WFAN (AM)
WFAN (660 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to New York City, carrying a sports radio format known as "Sports Radio 66 AM and 101.9 FM" or "The Fan". Owned by Audacy, Inc., the station serves the New York metropolitan area while its 50,000-watt clear channel signal can be heard at night throughout much of the eastern United States and Canada. WFAN's studios are located in the Hudson Square neighborhood of lower Manhattan and its transmitter is located on High Island in the Bronx. In addition to a standard analog transmission, WFAN is simulcast over WFAN-FM (101.9 FM), and is available online via Audacy.
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| Broadcast area | New York metropolitan area |
| Frequency | 660 kHz |
| Branding | WFAN Sports Radio 66 and 101.9 FM, The Fan |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Format | Sports radio |
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| History | |
First air date | May 1922 |
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Call sign meaning | Sports fanatic |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 28617 |
| Class | A (Clear channel) |
| Power | 50,000 watts (unlimited) |
Transmitter coordinates | (aux) |
| Repeater(s) | 101.9 WFAN-FM (New York) |
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| Webcast | Listen live (via Audacy) |
| Website | www |
The current WFAN, and its sports format, is the second New York City station with that call sign and programming. The original WFAN was launched on July 1, 1987, on 1050 AM, as the world's first radio station to adopt the sports radio format around-the-clock.
The WFAN call letters and sports format were moved to the former WNBC at 660 kHz on October 7, 1988. WNBC's history dated to 1922, when it began operation as WEAF, licensed to Western Electric. Purchased by the Radio Corporation of America in 1926, it became the flagship of the NBC Radio Network, the first national radio network in the United States, later becoming WRCA and WNBC.