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3 unusual facts about WPBS


WPBS

WPBS-DT, a PBS member station operating on Channel 41 (virtual channel 16.1) in Northern New York and serving eastern Ontario.

WPBS (AM) an AM radio station operating at 1040 kHz in Conyers, Georgia

WUSL, an FM radio station formerly known as WPBS-FM operating at 98.9 MHz in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


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WPBS-DT | WPBS (AM) |

WUSL

In 1961, the 98.9 frequency signed on as WPBS "Philadelphia's Bulletin Station", under common ownership with the city's largest daily newspaper at the time, The Evening Bulletin.

WPBS changed calls to WUSL, which stood for "US-1", and Program Director Jim Nettleton instituted a Soft Adult Contemporary format mixed with standards which had crossed over to the 1960s/1970's pop charts (eg Engelbert Humperdinck, Barbra Streisand, etc.


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