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Also known as WCBS, WCBS (AM), 880 WCBS

WHSQ (880 kHz, "ESPN New York 880") is an AM radio station in New York City, owned by Audacy, Inc. The station is 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. WHSQ'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 Canada.

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inception
1924-09-22
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WCBS (AM)
social media followers
26807
number of viewers/listeners
1485312
frequency
880
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  • Programming
  • History
  • Alfred H. Grebe
  • CBS ownership
  • New frequency and call sign
  • ''Fear on Trial'' controversy
  • Adoption of news format
  • Adding other all-news stations
  • Entercom/Audacy ownership
  • End of all-news format, start of LMA with Good Karma Brands
  • WCBS programming
  • Time announcement
  • "Traffic and Weather Together"
  • Sports
  • See also
  • References
  • External links
  • Further reading

WHSQ (880 kHz, "ESPN New York 880") is an AM radio station in New York City, owned by Audacy, Inc. The station is 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. WHSQ'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 Canada.

The station first signed on in September 1924 as Alfred H. Grebe's WAHG, becoming WABC in 1926. It was 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 merged with Entercom (now Audacy), ending the ownership of WCBS by CBS.

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