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62-575: Connors joined ESPN in 2008 after serving as the WCBS Newsradio 880 PM drive sports anchor for two and a half years. During his tenure at WCBS, Connors also became the weekend sports anchor for WCBS-TV (CBS 2). Previously, Connors spent eight years in television as the sports director/anchor at Regional News Network (RNN-TV). The New York State Broadcasters Association has honored Connors on four occasions. In 1999, 2003 and 2004 for "Outstanding Sportscast," and in 2001 for “Outstanding Documentary” on

124-462: A full service , middle of the road (MOR) format, including popular adult music, news and sports. In 1969, WWNC switched from MOR to country music . In the days before FM became popular, WWNC was sometimes the highest-rated station in the United States with an Arbitron share over 40 percent, occasionally as high as 50 percent for morning drive time disc jockey Scotty Rhodarmer. It

186-500: A case often considered one of the key turning points in the battle against McCarthyism . Faulk was supported by fellow CBS broadcaster Edward R. Murrow , who was tipped off to Faulk's plight by Carl Sandburg . According to Murrow biographer Joe Persico, Murrow gave Faulk the money he needed to retain Nizer as his lawyer. Faulk finally won the case in 1963, in the meantime becoming a popular radio personality in his native Texas, and later,

248-450: A few hours earlier. Its original roster of anchors included Charles Osgood , Ed Bradley , Robert Vaughn and Pat Summerall . Later anchors included veteran newscaster Lou Adler , Jim Donnelly, Harvey Hauptman, Bill Lynch, and Gary Maurer. Initially, the station ran news only during drive time periods, and maintained an MOR format during midday and overnight hours. Within a couple of years, it expanded all-news programming to much of

310-557: A local program in mornings. WWNC is Asheville's oldest radio station, and among the oldest in North Carolina. It was first licensed, as WABC, on June 24, 1925, to the Asheville Battery Company at 19 Haywood Street. As of June 30, 1926, the station was listed on 1180 kHz with a transmitter power of 20 watts. In late 1926, it was announced that an application had been filed to transfer ownership of WABC to

372-586: A monopoly on the all-news format. In New York, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia, CBS had to compete with Westinghouse -owned stations, WINS, KFWB , and KYW , respectively. They had adopted all-news programming before the CBS stations did. While the Los Angeles stations made the switch within days of each other, WCAU in Philadelphia did not switch to the format until 1975, giving KYW a ten-year head start with

434-428: A national television personality as a regular in the cast of the country music/humor variety show Hee Haw . WCBS fired Faulk because of declining ratings while he waited for the case to come to trial. Stanley Cloud and Lynne Olson's book The Murrow Boys asserted that WCBS executive Arthur Hull Hayes admitted on the stand the station's overall ratings, not Faulk's specifically, had slipped. The controversy became

496-484: A playing of " Imagine " by John Lennon and sign off by morning news anchor Wayne Cabot. Alongside ESPN Radio programming, WHSQ would retain its rights to the New York Mets, as they are owned by Audacy itself. The rights to Rutgers Scarlet Knights basketball were transferred to WFAN. From 1924 until the end of its all-news programming in 2024, WCBS was known for announcing the time every three minutes. This

558-530: A second station, WBOQ, standing for "Borough of Queens", had been licensed to A. H. Grebe & Company on 1270 kHz. Grebe's Atlantic Broadcasting Company eventually was licensed for four New York City-area stations: WABC, WBOQ, plus portable stations WGMU and WRMU. The two portable stations were deleted on July 31, 1928, after the recently formed Federal Radio Commission (FRC) decided that movable stations were too difficult to regulate. On November 11, 1928, WABC and WBOQ were formally consolidated as WABC-WBOQ, and

620-688: A station in Springfield, Illinois, was changed from WCBS to WCVS . This allowed WABC in New York to change to WCBS on November 2, 1946, to identify more closely with its parent network, the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS). It also helped avoid confusion with the rival network of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), which began operation under that name in 1945. Control of the call sign WABC

682-561: A station located in Asheville, North Carolina, changed its call sign to WWNC . Grebe took advantage of this to modify his station's call sign to one that reflected a change in ownership to the Atlantic Broadcasting Company, and it was announced that on December 17 "the new super power 5 kW station WABC, formerly WAHG, took to the air... from 113 West 57th St." debuting with a "gala concert". On March 26, 1925,

