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11 unusual facts about WCBS


Bill Whitney

From 1979 to 1982 Whitney worked as anchor/news director at WCBS-FM, New York City.

Elise Finch

Elise Finch (born February 24, 1972) is an African American news journalist and currently a weekend weather anchor for WCBS-TV in New York City.

Jacqueline Barnathan

Immediately prior to working at CBS News, Ms Barnathan produced the 5pm, 6pm and 11pm broadcasts for WCBS-TV in New York City.

Penny Crone

A three-time local Emmy Award-winner, well known in the New York area for her coverage of the city's police and fire departments and the New York Yankees, Crone's additional credits include on-air reporting for WCBS-TV, WNYW-TV and WWOR-TV in New York, as well as a stint at KHOU-TV in Houston.

WCBS

WCBS-FM, a radio station (101.1 FM) licensed to New York, New York, United States

WCBW

WCBS-TV, a television station (channel 2), licensed to serve New York, New York, United States, which held the call sign WCBW from 1941 to 1946

WEDG-TV

Outside of UPN programming, the lineup was filled with double runs and failed syndicated programming from WXXA, older films, and an assortment of sporting events including New York Yankees games (from WNYW, then WCBS) and Boston Bruins games from WSBK.

WKOB-LD

CBS, which ultimately selected Channel 33 for their post-transition operations, did not object and signed a Waiver Of Consent, ultimately accepting whatever interference a WKOB-LP operation over Channel 2 would have presented to WCBS-TV.

This translator station relayed the signal of WCBS-TV, which for decades prior and at that time operated over VHF channel 2.

former affiliations = CBS (via WCBS-TV translator) (1970-1989);
Asian Programming (1989-1996); Independent (1996-2006 and 2010-2013)
Almavision (2006)
LATV on 42.2 (October 18–25, 2010)
Tuff TV on 42.4 (January 19, 2011-March 30, 2011)
RTV

WVXF

Between 1989 and 2001, CBS service was available via satellite from New York (WCBS-TV), Raleigh (WRAL-TV), and/or Erie (WSEE-TV).


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Alfred H. Grebe

(His WAHG is, through several call letter changes, now WCBS, still a major radio station in New York City.

Alice Gainer

Alice Gainer (born July 3, 1982) is a Reporter/fill-in Anchor for WCBS-TV and WLNY-TV, New York.

Belle Adler

She had previously been employed by several broadcasting stations like KGO-TV, WCBS-TV, and KQED and cable stations like CNN, A&E, Discovery Channel, and Animal Planet.

Greg Buttle

Buttle serves as an on-air analyst for WCBS-TV in New York City, alongside play-by-play man Ian Eagle, for Jets preseason games, and hosts Jets Gameday on the Jets Radio Network and ESPN New York alongside Don LaGreca.

Maurice DuBois

In September 2004, DuBois joined WCBS-TV — also in New York and the East Coast flagship station of the CBS television network — as one of its anchors for the 6pm newscast, CBS 2 News at 6 with Dana Tyler.

Steve O'Brien

O'Brien has worked at several stations, including WCBS-FM, WABC, WMGQ, WPLJ and WIBG.

Vic Miles

Miles' primary responsibilities at WCBS were as a reporter and anchor of the station's weekend news broadcasts, but he was also a substitute anchor on the weekday broadcasts and also was Rolland Smith's co-anchor of the 11 PM newscast for a brief period in the 1970s.