WHSQ

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WHSQ

New York, New York United States
Broadcast area	New York metropolitan area
Frequency	880 kHz
Branding	880 ESPN New York Mets Radio 880 (alternate)
Programming
Language(s)	English
Format	Sports radio
Affiliations	ESPN Radio New York Mets MSG Radio Network (New York Knicks and New York Rangers games only)
Ownership
Owner	Audacy, Inc. (Audacy License, LLC, as Debtor-in-Possession)
Operator	Good Karma Brands (under LMA)
Sister stations	through Audacy: WCBS-FM WFAN WFAN-FM WINS WINS-FM WNEW-FM WXBK through Good Karma: WEPN
History
First air date	September 22, 1924 (99 years ago) (1924-09-22)
Former call signs	WAHG (1924–1926) WABC (1926–1928) WABC-WBOQ (1928–1940) WABC (1940–1946) WCBS (1946–2024)
Former frequencies	950 kHz (1924–1927) 970 kHz (1927–1928) 860 kHz (1928–1941)
Call sign meaning	Hudson Square[1]
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	9636
Class	A (clear-channel station)
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′35.3″N 73°47′12″W / 40.859806°N 73.78667°W / 40.859806; -73.78667 (WCBS (auxiliary)) (aux)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live
Website	goodkarmabrands.com/espn-new-york/

WHSQ (880 AM, "ESPN New York 880") 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, 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 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 is subsuming the programming of WEPN-FM, due to the expiration of GKB's LMA for the station with Emmis Communications.