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Trivia news radio question

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What was the first station in America to go all-news? I know 1010 WINS in NYC was something like the 3rd.

Is that station still around?<P ID="signature">______________
Joe Salzone
Host, "World View with Joe Salzone" on WGBB 1240 every Sunday night at 7 ET.</P>
 
> What was the first station in America to go all-news? I know
> 1010 WINS in NYC was something like the 3rd.
>
> Is that station still around?
>

The all-news first station in the US was WNUZ, Chicago.
The all-news first station in America was XTRA (Extra News) putting a blow-torch signal into Southern California from the across the border in Tijuana. XTRA is now a sports-talk station.
Both were owned and operated by Gordon McClendon. McClendon invented all news radio and developed the top 40 format. He also invented a format built around play by play sports and sports news, which was the precursor to sports talk.
1010 WINS was 3rd. Followed by KYW.
WCBS, New York was next.
In 1968, Group W flipped KFWB to all news, and CBS flipped WBBM, Chicago, KNX, Los Angeles and KCBS, San Francisco.
WTOP, Washington went all news in 1969.
Several stations around the country tried all news in 1975 as part of NBC's News and Information Service (NIS). These stations did local news at the top and bottom of the hour (when NBC fed News on the Hour and Emphasis to regular affiliates) and NBC provided all news blocks during the rest of the hour.
 
WNUZ is not a Christian station in Georgia. Is WBBM/Chicago the same as WNUZ/Chicago?

> > What was the first station in America to go all-news? I
> know
> > 1010 WINS in NYC was something like the 3rd.
> >
> > Is that station still around?
> >
>
> The all-news first station in the US was WNUZ, Chicago.
> The all-news first station in America was XTRA (Extra News)
> putting a blow-torch signal into Southern California from
> the across the border in Tijuana. XTRA is now a sports-talk
> station.
> Both were owned and operated by Gordon McClendon. McClendon
> invented all news radio and developed the top 40 format. He
> also invented a format built around play by play sports and
> sports news, which was the precursor to sports talk.
> 1010 WINS was 3rd. Followed by KYW.
> WCBS, New York was next.
> In 1968, Group W flipped KFWB to all news, and CBS flipped
> WBBM, Chicago, KNX, Los Angeles and KCBS, San Francisco.
> WTOP, Washington went all news in 1969.
> Several stations around the country tried all news in 1975
> as part of NBC's News and Information Service (NIS). These
> stations did local news at the top and bottom of the hour
> (when NBC fed News on the Hour and Emphasis to regular
> affiliates) and NBC provided all news blocks during the rest
> of the hour.
>
<P ID="signature">______________
Joe Salzone
Host, "World View with Joe Salzone" on WGBB 1240 every Sunday night at 7 ET.</P>
 
The WNUZ call letters are assigned to a Gospel station in Alabama.

WBBM has been WBBM since it first went on the air in the 20's from the Broadmoor Hotel (We Broadcast Broadmoor Music). I am not sure of the current calls of the former WNUZ, Chicago (but I expect someone here does).

> WNUZ is not a Christian station in Georgia. Is WBBM/Chicago
> the same as WNUZ/Chicago?
>
 
> The WNUZ call letters are assigned to a Gospel station in
> Alabama.
>
> WBBM has been WBBM since it first went on the air in the
> 20's from the Broadmoor Hotel (We Broadcast Broadmoor
> Music). I am not sure of the current calls of the former
> WNUZ, Chicago (but I expect someone here does).
>

WNUZ was on 1390 in Chicago. It's now WGRB, with a gospel format.
Over the years, it's also had the call letters WVON and WGCI-AM.


> > WNUZ is not a Christian station in Georgia. Is
> WBBM/Chicago
> > the same as WNUZ/Chicago?
> >
>
 
WGRB is presently at 1390 ib Chicago. Actually, the Chicago all-news calletters were wnuS, 1390, 5000 watts. The stations big moment was when the 2 Fohrman Brothers (a local car dealer)were executed in their dealership. WNUS was owned by Texan Gordon McLendon.

WBBM is at 780am, a 50kw station.
 
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