WCBS HISTORY

WABC (WCBS) ANNOUNCES NEW 'COLUMBIA' ISLAND TRANSMITTER TOWER, 1941

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The above ad was in Fortune Magazine, November, 1941, when what became WCBS was then known as WABC. CBS moved the tower from the appropriately named Columbia Island to a shared transmitter site with WNBC on nearby High Island in 1963. For more about this fascinating radio history go to Jim Hawkins' Transmitter Tour.

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The ad above was also in Fortune Magazine, June 1939. The station's place on the dial was then 860 kc (later 880), offices at 485 Madison Ave. Image below is a water view of Columbia Island.

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all images courtesy of John Landers

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