WESB (AM)

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WESB
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City of license Bradford, Pennsylvania
Branding Newsradio 1490
Frequency 1490 kHz
First air date 1947
Format talk radio / Hot AC
ERP 1,000 watts unlimited
Class C
Facility ID 54827
Transmitter Coordinates 41°57′54.00″N 78°37′1.00″W / 41.965, -78.6169444
Affiliations CNN Radio, Westwood One
Owner WESB Incorporated
(Radio Station WESB, Inc.)
Website wesb.com

WESB (1490 AM) is a radio station licensed to Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA. The station is locally owned under the name "WESB Incorporated."

The station is a hybrid talk radio and rock-based hot adult contemporary music station with its own news department. National news is provided by NBC News and CNNwhile weather is provided by Mike Cejka of WIVB-TV in Buffalo, New York. Sports coverage includes Bradford High School, Pittsburgh Steelers, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Pittsburgh Panthers. WESB prides itself as being the News Leader of Southwestern, NY and Northwestern, PA.

The station's morning host is Scott Douglas, who hosted mornings and Friday nights at WQRT in Salamanca prior to joining WESB in 2007. Other local hosts and shows include LiveLine with Anne Holliday, Jeff Wemmell and Nick DiStrola. Syndicated programs heard on WESB include The Radio Factor, When Radio Was, and America Tonight with Kate Delaney.

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