WCSS

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WCSS
Broadcast area Mohawk Valley
Frequency 1490 kHz
BrandingWCSS 1490
Programming
Format Full-service/Oldies/Classic hits
Affiliations Good Time Oldies
ABC News Radio
Buffalo Bills Radio Network
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
Facility ID 23456
Class C
Power 1,000 watts unlimited
Transmitter coordinates
42°57′40″N74°10′35″W / 42.96111°N 74.17639°W / 42.96111; -74.17639
Translator(s) 106.9 W295CZ (Amsterdam)
Links
Webcast Listen live
Website wcss1490.com

WCSS (1490 AM) is a commercial radio station broadcasting a full service oldies and classic hits radio format. [1] Licensed to Amsterdam, New York, the station serves the Mohawk Valley, with radio studios in the Riverfront Center Mall in that city's downtown.

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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. [2] 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.

History

The station first signed on in 1948.

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References

  1. "WCSS Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.