WCBA (AM)

WCBA
Broadcast area	Corning, New York
Branding	Fox Sports 1350
Frequency	1350 kHz
First air date	1948
Format	Sports Talk
Power	1,000 watts day 37 watts night
Class	D
Facility ID	19652
Callsign meaning	W Corning Broadcasting A
Affiliations	Fox Sports Radio
Owner	Phoenix Media, Inc.
Sister stations	WENI, WENI-FM, WENY, WENY-FM, WGMM

WCBA (1350 AM) is a radio station in the Elmira-Corning market of New York state. It broadcasts at 1000 watts day and 37 watts night on 1350 kHz from studios in South Corning, NY. It is a sports talk station.

The station signed on as Corning's second AM station prior to 1967, according to the obituary for John T. Horn, the longtime disc jockey known on the air as Jack Shane.

Dean Slack bought the station in 1977 and persuaded Horn, who started his career at WCBA 10 years earlier and was then a top personality at WENY, to return. "Dean and Jack" hosted the morning show on the adult contemporary station for 12 years.

In 1988, Slack signed WCBA-FM on the air, giving WCBA an FM presence in the market. The stations were simulcast early on and often were referred to in marketing as "The WCBA stations".

Slack sold the stations in 1990 to Eolin Broadcasting Inc., which was headed by former Gateway Communications television station manager Bob Eolin, his wife Dee, and Horn. Bob Eolin replaced Slack as morning-show co-host.

By the early 1990s, WCBA had established an Adult standards format, while the FM remained adult contemporary. The adult contemporary morning show aired on both stations.

In 1997, WCBA acquired its longtime rival and Horn's former employer (after his first WCBA tenure) WCLI when Eolin Broadcasting bought the station from Sabre Communications. A year prior to that, Eolin Broadcasting had bought WGMM.

In 2001, Eolin Broadcasting bought WENY and WENY-FM from White Broadcasting. At that point, Horn had become a part owner of all of the stations for which he worked in the market. He died unexpectedly in July 2002 at his summer home on Seneca Lake.

"Bob and Dee" hosted the morning show until they sold their stations a little more than a year later to Route 81 Radio, based in Hazleton, PA.

Following the collapse of Route 81 Radio, the station was sold to WS Media, LLC. After WHHO ceased operations in 2009, the station dropped its standards format in favor of the Fox Sports Radio Network. WS Media is in the process of swapping WCBA in exchange for WKPQ; WCBA will be transferred to Phoenix Radio, Inc. in the transfer.

Alumni

David 'Erick' Klein (see YouTube video 'WCBA 1350 Corning, New York')

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External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WCBA

Radio-Locator Information on WCBA

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WCBA

Radio stations in the Elmira–Corning, New York market

Note: This market also includes areas around Sayre, Towanda, Mansfield, and Wellsboro in Pennsylvania.

By AM frequency	820 960 1000 1230 1310 1350 1380 1410 1450 1480 1490 (NY) 1490 (PA) 1600

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 88.7 88.9 90.3 90.7 91.1 92.1 92.7 94.3 94.7 96.1 96.9 97.3 97.7 98.7 99.5 100.3 100.9 102.1 103.7 104.5 104.9 105.3 106.1 107.7

by callsign	W205BR WABH WAVR WCBA WCIH WCII-FM WCKR WECW WEHH WENI WENY WENY-FM WGMM WHGL WKPQ WLEA WLNL WLVY WMTQ WMTT WNBT WNBT-FM WNGZ WNKI WOKN WPGI WPHD WQNY WRCE WSKG-FM WSQX-FM WTZN WYXL WZKN

Defunct stations	WHHO/1320 WWHG/1320/95.3 (call letters now used by a completely different station, in Wisconsin)

New York radio markets Albany–Schenectady–Troy Binghamton Buffalo–Niagara Falls Elmira–Corning Hudson Valley Nassau–Suffolk (Long Island) New York City Olean Plattsburgh Poughkeepsie Rochester Syracuse Utica–Rome Watertown Other New York radio regions Ithaca Jamestown–Dunkirk North Country Saratoga Pennsylvania radio markets Allentown–Bethlehem Altoona Bradford–Coudersport Chambersburg–Waynesboro Erie Harrisburg–Lebanon–Carlisle Lancaster Montrose New Castle Philadelphia Pittsburgh Reading Sayre–Towanda–Mansfield–Wellsboro Wilkes-Barre–Scranton Williamsport York Other Pennsylvania radio regions Bedford Indiana Johnstown Lewistown–Mifflintown Meadville–Franklin Punxsutawney–DuBois St. Marys–Emporium–Kane State College Stroudsburg Sunbury–Selinsgrove–Lewisburg Warren See also List of radio stations in New York List of radio stations in Pennsylvania

Sports Radio Stations in the state of New York

Stations:	WCBA - Corning WCPV - Essex WEAV - Plattsburgh WELM - Elmira WENE - Endicott WENU - South Glen Falls WEPN - New York WEPN-FM - New York WFAN - New York WFAN-FM - New York WGGO - Salamanca WGNY - Newburgh WGR - Buffalo WHLD - Buffalo WHTK - Rochester WINU - Altamont WIXT - Little Falls WMML - Glens Falls WNER - Watertown WOFX - Troy WOKR - Brockport WOLF - Syracuse WPIE - Trumansburg WPTR - Schenectady WRNY - Rome WROC - Rochester WRSB - Canandaigua WSGO - Oswego WSKO - Syracuse WTLA - North Syracuse WTLB - Utica WTMM-FM - Mechanicville WWKB - Buffalo WYOS - Binghamton

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in New York See also ESPN Radio ESPN Deportes Radio Fox Sports Radio CBS Sports Radio NBC Sports Radio Yahoo! Sports Radio Sports Byline USA

Coordinates: 42°06′59″N 77°02′24″W / 42.11639°N 77.04000°W / 42.11639; -77.04000

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