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744-549: Is a commercial radio station in Asheville, North Carolina . It broadcasts a talk format and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The station's studios and transmitter site are on Summerlin Road in Asheville. WWNC's programming features Glenn Beck and The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show in middays, The Sean Hannity Show in afternoons, The Ramsey Show in evenings and Coast to Coast AM in overnights. Mark Starling hosts

806-695: Is a radio station in New York City. Owned by Audacy, Inc. and operated by Good Karma Brands (GKB) under a local marketing agreement (LMA), it broadcasts a sports radio format as the co-flagship of the ESPN Radio network. The station's transmitter is located on High Island in the Bronx ; its 50,000-watt clear channel signal can be heard at night throughout much of the eastern United States and Eastern Canada. First signing on in September 1924,

868-513: Is also used at other CBS-affiliated news radio stations nationwide. As an all-news station WCBS promoted its pairing of traffic and weather reports every ten minutes "on the eights", and used the tagline "Traffic and Weather Together". The station's chief meteorologist, Craig Allen , and its rush hour traffic reporter Tom Kaminski, were both with WCBS for over three decades and recorded a series of commercials together to that effect. Part-time WCBS meteorologist Todd Glickman , who filled in for Craig,

930-455: Is because during the early 20th century, not all listeners had reliable time pieces. They relied on synchronising their clocks up with the radio almost every day. On the hour, WCBS played the iconic and distinctive CBS network "bong" indicating that the time is on the hour, although the station would later broadcast with a 10-second delay. The time was distinctly introduced with "WCBS news time: _:__". This standard practice, with slight variations,

992-694: The Greenville News and Piedmont and WFBC in Greenville, South Carolina ; the $ 2.3 million deal was approved by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that November. In September 1967, the News-Piedmont Company and its associated companies announced that they would merge to form Multimedia, Inc. , by January 1, 1968. As network programming moved from radio to television, WWNC switched to

1054-529: The Audacy app otherwise carries Infinity Sports Network outside of Mets games. The station was first licensed, as WAHG, on September 20, 1924, to Alfred H. Grebe & Company, for 500 watts on 950 kHz. It made its debut broadcast on the evening of September 22. 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. In December 1926, WABC,

1116-581: The CBS Broadcast Center at 524 West 57th Street. Around this time, the station began referring to itself as "Newsradio 880". On December 2, 2011, the station moved operations to 345 Hudson Street, known as the Hudson Square Broadcast Center, sharing space with CBS Radio's other New York stations. On February 2, 2017, CBS agreed to merge CBS Radio with Entercom , at the time the fourth-largest radio broadcaster in

1178-583: The Flatiron Building . This new configuration made its debut broadcast on February 21, 1927, at 7:00 pm. The station has traditionally recognized this as its founding date. On November 11, 1928, WWNC was moved to its current frequency of 570 kHz, as part of the implementation of the Federal Radio Commission 's General Order 40 . The Citizen Broadcasting Company acquired the station on February 4, 1929. The studios were at

1240-544: The Mutual Broadcasting System . After a short time broadcasting CBS programming three days a week, WABC-WBOQ was purchased by CBS president William S. Paley , and became a full-time CBS Network owned and operated station. WABC-WBOQ increased its transmitting power from 5,000 to its present 50,000 watts, the maximum permitted by the FCC. Studios also moved into the CBS headquarters at 485 Madison Avenue, on

1302-650: The NBC Red Network . On September 10, 1936, President Franklin Roosevelt spoke at McCormick Field. WWNC broadcast the speech. The station was the Western North Carolina home to Amos and Andy , Fibber McGee and Molly and Jack Benny . In 1938, WWNC was one of the many stations broadcasting Orson Welles ' The War of the Worlds . The first time the world heard Bill Monroe and

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1364-509: The 1950s, one of the stations daytime hosts, John Henry Faulk , was part of an anti-blacklisting wing (including CBS newsman Charles Collingwood ) that assumed leadership of the flagship New York chapter of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) broadcasters' union. After Faulk and WCBS came under pressure from anti-Communist group Aware, Inc. , Faulk and attorney Louis Nizer sued Aware, Inc. for libel,

