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| Broadcast area | Mohawk Valley |
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| Frequency | 1490 kHz |
| Programming | |
| Format | news/talk |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| History | |
First air date | 1948 |
Call sign meaning | Community Service Station |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 23456 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts unlimited |
Transmitter coordinates | 42°57′40″N 74°10′35″W / 42.96111°N 74.17639°W |
| Translator(s) | 106.9 W295CZ (Amsterdam) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | wcss1490.com |
WCSS (1490 AM) is a commercial radio station broadcasting a news/talk format.[2] 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.[3] 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.
WCSS 1490 previously aired a full service oldies and classic hits radio format and now currently simulcasts with WKAJ 1120 and its FM translator W250CX (97.9 FM) with a news/talk format.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WCSS". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WCSS Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.