WBCB (AM)

WBCB

City of license	Levittown, Pennsylvania
Broadcast area	suburban Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Branding	WBCB 1490 AM
Frequency	1490 kHz
First air date	December 8th 1957
Format	general service
Power	1,000 watts
Class	C
Facility ID	53648
Owner	Progressive Broadcasting Company, Inc.
Webcast	Listen Live Selections
Website	http://www.wbcb1490.com/

WBCB is an AM broadcast station licensed to operate on 1490 kHz for Levittown, Pennsylvania, and serving the areas of Bucks County, Pennsylvania and other parts of suburban Philadelphia. Its programming mixes news, talk, music and local sports. It also broadcasts Philadelphia Eagles football and Philadelphia Phillies baseball games as well as the Super Bowl.^{[citation needed]}

WBCB began broadcasting on December 8, 1957 by owner Drew J.T. O'Keefe, who was a Main Line attorney. He owned the station until his death in the late 1980s. The early years were marked by the emergence of soon to be big name personalities like Bill Bircher and Horace Greely McNabb. Since 1992, the station has been owned by local businessman Pasquale T. Deon Jr. and veteran Philadelphia Eagles broadcaster Merrill Reese, who was a WBCB alumnus early in his career.

As of January 1, 2010, WBCB's programming was being simulcast on WHWH in Princeton, New Jersey. It is not known at present if this is to be a permanent arrangement.

August 10, 2011 News broke that coming to the radio airwaves in september The great Derrick Gunn and joe krausy.

Current Personalities

• Merrill Reese
• Paul "The Big Kahuna" Baroli
• Dennis Ostopowicz
• Dan Wing, News and Sports
• Cassandra Gibson, News
• Gaetano "Gaet" Martini
• Jim Foxwell, Mornings
• Nick Cataldi, Overnights
• Pat Wandling, Speak Your Piece
• Lou Powers

Alumni Personalities

Vince Reed, News, for over 40 years.

Steve Bessler, Morning Drive, 1980s

Bill Tourot, Overnight DJ, 1982

Tom Richards, Overnight fill-in, 1982

Jim Costanzo, Overnight fill-in, 1982

Speciality Shows

• Monday Night Kickoff
• Pro Football Report with Merrill Reese and Harry Gamble
• The Bull Session with Dan Baker and Greg "The Bull" Luzinski
• Baseball Insiders with John Brazer and Ricky Bottalico
• Bill Clement's Hockey World
• Pro Wrestling Weekly with Fearon Derry
• Racing Wrap With Skip Clayton
• Sports Talk with Roger Weschler
• The Second Shift with Mike Samsel

External links

• Query the FCC's AM station database for WBCB
• Radio-Locator Information on WBCB
• Query Arbitron's AM station database for WBCB