mix of local interest programming, ethnic content and music shows from CBS’s national feed. As time went by WABC turned