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((Short description|Clear-channel Bloomberg Radio flagship station in New York City))
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'''WBBR''' (1130 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) is a [[List of North American broadcast station classes|Class A]] [[clear-channel]] [[radio station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to [[New York City]]. It serves as the [[flagship station]] of [[Bloomberg Radio]], [[Bloomberg L.P.]]'s radio service. The station offers general and financial news reports 24-hours a day, along with local information and interviews with corporate executives, economists, and industry analysts.<ref name="Programming Switch">((cite news|last=Blair|first=Jayson|title=Bloomberg Radio Station to Go to General News From Finance|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/30/nyregion/bloomberg-radio-station-to-go-to-general-news-from-finance.html|access-date=July 20, 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 30, 2000))</ref>

WBBR broadcasts with 50,000 watts, the maximum authorized power for AM stations, from a four-tower [[antenna array]] located in [[Carlstadt, New Jersey]]. A single tower is used during the day, at night, power is fed to all four towers in a directional pattern to protect [[KWKH]] in [[Shreveport, Louisiana]], the other Class A station at 1130 AM. Even with this restriction, it can be heard across much of the [[Eastern United States]] and [[Eastern Canada|Canada]], but is strongest in the [[Northeastern United States|Northeast]]. Studios are located at [[731 Lexington Avenue]] ("Bloomberg Tower") in [[Midtown Manhattan]].

==History==
===Early years as WNEW: 1930s–1940s===
WNEW was created by consolidation of two existing New York City-area stations that were sharing time on 1250 kHz: WAAM in Newark, New Jersey, and WODA in Paterson, New Jersey.<ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hnlc61&view=1up&seq=50 "Radio Broadcast Stations in the United States"] (January 1, 1934, edition), Federal Radio Commission, page 40.</ref> WAAM was first licensed on April 10, 1922, to the I. R. Nelson Company in Newark.<ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.319510008420257&view=1up&seq=362 "New Stations"], ''Radio Service Bulletin'', May 1, 1922, page 4. Limited Commercial license, Serial No. 617, issued April 10, 1922, to the I. R. Nelson Company for a three-month period for operation on 360 meters (833 kHz).</ref> WODA was initially licensed in April 1925 to the James K O'Dea Radio and Victrola Shop, 115 Ellison Street in Paterson.<ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112106763060&view=1up&seq=88 "New Stations"], ''Radio Service Bulletin'', May 1, 1925, page 4.</ref>

WNEW debuted February 13, 1934, as "New York's newest radio station", and with new [[call sign]] representing NEWark, NEW Jersey. The station had rights to 6/7ths time, with the other 1/7th time assigned to WHBI.<ref>[https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1934/1934-02-15-BC.pdf#page=5 "WNEW Takes Air With Radio Review"], ''Broadcasting'', February 15, 1934, page 8.</ref> WNEW was known for its popular adult music selection as well as its staff of radio personalities (including [[Martin Block]], Dee Finch, [[Gene Rayburn]], [[Gene Klavan]], [[Al "Jazzbo" Collins]], [[Ted Brown (radio)|Ted Brown]] and [[William B. Williams (DJ)|William B. Williams]]), as well as for developing modern morning radio. In addition to its music and entertainment programming, WNEW featured an award-winning news staff and became "The Voice of New York Sports" for its coverage of [[New York Giants]] [[National Football League|football]] team as well as the [[New York Rangers]] [[National Hockey League|hockey]] and [[New York Knicks]] [[National Basketball Association|basketball]].<ref name="WNEW Name"/>

WNEW was acquired in 1934 by advertising executive [[Milton H. Biow]] and watch manufacturer [[Bulova|Arde Bulova]], under the name The Greater New York Broadcasting Company. It also acquired the Manhattan studios at 501 Madison Avenue which had been constructed for the recently failed [[Amalgamated Broadcasting System]]. New York [[socialite]] Bernice Judis was hired as WNEW's first general manager, making her a rare female executive during the "[[Golden Age of Radio]]".<ref name="WNEW Name"/>((rp|2)) The [[call sign]] remained the same, to represent "the NEWest thing in radio".<ref name="WNEW Name">((cite book|title=Where the Melody Lingers On: WNEW (1934-1984)|year=1984|publisher=Nightingale Gordon|location=New York|asin=B000KYMBDA))</ref>((rp|2)) The [[community of license]] changed from Newark to New York City only after the station's ownership changed hands.