1426-527: The Asheville Chamber of Commerce, and change its call sign to WWNC, which stood for "Wonderful Western North Carolina ". This allowed A. H. Grebe to transfer the WABC call sign to a New York City station , which was licensed to the Atlantic Broadcasting Company. The Chamber also financed a major upgrade, which included a power increase to 1,000 watts, and relocated the transmitter site to atop

1488-815: The Blue Grass Boys was February 2, 1939, at 3:30 pm when the group played a fifteen-minute segment on Mountain Music Time . At the time, WWNC was an NBC affiliate, owned by the Asheville Citizen-Times . Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys played the daily 3:30-3:45 Mountain Music spot until April 1, 1939. On that date, WWNC left NBC and rejoined CBS. On September 28, 1953, the Asheville Citizen-Times and WWNC were sold to Roger C. Peace and J. Kelly Sisk, owners of

1550-546: The CBS Radio Network late in their playing days. Sports announcer Marty Glickman served as sports director during a time in the 1960s. Mel Allen was originally renowned as an all-purpose broadcaster on WCBS and the CBS Radio Network before and during his tenure as the Yankees' lead broadcaster. Decades later, Ed Ingles established a 25-year career as sports director and morning sports anchor at WCBS, reporter for

1612-712: The Entercom transaction, and to gain regulatory approval of it, WBZ, along with several other Entercom stations, were sold to iHeartMedia effective December 19, 2017.) On October 10, 2022, after Audacy had reached a new deal with SAG-AFTRA , it was announced that the separate staffs and newsrooms of WCBS and WINS would be combined. Concurrently, WNYL (92.3 FM) also became an FM simulcast of WINS. The move gave WINS an FM outlet, while WCBS remained only on AM radio and on an HD Radio digital subchannel of 101.1 WCBS-FM. Since WINS added its FM signal, WINS had seen increases in listeners (especially among young adults) and revenue at

1674-532: The FRC's General Order 40 moved the combined operation to a "clear channel" frequency of 860 kHz. WABC-WBOQ became a part-time network affiliate of the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), which actually wanted a full-time radio presence in New York City. CBS programming had earlier been heard on 710 WOR also on a part time basis. WOR remained independent for a few years, then helped form

1736-551: The Jets and St. John's broadcasts, and mentor to several veteran local and national broadcasters such as Barry Landers, Bill Schweizer, Spencer Ross and Bill Daughtry. In 2023, WCBS aired Sunday afternoon NFL games from Compass Media Networks . The station also carried Notre Dame Fighting Irish football broadcasts, distributed by Skyview Networks. ** = Audacy operates pursuant to a local marketing agreement with Martz Communications Group . WWNC WWNC (570 kHz )

1798-711: The NBA's New York Knicks . In 2016, the New York Islanders moved their flagship station to WCBS for that year's playoffs, with WFAN airing select games when available; the Islanders had, up to that point, resorted to airing on noncommercial WNYE , which had limited the team's ability to earn money from the broadcasts. WCBS served as a springboard to athletes-turned-broadcasters in its pre-all-news period. Most notably, former football Giants Pat Summerall and Frank Gifford were employed in various capacities by WCBS and

1860-606: The National Football League. It also served as the flagship commercial station for St. John's University basketball games during the Johnnies' renaissance in the 1980s and 1990s. WCBS also served two tenures as the flagship station of the New York Jets . In its pre-all-news days, WCBS also carried the baseball Giants (as part of the 1930s-40s Giants-Yankees home game package), the football Giants, and

1922-405: The United States; the sale was conducted using a Reverse Morris Trust so that it would be tax-free. 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. The merger was approved on November 9, 2017, and was consummated on November 17. As part of the agreement with CBS, Entercom

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1984-615: The Vanderbilt Hotel. Other broadcast locations have included the Flatiron Building and the Citizen-Times Building when it was owned by the daily newspaper. For most of its early years, WWNC was powered at 1,000 watts. In its early days, WWNC provided weather and road reports, and music at night. Country legend Jimmie Rodgers and Bascom Lamar Lunsford were among the stars who performed on

