WCSS

Radio station in Amsterdam, New York
42°57′40″N 74°10′35″W / 42.96111°N 74.17639°W / 42.96111; -74.17639Translator(s)106.9 W295CZ (Amsterdam)LinksWebcastListen liveWebsitewcss1490.com

WCSS (1490 AM) is a commercial radio station broadcasting a full service oldies and classic hits radio format.[1] Licensed to Amsterdam, New York, the station serves the Mohawk Valley, with radio studios in the Riverfront Center Mall in that city's downtown.

The station is owned by Carol Whelley, Joseph Tesiero, and John Tesiero, III, through licensee Cranesville Block Company, and features programming from Westwood One's Good Time Oldies Network and ABC Radio News.[2] The station is part of the Buffalo Bills Radio Network and also carries a local swap-shop program.

WCSS is powered at 1,000 watts, non-directional. Programming is also heard on FM translator W295CZ at 106.9 MHz.

History

The station first signed on in 1948.

References

  1. ^ "WCSS Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.

External links

  • FCC History Cards for WCSS
  • WCSS Facebook
  • WCSS in the FCC AM station database
  • WCSS in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
  • W295CZ in the FCC FM station database
  • W295CZ at FCCdata.org
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2. Transmits from Equinox Mountain in Manchester, Vermont.
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