WFAN (AM)

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WFAN

New York, New York United States
Broadcast area	New York metropolitan area
Frequency	660 kHz
Branding	WFAN Sports Radio 66 and 101.9 FM, The Fan
Programming
Language(s)	English
Format	Sports radio
Affiliations	BetQL Network Brooklyn Nets Infinity Sports Network New Jersey Devils New York Giants New York Yankees Rutgers Scarlet Knights Westwood One
Ownership
Owner	Audacy, Inc. (Audacy License, LLC)
Sister stations	WCBS-FM WFAN-FM WHSQ WINS WINS-FM WNEW-FM WXBK
History
First air date	May 1922; 102 years ago (1922-05)
Former call signs	WEAF (1922–1946) WNBC (1946–1954) WRCA (1954–1960) WNBC (1960–1988)
Call sign meaning	Sports fanatic
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	28617
Class	A (Clear channel)
Power	50,000 watts (unlimited)
Transmitter coordinates	40°51′35.36″N 73°47′7.48″W / 40.8598222°N 73.7854111°W / 40.8598222; -73.7854111 (main) 40°51′35″N 73°47′12″W / 40.85972°N 73.78667°W / 40.85972; -73.78667 (aux)
Repeater(s)	101.9 WFAN-FM (New York)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live (via Audacy)
Website	www.audacy.com/wfan

WFAN (660 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to New York, New York, with a sports radio format, branded "Sports Radio 66 AM and 101.9 FM" or "The Fan". Owned by Audacy, Inc.,^[2] the station serves the New York metropolitan area, while its 50,000-watt clear channel signal can be heard at night throughout much of the eastern United States and Canada. WFAN's studios are located in the Hudson Square neighborhood of lower Manhattan and its transmitter is located on High Island in the Bronx.

The current WFAN, and its sports format, is the second New York City station with that call sign and programming. The original WFAN was launched on July 1, 1987, on 1050 AM, as the world's first radio station to adopt the sports radio format around-the-clock.^[3]

The WFAN call letters and sports format were moved to the former WNBC at 660 kHz on October 7, 1988. WNBC's history dated to 1922, when it began operation as WEAF, licensed to Western Electric. Purchased by the Radio Corporation of America in 1926, it became the flagship of the NBC Radio Network, the first national radio network in the United States, later becoming WRCA and WNBC.