As an independent radio station, WNEW lacked the funds larger networks [[National Broadcasting Company]], [[Columbia Broadcasting System]] and [[Mutual Broadcasting System]] used to produce daily programming, such as comedy shows, [[soap opera]]s, [[game show]]s and dramatic programs. However, Judis was not discouraged, and welcomed the opportunity to develop her own schedule of innovative programming that included creating the first all-night radio show, dubbed ''Stan Shaw's [[Milkman's Matinee]]'', and cultivating a line-up of popular morning radio show personalities.<ref name="WNEW Name"/>((rp|5))
[[File:Advertisement for WNEW and Martin Block Make Believe Ballroom program (1947).jpg|thumb|200px|Martin Block's "Make Believe Balltoom" debuted on WNEW in 1935.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=cwwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT1 "WNEW"] (advertisement), ''Billboard'', August 9, 1947, page 2.</ref>]]
In 1935, WNEW pioneered the concept of a [[disc jockey]] when staff announcer [[Martin Block]] needed to fill time between news bulletins during his coverage of the [[Lindbergh kidnapping]] trial of [[Bruno Hauptmann]]. Block did not have access to a live orchestra to play music during the breaks as most network stations did, so he played records instead.<ref name="WNEW Sale">((cite news|last=Barron|first=James|title=Sale of WNEW-AM Could Replace Sinatra With Stock Reports|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/16/nyregion/sale-of-wnew-am-could-replace-sinatra-with-stock-reports.html?src=pm|access-date=July 20, 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=August 16, 1992))</ref><ref name="NY Magazine Article">((cite news|last=Singer|first=Barry|title=Good-Bye To All That|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o-QCAAAAMBAJ&q=%22WNEW+origins%22&pg=PA29|access-date=July 20, 2011|newspaper=New York Magazine|date=December 7, 1992))</ref> Soon afterward, he piloted a 15-minute experimental show called the ''Make Believe Ballroom'', during which he played records from popular bands and singers, posed as a live performance in an imaginary ballroom. During Block's tenure as host of ''Make Believe Ballroom'', the show attracted 25% of the listening audience in New York City. The show continued in sporadic runs until the station's end in 1992.<ref name="WNEW Name"/>((rp|8))

In 1936, as the popularity of recorded music grew, WNEW was the defendant in a lawsuit initiated by bandleaders [[Paul Whiteman]], [[Sammy Kaye]] and [[Fred Waring]].  They claimed that the playing of records on radio broadcasts was undermining performers' network contracts, which often called for exclusive services. The court ruled that WNEW, after purchasing each record, was allowed to broadcast it regardless of the resistance from artists. WNEW's victory subsequently authorized radio stations across the country to start playing recorded music and brought about the modern radio programming landscape.<ref name="WNEW Name"/>((rp|13))

As of January 1, 1940, WNEW was licensed on 1250 kHz for 2,500 watts by day, and 1,000 watts at night.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=tFNHAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA44 "List of Radio Broadcast Stations, by Frequency"] (January 1, 1940, edition), Federal Communications Commission, page 44.</ref> On March 29, 1941, the [[North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement]] (NARBA) went into effect, which moved the stations on 1250 kHz to 1280&nbsp;kHz, with WNEW now authorized for 5,000 watts both day and night.<ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32437010939748&view=1up&seq=577 "Assignments of United States Standard Band Broadcast Stations Listed By Frequency"], page 1433.</ref>

===November 12, 1941, call letter swap between WNEW and WOV===
In late 1941, stations WNEW and [[WOV]] traded identities, with the call letters and programming of WOV moving from 1130 to WNEW's 1280 kHz assignment, while WNEW did the reverse, with its call letters and programming moving from 1280 to WOV's 1130 kHz assignment. The FCC approved the call sign changes on November 12, 1941,<ref>[https://archive.org/details/broadcasting21unse/page/n1261/mode/1up "Federal Commumications Commission: Decisions: November 12"], ''Broadcasting'', November 17, 1941, page 52.</ref> and the transfer was finalized on December 1, 1941, consisting of an "exchange of power, call letters and transmitting equipment between WOV and WNEW".<ref>[https://archive.org/details/broadcasting21unse/page/n1261/mode/1up "Facilities Swapped by WOV, WNEW"], ''Broadcasting'', November 24, 1941, page 16.</ref> Thus, following this exchange,
the WNEW call letters were now used on the station at 1130 kHz, with a boost to 10,000 watts full-time.

