| City of license | Levittown, Pennsylvania |
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| Broadcast area | suburban Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Branding | WBCB 1490 AM |
| Frequency | 1490 kHz |
| First air date | December 8th 1957 |
| Format | general service |
| Power | 1,000 watts |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 53648 |
| Owner | Progressive Broadcasting Company, Inc. |
| Webcast | Listen Live Selections |
| Website | http://www.wbcb1490.com/ |
WBCB is an AM broadcast station licensed to operate on 1490 kHz for Levittown, Pennsylvania, and serving the areas of Bucks County, Pennsylvania and other parts of suburban Philadelphia. Its programming mixes news, talk, music and local sports. It also broadcasts Philadelphia Eagles football and Philadelphia Phillies baseball games as well as the Super Bowl.
WBCB began broadcasting on December 8, 1957 by owner Drew J.T. O'Keefe, who was a Main Line attorney. He owned the station until his death in the late 1980s. The early years were marked by the emergence of soon to be big name personalities like Bill Bircher and Horace Greely McNabb. Since 1992, the station has been owned by local businessman Pasquale T. Deon Jr. and veteran Philadelphia Eagles broadcaster Merrill Reese, who was a WBCB alumnus early in his career.
As of January 1, 2010, WBCB's programming was being simulcast on WHWH in Princeton, New Jersey. It is not known at present if this is to be a permanent arrangement.
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Vince Reed, News, for over 40 years.
Steve Bessler, Morning Drive, 1980s
Bill Tourot, Overnight DJ, 1982
Tom Richards, Overnight fill-in, 1982
Jim Costanzo, Overnight fill-in, 1982
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