WWFS (102.7 FM) is a New York City radio station owned and operated by CBS Radio. Today they offer a hot adult contemporary format. The station is under the guidance of consultant Gary Berkowitz and programmed by Brian Thomas, who also programs sister station WCBS-FM.
It was previously WNEW-FM for many years, after sister AM station WNEW (1130 kHz.) and television station WNEW-TV, with all being owned by Metromedia. After WNEW-TV was sold to the ...
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WWFS (102.7 FM) is a New York City radio station owned and operated by CBS Radio. Today they offer a hot adult contemporary format. The station is under the guidance of consultant Gary Berkowitz and programmed by Brian Thomas, who also programs sister station WCBS-FM.
It was previously WNEW-FM for many years, after sister AM station WNEW (1130 kHz.) and television station WNEW-TV, with all being owned by Metromedia. After WNEW-TV was sold to the News Corporation in 1986 (and became WNYW), and the AM station was sold to Bloomberg L.P. in 1992 (and became WBBR), 102.7 FM retained the WNEW callsign until it was changed in 2007.
On April 12, 2008, after an almost 9 year hiatus, the WNEW Rock format returned on WWFS's 102.7 HD2 subchannel and wnew.com.
This frequency was first occupied by WNJR in 1949, broadcasting from Newark, New Jersey. WNEW-FM came on the air in 1958, with a pop music format that at one time included a short-lived automated MOR format followed quickly by a period from...
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