WCSS

WCSS
Broadcast areaMohawk Valley
Frequency1490 kHz
Programming
Formatnews/talk
Ownership
Owner
  • Carol Whelley, Joseph Tesiero and John Tesiero, III
  • (Cranesville Block Company)
History
First air date
1948
Call sign meaning
Community Service Station
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID23456
ClassC
Power1,000 watts unlimited
Transmitter coordinates
42°57′40″N 74°10′35″W / 42.96111°N 74.17639°W / 42.96111; -74.17639
Translator(s)106.9 W295CZ (Amsterdam)
Links
Public license information
Websitewcss1490.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.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WCSS". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "WCSS Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.