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WBLS
  • New York, New York
  • United States
Broadcast areaNew York metropolitan area
Frequency107.5 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding107.5 FM WBLS
Programming
Language(s)English
FormatUrban adult contemporary
Ownership
Owner
  • Mediaco Holding, Inc.
  • (Mediaco WBLS License LLC)
OperatorEmmis Corporation
Sister stations
  • WLIB
  • WQHT
History
First air date
September 15, 1965 (58 years ago) (1965-09-15)
Former call signs
WLIB-FM (1965–1972)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID28203
ClassB
ERP4,200 watts
HAAT415 meters (1,362 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
40°44′53″N 73°59′10″W / 40.748°N 73.986°W / 40.748; -73.986
Links
Public license information
  • Public file
  • LMS
WebcastListen live
Websitewww.wbls.com

WBLS (107.5 MHz) is an urban adult contemporary formatted FM radio station, licensed to New York, New York. It is currently owned by Mediaco Holding and operated by Emmis Corporation under a shared services agreement, along with sister stations WLIB (1190 AM) and WQHT (97.1 FM). The three stations share studios in the Hudson Square neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, and WBLS' transmitter is located at the Empire State Building. It was previously owned by YMF Media LLC, owned jointly by investor Ronald Burkle and Magic Johnson, which had assumed control of WBLS and WLIB's former parent company, Inner City Broadcasting Corporation, on October 19, 2012, at a purchase price of $180 million.[2]

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WBLS". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "Court OKs YMF Media LMA of Inner City Stations". allaccess.com. May 21, 2012. Retrieved May 21, 2012.

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