WSBS (AM)

WSBS

City	Great Barrington, Massachusetts
Broadcast area	Berkshire County
Branding	860 AM/94.1 FM WSBS
Slogan	First For News Your Hometown Station
Frequency	860 kHz
Translator(s)	W231AK 94.1 Great Barrington
First air date	December 24, 1956^[1]
Format	Adult Contemporary/Talk
Power	2,700 watts day 250 watts critical hours 4 watts night (translator 250 watts)^[2]
Class	D
Facility ID	4820
Transmitter coordinates	42°12′52″N 73°20′45″W / 42.21444°N 73.34583°W / 42.21444; -73.34583Coordinates: 42°12′52″N 73°20′45″W / 42.21444°N 73.34583°W / 42.21444; -73.34583
Callsign meaning	Southern Berkshire Station^[1]
Affiliations	AP Radio, Boston Red Sox Radio Network
Owner	Gamma Broadcasting, LLC (Berkshire Broadcasting Co., Inc.)
Sister stations	WBEC, WBEC-FM, WNAW, WUPE, WUPE-FM
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.wsbs.com

WSBS (860 AM) is a radio station in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. It is owned by Gamma Broadcasting and has an Adult Contemporary music format, mixed with local news, talk, and AP news.

WSBS's programming is simulcast in stereo on the FM band via translator station W231AK, at 94.1 MHz.^[3] Because AM 860 is a Canadian clear channel frequency, WSBS must reduce power at night to only 4 watts to avoid interfering with Class A station CJBC in Toronto. But the translator allows listeners to tune in around the clock, even if they live outside the limited nighttime coverage range.

In August 2013, Gamma Broadcasting reached a deal to sell its Berkshire County radio stations, including WSBS, to Reed Miami Holdings;^[4] the sale was canceled on December 30, 2013.^[5] In October 2016, Gamma agreed to sell its stations to Galaxy Communications.^[6]

Technical information

WSBS transmits 2,700 watts daytime with a Marconi 1959 Series fed 1/4 wave tower. The primary transmitter is a Harris SX2.5, and a backup Gates 250GY. The nighttime transmitter is an LPB.

References

1 2 "WSBS reception verification" (PDF). February 27, 1957. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
↑ http://www.engineeringradio.us/blog/2013/03/moving-and-upgrading-a-translator/
↑ https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101302646&formid=911&fac_num=87061
↑ "Western Massachusetts Cluster Sold". All Access. August 23, 2013. Retrieved August 29, 2013.
↑ Venta, Lance (January 14, 2014). "Pittsfield Cluster Sale Withdrawn". RadioInsight. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
↑ Venta, Lance (October 17, 2016). "Galaxy Communications Acquires Pittsfield Cluster". RadioInsight. Retrieved April 19, 2017.

External links

WSBS official website

Query the FCC's AM station database for WSBS

Radio-Locator Information on WSBS

Radio stations in the Pittsfield, Massachusetts region
By AM frequency	860 1110 1230 1340 1420
By FM frequency	89.3 89.5 89.7 91.1 91.7 (Dalton) 91.7 (Sheffield) 91.9 95.9 96.3 97.7 98.3 98.7 98.9 100.1 101.1 101.7 103.3 104.3 104.7 105.1 106.1
By callsign	W242AT W252BG W254AU W266AW W277CJ W291CH WAMQ WBCR-LP WBEC WBEC-FM WBRK WBRK-FM WBSL WCFM WJJW WJNF WKGT-LP WNAW WNNI WNNU WRRS-LP WSBS WSGG WTBR WUPE WUPE-FM
Nearby radio markets Albany-Schenectady-Troy Bennington-Rutland Brattleboro-Keene Hartford-New Britain-Middletown Poughkeepsie Springfield See also List of radio stations in Massachusetts

Adult Contemporary radio stations in the state of Massachusetts
By frequency	860 1340 1390 1490 93.3 94.7 95.9 96.1 98.3 98.7 99.1 99.9 100.5 101.7 104.7 106.7
By callsign	WATD-FM WBRK WBRK-FM WHAI WKFY WMAS-FM WMJX WMRC WOCN-FM WPLM WPLM-FM WQRC WSBS WSNE-FM WSRS W263CU
By community of license	Barnstable Boston East Harwich Great Barrington Greenfield Hyannis Marshfield Milford Orleans Pittsfield Pittsfield Plymouth Plymouth Springfield Taunton Worcester
See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Massachusetts

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