THE QUEENS NEW YORKER

THE QUEENS NEW YORKER EPISODE 208: THE HISTORY OF 1010 WINS AM RADIO


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WINS (1010 AM) – branded 1010 WINS (the call sign phonetically pronounced "wins") – is a commercial radio station licensed to New York, New York and is owned and operated by Audacy, Inc. WINS' studios are located in the combined Audacy facility in the Hudson Square neighborhood in lower Manhattan, and its transmitter is located in Lyndhurst, New Jersey.

WINS is the oldest continuously operating all-news station in the United States, having adopted the format on April 19, 1965 under former owner Westinghouse Broadcasting, and is one of two all-news stations in the New York City market owned by Audacy, with WCBS (880 AM) being the other. The station's nighttime signal, via ionosphere skywave propagation, reaches much of the eastern half of North America.

WINS is licensed by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to broadcast in the HD Radio (hybrid) format.[2] The station simulcasts in the format on FM on WNEW-HD3.

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