In 1942, Judis set up a broadcast desk at the New York ''[[New York Daily News|Daily News]]'' and WNEW became one of the first stations to carry hourly newscasts, something that would become commonplace in the industry over the next fifteen years.<ref name="WNEW Name"/>((rp|22)) The station ended its association with the ''Daily News'' in 1958 and went on to build its own news department with 13 reporters and writers.<ref name="WNEW History">((cite news |last1=Colford |first1=Paul D. |title=WNEW Fading Into Radio History |work=[[Newsday]] |date=December 2, 1992 |page=51))</ref>

===1950s===
[[File:Boris Karloff radio show WNEW 1950.jpg|thumb|[[Boris Karloff]] hosted a weekly children's radio program on WNEW in the early 1950s.  The program also became popular with adults.]]
WNEW was acquired in March 1954 by a group led by Richard D. Buckley, the future founder of [[Buckley Broadcasting]].<ref>((cite news |title=SIX STATIONS BEING SOLD FOR NEARLY $15 MILLION |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1954/1954-03-08-BC.pdf#page=27 |access-date=July 23, 2021 |work=Broadcasting - Telecasting |date=March 8, 1954))</ref> Less than eighteen months later, in October 1955 the station changed hands again with Buckley joining two new partners, television producer and investor [[Jack Wrather]] and banker John L. Loeb.<ref>((cite web|title=Wrather, Loeb, Buckley buy WNEW for record $4 million |url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/55-OCR/1955-10-31-BC-OCR-Page-0027.pdf |periodical=Broadcasting - Telecasting |page=27 |date=October 31, 1955 |access-date=November 9, 2018))</ref> Then, in March 1957 WNEW was purchased by the DuMont Broadcasting Corporation, the former owner of the [[DuMont Television Network]]; the sale to DuMont made WNEW a [[sister station]] to former DuMont network flagship WABD (channel 5).<ref>((cite news |title=DuMONT PAYS $7.5 MILLION FOR WNEW |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1957/1957-03-25-BC.pdf#page=31 |access-date=July 23, 2021 |work=Broadcasting - Telecasting |date=March 25, 1957))</ref> The TV station changed its call letters to WNEW-TV in 1958, and DuMont Broadcasting would later evolve into [[Metromedia]].

Through the 1950s and 1960s, WNEW's programming was largely based on a personality-driven format, with a line-up of DJs who were ground-breaking at the time.  Comedian Dee Finch teamed up with [[Gene Rayburn]], and later [[Gene Klavan]], on the long-running morning show ''Anything Goes''.  It often playfully mocked its own advertisers, who in turn were still eager to have their products touted on the popular show.<ref name="WNEW History"/>

During this time, pop music was dividing between rock and roll and popular standards. Some stations moved to a predominantly rock and roll format and became known as "[[contemporary hit radio|Top 40]]" stations, where the best-selling songs were played frequently, while others played popular [[adult standards]], along with the softer hits from the current charts, earning the name "[[Middle of the road (music)|Middle of the Road]]" or MOR for short.  DJs [[Ted Brown (radio)|Ted Brown]], [[Al "Jazzbo" Collins]] and [[William B. Williams (DJ)|William B. Williams]] helped define the MOR musical character of WNEW, lending their own "professionalism and elegance" to [[Great American Songbook|popular standards music]].

===1960s===
The news department at WNEW flourished in the late 1950s and early 1960s and was considered among the best news operations at an independent radio station.  WNEW sent reporters around the world to places like [[Cuba]] to interview [[Fidel Castro]] and to [[Africa]] to interview medical missionary [[Albert Schweitzer]].<ref name="WNEW History"/> In 1960, the station won a Peabody Award and an Associated Press Award for the best regularly scheduled news program in New York.<ref name="WNEW Name"/>((rp|40)) Aerospace author [[Martin Caidin]] anchored live broadcasts for WNEW during early American space launches in the 1960s, traveling to [[Cape Canaveral]] to report on-site.((Citation needed|date=June 2018))

Long-time general manager Bernice Judis left WNEW in 1959 and was replaced by John Van Buren Sullivan, who started the station's affiliation with the New York Giants football team in 1960. Since home games were blacked out on television, as much as 60% of the New York radio audience relied on WNEW for play-by-play game coverage. WNEW later aired [[Mets]], [[New York Rangers|Rangers]] and [[Knicks]] games, as "The Voice of New York Sports" for more than 30 years.<ref name="WNEW Name"/>((rp|43))

