Update: New York Newsradio signing off
(We're back from Japan, more comments later. Thank you for the many kind words about our work there!) Granted, WCBS is in New York, not SoCal, yet there has been a lot of reaction to the announcement today that the legendary all-news station is signing off on August 26 . The station will get new call letters, WHSQ (though that's tentative), and move all of the sports programming currently heard on ESPN / 98.7 (WEPN) to the 50,000 watt AM signal. Good Karma Brands, who locally operate 710 / ESPN (KSPN), had been leasing the 98.7 FM signal from Emmis Broadcasting in New York for their sports programming. When that lease expires, the WEPN programming will shift to AM 880, starting a new lease with station owner Audacy. It's worth noting WCBS is already the flagship station for the New York Mets, the team will now be added to the WHSQ schedule. WCBS anchor Steve Scott "I thnk the legacy of WCBS will be nearly six decades of just trying to tell stories that people need to