2046-469: The WCBS Audacy stream began to carry Mets broadcasts within the team's broadcast territory. Later that year, the station became the flagship for Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball , replacing longtime home WOR . WCBS served three stints as the radio flagship of the Yankees, with the most recent running from 2002 until 2013. The station had previously carried the Yankees from 1939 to 1940 (when

2108-432: The all-news format on WCBS effective August 26, citing that "the headwinds facing local journalism nationwide made it essential to strategically reimagine how we deliver the news for the most impact", and that it would therefore focus exclusively on WINS moving forward. Audacy entered into a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Good Karma Brands , under which the ESPN Radio programming of WEPN-FM would move to WCBS, and

2170-485: The audience. Many blame this as the primary reason WCAU did not succeed in competing with KYW. The all-news format on WCAU lasted only three years. In contrast, the other CBS all-news stations experienced success and stability with the format. In 1995, Westinghouse merged with CBS, making WCBS a sister station to its longtime archrival WINS. In October 2000, WCBS made another move, from CBS corporate headquarters at 51 West 52nd Street (the building known as " Black Rock ") to

2232-540: The broadcast day, still excepting overnights. "Newsradio 88" began its transformation into an all-news format in 1970, when the overnight American Airlines -sponsored Music Till Dawn ended in January of that year, and completed the process in 1972, when Godfrey's weekday morning variety show came to an end. The station built a reputation as an all-news powerhouse during the 1970s, and continued with an all-news format until August 2024. Although WINS has usually received

2294-438: The corner of 52nd Street . The station featured a mix of local interest programming along with dramas, comedies, news, sports, and music programs from CBS's national feed. As time went by, WABC turned more and more to the national programming provided by CBS and its affiliates, and its broadcast day was influenced by CBS's growing interest in news programming. In 1939, the broadcasting operations were moved across 52nd Street from

2356-554: The end of its all-news programmming, carried a mix of local and ESPN Radio national programming, The station is the flagship of the New York Mets Radio Network ; as the rights are owned by Audacy rather than Good Karma Brands, they are not part of the LMA and the station's advertising is sold by Audacy during Mets broadcasts. Likewise, the station is promoted by Audacy as Mets Radio 880 , and its associated stream on

2418-433: The expense of WCBS; whereas in 2022, before the addition of WINS-FM, the two stations were neck-and-neck in revenue earnings (WCBS earning $ 30.9 million to WINS' $ 31.6 million). Following the addition, that number plummeted the following year to $ 29.7 million (more damningly, creating a further gap against WINS-AM/FM's $ 40 million). By 2024, it had become clear the move was draining listeners from WCBS, with

2480-520: The headquarters to the new CBS Studio Building . On June 15, 1940, the generally unused WBOQ call sign was eliminated from the station's dual call signs, and it became just WABC. In 1941, due to the implementation of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA), the station moved to the frequency it occupied until it shut down permanently, 880 kHz. On September 8, 1946, the call sign of

2542-403: The higher Arbitron ratings of the two all-news stations, WCBS typically had the better ratings in the suburbs because of its stronger, non-directional signal, unlike WINS's directional pattern. Its traffic reports and news coverage included more of Long Island and Westchester County than WINS did, and it occasionally allowed room for longer interviews and analysis pieces than WINS. The station

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2604-454: The outlet was known as WABC); and from 1960 to 1966, a period that included a time in which the team was owned by CBS Inc., which purchased a majority interest in the Yankees in 1964. The broadcaster sold the club to a group led by George Steinbrenner in 1973. Until WFAN began broadcasting its all-sports format in 1987, WCBS was the primary outlet for CBS Radio Network coverage of professional sports events, including Major League Baseball and

2666-421: The ownership of WCBS by CBS. In 2022, WCBS began to combine its operations with WINS. In August 2024, Audacy announced that it would end WCBS's all-news format after 57 years, and enter into an LMA with Good Karma Brands to operate the station under a sports format; in particular, it subsumed the programming of WEPN-FM , due to the expiration of GKB's LMA for the station with Emmis Communications . WHSQ, before

2728-460: The position and 50 years as a station employee. In 1979, he had 56 percent of the audience according to Arbitron, more than any other local radio personality. His theme song was "Carolina in the Morning". On June 18, 2010, many of the former DJs had a reunion. They included Rhodarmer, Frank Byrd, Wiley Carpenter, John Roten, John Anderson and Randy Houston. Western Carolina University broadcast