By the mid-1960s, contemporary artists like [[Bobby Vinton]], [[Connie Francis]], [[Wayne Newton]], [[Steve Lawrence]], [[Andy Williams]] and [[Dinah Washington]] were added, as well as softer songs by rock artists like [[Elvis Presley]], [[The Beatles]], [[The Association]], [[The 5th Dimension]] and [[Petula Clark]] were heard. The station also played a couple of big band songs from the 1930s and 1940s per hour.<ref name="NY Magazine Article"/> Beginning in 1965, WNEW cut back on big bands, playing them only occasionally. The station also cut back on standards artists, airing them about four times each hour. The airstaff was ordered to stop playing standards and big bands from their own personal collections and were ordered to remove them from the station. WNEW focused more on soft rock and played more charting hits on the [[Adult Contemporary music]] charts.

===1970s–1980s===
[[File:WNEW-AM logo 1960s-1970s.png|thumb|right|WNEW logo used from c. 1969 to the 1970s.]]
The 1970s marked a period of decline for WNEW as listeners' musical tastes continued to evolve.  The station struggled to maintain an adult pop standards audience that was being replaced by an expanding youth market.  In an effort to attract at least some younger listeners, WNEW continued to air softer Top 40 hits, despite resistance from established DJs like William B. Williams, who helped build WNEW's pop standards tradition.  In 1971, WNEW shifted its programming again and evolved into a [[full service radio|full service]] [[adult contemporary]] format. The station also cut back on music during morning and afternoon drive times.  The ''Milkman's Matinee'' name for overnight broadcasts was shelved for a time.<ref name="WNEW Name"/>((rp|54)) The program director fired anyone who was rumored to have objected to the changes, including longtime sportscaster [[Marty Glickman]].  [[Marv Albert]] was brought in to replace Glickman.<ref>Paul, Don (September 28, 2017). [http://buffalonews.com/2017/09/28/don-paul-time-marty-glickman/ Marty Glickman and me]. ''The Buffalo News''. Retrieved September 28, 2017.</ref> Still, the station played a couple standards per hour and a big band song every few hours but also played many soft to mid-tempo top 40 hits one would not expect to hear on a MOR station.  WNEW was classified by trade publications as Adult Contemporary and Pop Adult.  Many of the current songs were AC only hits.  Also, WNEW played a moderate amount of 50s and 60s rock and roll artists, along with some Motown hits. WNEW also had "Million Dollar Weekends" focusing on [[oldies]] from the 50s and 60s along with an occasional standard.

With FM radio taking a larger share of young listeners, WNEW as an AM station opted to return to its roots in pop standards in 1976, reinstating ''Milkman's Matinee'' on overnights. In October 1979, ''Make Believe Ballroom'' was reinstated in middays. Initially, the station mixed in additional big bands and standards in with the AC format. In 1980, WNEW slowly began reducing AC hits. Later in the fall, the station went to all big bands and standards with the exception of morning and afternoon drive times. Million Dollar Weekends also became strictly Standards and Big Bands. In January 1981 WNEW converted to big bands and standards 24 hours a day and deepened the selection of songs.<ref name="WNEW Name"/>((rp|56))

By 1981, WNEW focused on album cuts by standards artists. The morning show focused on more hit based easy listening standards with some big bands mixed in. Middays played music from the 1930s and 1940s, with a mix of big bands and crooners. Afternoons concentrated on a mix of deep cuts by vocalists along with some big bands. Late nights featured traditional jazz.  On overnights, WNEW launched a jazz show in 1986, blending traditional, modern and [[smooth jazz]].

WNEW was separated from its television sister station in March 1986, when [[WNEW-TV]] and Metromedia's other television outlets came under the ownership of [[Fox Broadcasting Company]], then owned by [[20th Century Fox]] and controlled by [[Rupert Murdoch]]. Two years later in 1988, WNEW went through a major ownership change as Metromedia sold the station to [[Westwood One (1976–2011)|Westwood One]] for $22&nbsp;million. Westwood One then sold a half-interest to media entrepreneur [[Robert F. X. Sillerman]] for $11&nbsp;million, while retaining operational control.<ref name="Sale to Bloomberg">((cite news|last=Fabrikant|first=Geraldine|title=Company News; Bloomberg to Pay $13 Million for WNEW-AM|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/15/business/company-news-bloomberg-to-pay-13-million-for-wnew-am.html|access-date=July 20, 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=August 15, 1992))</ref>

Even with new additions to programming such as [[Larry King]]'s overnight radio show, the station's ratings continued to decline.  Westwood One was forced to cut costs and downsize staff in an effort to attract potential buyers.<ref name="WNEW History"/> By 1988, WNEW began to focus on bigger hits by standards artists.  The music focused more on 50s and 60s easy listening artists. In 1990, WNEW began mixing in soft hits by baby boomer pop artists such as [[Neil Diamond]], [[The Carpenters]], [[The Righteous Brothers]], [[Carole King]], [[Barry Manilow]], [[Lionel Richie]] and [[Linda Ronstadt]]. Late in 1991, WNEW backed off this type of music and focused again on traditional standards artists. WNEW continued cutting staff and local news in an attempt to remain profitable.

