WINS (AM)

WINS
Broadcast areaNew York metropolitan area
Frequency1010 kHz
Branding1010 WINS
Programming
Language(s)English
FormatAll-news radio
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
WCBS-FM, WFAN, WFAN-FM, WHSQ, WINS-FM, WNEW-FM, WXBK
History
First air date
October 24, 1924; 100 years ago (1924-10-24)
Former call signs
WGBS (1924–1934)
Former frequencies
  • 950 kHz (1924–1927)
  • 860 kHz (1927–1930)
  • 600 kHz (1930–1931)
  • 1180 kHz (1931–1941)
  • 1000 kHz (1941–1944)[1]
Call sign meaning
named for onetime owner Hearst Newspapers' International News Service
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID25451
ClassB
Power50,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
40°48′14.36″N 74°06′22.51″W / 40.8039889°N 74.1062528°W / 40.8039889; -74.1062528
Repeater(s)92.3 WINS-FM (New York)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live (via Audacy)
Websitewww.audacy.com/1010wins

WINS (1010 kHz) is a commercial, all-news AM radio station licensed to New York, New York owned by Audacy, Inc. The station brands itself "1010 WINS", with its call sign phonetically pronounced as "wins". WINS's studios are located in the combined Audacy facility in the Hudson Square neighborhood in lower Manhattan, and its transmitter is located in Lyndhurst, New Jersey.

WINS is the oldest continuously operating all-news station in the United States, having adopted the format on April 19, 1965, under former owner Westinghouse Broadcasting, and until August 26, 2024, was one of two all-news stations in the New York City market operating under the same ownership, WCBS (880 AM) being the other. The station's nighttime signal, via ionosphere skywave propagation, reaches much of the eastern half of North America.

WINS formerly broadcast in the HD Radio (hybrid) format.[3] As of October 27, 2022, WINS is simulcasting on WINS-FM (92.3 FM).[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference HistoryCards was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WINS". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ "Station Search Details - WINS". licensing.fcc.gov. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
  4. ^ "Audacy To Launch 92.3 WINS-FM New York". RadioInsight. October 10, 2022. Archived from the original on February 14, 2024. Retrieved February 14, 2024.