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WCBS-FM (101.1 FM) is a radio station owned and operated by Audacy, Inc. licensed to New York, New York, and broadcasting a classic hits format. The station's studios are in the combined Audacy facility in the Hudson Square neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, and its transmitter is located at the Empire State Building.
WCBS-FM, a New York City radio station (101.1 FM), with a classic hits format WCBS-TV , a New York City TV station (PSIP 2/RF 36), flagship station of the CBS television network WFMB (AM) , a Springfield, Illinois radio station (1450 AM), that held the call sign WCBS from 1926 to 1946
The following is a list of radio stations formerly owned by CBS Radio, a division of CBS Corporation, prior to its 2017 acquisition by Entercom (now Audacy, Inc.). Owned at time of merger with Entercom
WBEB is short-spaced to three other Class B stations: . WCBS-FM/New York (a sister station) and WWDC/Washington, D.C. also operate on 101.1 MHz. The distance between WBEB's transmitter and WCBS-FM's transmitter is 82 miles, while the distance between WBEB's transmitter and WWDC's transmitter is 121 miles, as determined by FCC rules. [16]
On December 15, 2008, Clear Channel and CBS Radio announced a multi-station swap: KLOL and co-owned 96.5 KHMX would go to CBS Radio, while CBS Radio-owned stations WQSR in Baltimore, KBKS-FM in Seattle, KLTH and KXJM in Portland, Oregon, and KQJK in Sacramento, California, would go to Clear Channel. The sale was approved on March 31, 2009, and ...
While CBS shareholders retained a 72% ownership stake in the combined company, Entercom was the surviving entity, separating WCBS radio (both 880 and FM 101.1) from WCBS-TV. [29] [30] The merger was approved on November 9, 2017, and was consummated on November 17.
On October 16, 1972, [14] KHJ-FM switched to what was then called a "gold" format, featuring older hit songs from the past. At the time, this "oldies" format featuring songs from 1953 to 1963 was a novel idea since most stations played current music with only a few older songs mixed in. [13] The only local competition in this format was KWOW (1600 AM), a mostly automated station in nearby Pomona.
On September 12, 1948, the station signed on as KOIN-FM. [7] It was the FM counterpart to KOIN (970 AM, now KUFO). The power was originally 48,600 watts, less than half the current output. KOIN-AM-FM mostly simulcast their programming, carrying the CBS Radio schedule of dramas, comedies, news and sports during the "Golden Age of Radio".