===Under Bloomberg===
[[File:WBBR Bloomberg 1130 logo.png|thumb|WBBR logo from ((circa|2017)) to October 2022]]
WNEW was put up for sale in 1991, with Bloomberg L.P. agreeing to purchase the station for $13.5&nbsp;million in August 1992.<ref name="Sale to Bloomberg"/> In the period before the format change, the airstaff was given an opportunity to say goodbye, culminating on December 10 and 11, 1992, when the station had one big farewell show. During this farewell show, the airstaff remembered WNEW highlights and talked about the end of an era. The show ended at 8:15&nbsp;p.m. on the 11th, as Mark Simone signed off for the last time with the entire current and many living former personalities at his side. The last two songs played were by [[Frank Sinatra]]: "[[Here's That Rainy Day]]" and "[[We'll Meet Again]]."  WNEW joined [[NBC Radio Network#Other programming ventures|NBC Talknet]] in progress, followed by Larry King as usual.

[[Image:Bloomberg WBBR 1130 actual radio.JPG|thumb|upright=0.50|A transistor radio promoting WBBR]]
After Larry King, beginning at 2:00&nbsp;am. Saturday, WNEW began simulcasting [[WKTU#WYNY (1988–1996)|WYNY]] for three days. The station broke away only for New York Giants football, Talknet, and Larry King. On December 15, the sale of WNEW to Bloomberg became final, with the station continuing to simulcast WYNY until 4:00&nbsp;pm. After airing the ''Perry Como Christmas Special'', shows from Talknet, and the first hour of Larry King, the station [[Sign-on and sign-off|signed off]] at 11:59&nbsp;pm. The airing of ''The Larry King Show'' ended abruptly and the pre-recorded voice of engineering director Alan Kirschner was broadcast, stating "At this time, 1130 WNEW New York will leave the air forever. Thanks for your support over the years. This is WNEW, New York".

At the transmitter site, engineer Rene Tetro then turned off the transmitter for two minutes, switching to the new feed from the Bloomberg offices.((citation needed|date=June 2021)) The station signed back on the air at 12:01((nbsp))a.m., with the new call sign WBBR, and began simulcasting [[WFME (AM)|WQEW]] (1560 AM), then owned by ''[[The New York Times]]''. In anticipation of the end of WNEW, WQEW had begun broadcasting a standards format some two weeks earlier. Over the next several weeks, WQEW asked listeners to 1130 to switch to 1560. The simulcast ended on January 4, 1993, when WBBR's business news format debuted.

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
* ((Official website|https://www.bloomberg.com/radio))
((AM station data|WBBR))
* [https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=46287 FCC History Cards for WADO] (covers 1934-1981 as WNEW / WOV / WADO. This card set starts with WNEW's creation in 1934, as a consolidation of WODA and WAAM, which was eventually assigned to AM 1280. On November 12, 1941, the WNEW call letters were swapped to AM 1130, while AM 1280 became WOV. Still later, on November 1, 1959, this station on AM 1280 became WADO.)
* [http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=65773 FCC History Cards for WBBR] covers 1938-1981 as WOV / WNEW. This card set starts with formation of "new" WOV, a consolidation of "old" WOV, WPG and WBIL, which was eventually assigned to AM 1130. On November 12, 1941, the WOV call letters were swapped to AM 1280, while AM 1130 became WNEW. Still later, in 1992, this station on AM 1130 became WBBR.
* [https://www.siriusxm.com/channels/bloomberg-radio Bloomberg Radio on Sirius]
* [http://www.wnew1130.com/ WNEW The World's Greatest Radio Station]

==Further reading==
* ''The Airwaves of New York: Illustrated Histories of 156 AM Stations in the Metropolitan Area, 1921-1996'' by Bill Jaker, Frank Sulek and Peter Kanze, 1998.
* [http://www.nyradionews.com/wnew/ WNEW News Department Historical Profile (1978)]

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