WCBS-TV

WCBS-TV, channel 2, is the flagship station of the CBS television network, located in New York City. The station's studios are located within the CBS Broadcast Center and its transmitter is at the top of the Empire State Building, both in Midtown Manhattan. It is one-half of a television duopoly with Long Island-licensed independent station WLNY-TV (channel 55). In the few areas of the eastern United States where viewers cannot receive CBS progra... More

Facility ID:

  • 9,610

Area Served:

Founded:

  • Jul 1, 1941

Broadcast

Affiliations:

Branding:

  • CBS 2 News (newscasts)
  • CBS 2 HD (general)

Callsign meaning:

  • W "C"olumbia "B"roadcasting "S"ystem (original and former legal name of CBS)

Former callsigns:

Former callsign From To
  • W2XAB
  • 1931
  • 1941
  • WCBW
  • 1941
  • 1946
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Slogan:

  • Bringing It Home 2 You

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