2790-990: The primary overflow outlet for sister station WFAN (AM) and WFAN-FM 's coverage of the NFL 's New York Giants , the National Basketball Association 's Brooklyn Nets , and the National Hockey League 's New Jersey Devils . When the Mets moved to WCBS, Entercom allowed WFAN to split its AM and FM feeds to accommodate such conflicts—WFAN also broadcasts New York Yankees baseball, which it acquired from WCBS in 2014. The station continued continuous news coverage on its web feed when sports events could not be streamed due to NFL and NBA restrictions. (MLB allowed its local radio partners to stream games once again in 2019 after several years of exclusivity via MLB.com . There are no NHL radio blackouts.) In 2022,

2852-543: The station had been an affiliate and owned-and-operated flagship of the CBS radio network for much of its existence, and held the call letters WCBS from 1946 to 2024. In 1967, the station began an all-news format, competing primarily with WINS (1010 AM). WCBS later became a sister to WINS after CBS's merger with Westinghouse Broadcasting ; the two stations were differentiated in their style and extent of coverage. In 2017, CBS Radio would merge with Entercom (now Audacy), ending

2914-529: The station seeing a new low in the Nielsen Audio market ratings with just a 1.5 in the June 2024 books, a cume of 679,400 people (significantly behind WINS' 1,538,800), and the station ranking 24th place in the 25-54 demographic ratings, far behind WINS' ranking of 11th place (and a steep drop from 2022, when WCBS ranked 18th, just one spot behind WINS). On August 12, 2024, Audacy announced that it would end

2976-644: The station would change its call letters to WHSQ. Good Karma Brands had been operating WEPN-FM under an LMA with its owner Emmis Communications , and did not plan to renew its contract when it expired at the end of August 2024. The station produced a three-hour retrospective special, WCBS 880 News: The People, the Moments, and the Events that Shaped our Lives , highlighting the history of WCBS and featuring appearances by station alumni. The station formally ended its news format at 12:01 a.m. on August 26, 2024, preceded by

3038-435: The station's low ratings, started a process that led to the creation of a news radio format that would become known as "Newsradio 88". Paley hired Clark B. George, then vice-president and general manager of WCBS-TV , to create the new format and turn the station's low ratings around. The format debuted on August 28, 1967 – although on WCBS-FM , because a small airplane had crashed into and destroyed WCBS's AM antenna tower just

3100-567: The station. Information included "local sporting events, crop futures and farmers markets , and social and economic affairs (billed as being everything 'from house work to bridge')." WWNC also aired church services. Because the station could be heard throughout the Eastern United States and even in Canada and Mexico, WWNC became valuable in attracting tourists. On October 10, 1931, WWNC changed its affiliation from CBS Radio to

3162-463: The subject of the 1975 CBS television movie Fear on Trial , based in part on Faulk's autobiography of the same name. By the late 1950s and early 1960s, WCBS evolved into a middle of the road (MOR) music and personality format, which included limited talk programming. Personalities included morning host Jack Sterling, Bill Randle , and Lee Jordan. Like many MOR stations at the time, WCBS did mix in softer songs by rock-and-roll artists. Its ratings at

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3224-426: The switch a year later. The programming shift was a gradual one just as it had been at WCBS, with the stations running all-news most of the day while some local and network non-news programming remained at first. KMOX, which had been programming a talk radio format for several years was left unaffected, though it would later evolve into a news/talk station. In Boston, Chicago, and San Francisco, CBS-owned stations had

3286-447: The time were ordinary compared to the higher ratings at WOR and WNEW , both of which also had MOR formats and more distinct identities. Through it all, the variety show Arthur Godfrey Time remained a weekday mid-morning staple. Eventually, WCBS gained a foothold in local news coverage (WOR and WNEW's strengths), bolstered by its standing as CBS's flagship radio station. During the 1960s, CBS chairman William S. Paley , concerned about

3348-605: The ‘Our Town to Cooperstowne’ series profiling seven members of the Baseball Hall of Fame , from the tri-state region. Connors was also honored by the New York State Associated Press Broadcaster’s Association in 2003 for his feature reporting of Army football and nominated for a New York State Emmy Award in 2004 for his work on Army football. A native of Rockville Centre , New York, Connors attended South Side High School where he

3410-711: Was a major shareholder in both companies); upon the merger's completion in July 1999, the combined company was named AMFM Inc. AMFM was in turn acquired by Clear Channel Communications (forerunner to iHeartMedia) in a deal announced on October 4, 1999, and completed in August 2000. In 2002, WWNC changed its format from country music (except for the Scotty Rhodarmer morning show) to all-talk, taking over talk shows previously heard on WTZY (now WPEK ). In 2004, Rhodarmer retired as WWNC morning host after more than 40 years in

3472-478: Was an All-County basketball player. A four-year letter winner on the Ithaca College men's basketball team , Connors graduated from Ithaca's Park School of Communications. Connors is a Buffalo Bills , New York Yankees , and Syracuse Orange fan. He is married to former ice dancer and 2000 World Junior silver medallist Emilie Nussear . WCBS (AM) WHSQ (880 AM , "ESPN New York 880")

3534-716: Was given the rights to use the brand and trademarks for WCBS along with sister stations WCBS-FM, KCBS (AM) in San Francisco, and KCBS-FM in Los Angeles for a 20-year period after which Entercom (or succeeding entity) would be required to relinquish using those call-letters. Before the merger with Entercom, CBS Radio operated nine of the country's largest all-news radio stations: WCBS, WINS, KNX, WBBM, KYW, KCBS, WBZ in Boston , WWJ in Detroit, and KRLD in Dallas . (As part of

3596-443: Was less tightly formatted than WINS, and formatted at half-hour cycles instead of 20-minute cycles. Also unlike WINS, WCBS did not change anchors every thirty minutes during its daily schedule. Instead, each solo anchor or anchor team on weekdays had a set shift from 5   a.m. until 8   p.m., with two anchors switching every one or two hours after that. On weekends, anchors also alternated every hour. WCBS's switch to all-news

3658-641: Was retained by renaming a relay station from WEHG to WABC. Longtime, and unrelated, ABC radio flagship station on 770 kHz in New York was assigned the call sign WABC in 1953, after operating since its beginning in 1921 as WJZ. Over the next 20 years WCBS developed a series of radio soap operas, afternoon talk shows, and an all-night easy listening music show, Music 'til Dawn . It was hosted by Bob Hall and sponsored by American Airlines . During this time WCBS featured well-known personalities including Arthur Godfrey , future CBS News President Bill Leonard , author Emily Kimbrough , and folk singer Oscar Brand . In

3720-722: Was the first move in CBS Radio's long-term plans to convert its group of AM stations to some form of news programming. Along with WCBS, the group was then composed of KNX in Los Angeles, WBBM in Chicago, WCAU in Philadelphia , KMOX in St. Louis , WEEI in Boston , and KCBS in San Francisco. Once WCBS had been established in the format, CBS began to work on the rest of its AM outlets. KCBS, KNX, and WBBM all transitioned in 1968. WEEI adopted an all-news format in 1974, and WCAU made

3782-857: Was the top station in the Asheville radio market for many years. Heritage Broadcast Group purchased WWNC from Multimedia, Inc., for $ 7.25 million in 1987. Heritage already owned WISE and WKSF in Asheville; it would sell WISE to United Broadcasting Enterprises a few months later. In 1993, Heritage sold WWNC and WKSF to Osborn Communications, in a $ 22.5 million deal that also included WAAX and WQEN in Gadsden, Alabama ; WFKS in Palatka, Florida ; and WOLZ in Fort Myers, Florida . Capstar Broadcasting Partners purchased Osborn for $ 100 million in 1996. Capstar and Chancellor Media announced in August 1998 that they would merge ( Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst

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3844-552: Was with the station from 1979 until 2024, when the station ended all-news programming. WCBS's promotional work was the inspiration for the title of the Fountains of Wayne album Traffic and Weather , according to an interview the New Jersey–based band gave to the station. In 2019 , WCBS became the new flagship station for Major League Baseball 's New York Mets , succeeding WOR. For several years prior, WCBS had served as

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