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WNBF is one of the Southern Tier's oldest radio stations. Although the station has traditionally traced its founding to 1928, [7] the year it moved to Binghamton, it was first licensed on February 7, 1927, to the Howitt-Wood Radio Company (Lyle E. Howitt and H. L. Wood) at 117 West Main Street in Endicott, New York, with 50 watts on 1460 kHz, [8] operating from the Elvin Theater. [9]
The station signed on December 1, 1949, as WNBF-TV and was originally owned by Clark Associates Inc. along with WNBF radio (1290 AM and 98.1 FM, now WHWK).At its launch, WNBF carried programs from all four American television networks at the time (CBS, DuMont, NBC, and ABC) since it was the market's first television outlet to launch.
William Parker (January 18, 1928 – August 19, 2019) was an American broadcaster for WNBF, and a member of the New York State Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame. Shows hosted by Parker include the TV Ranch Club, Captain Galaxy and the Officer Bill Show. Parker started working at WNBF in 1948, and retired in 1999.
Channel 4: WIVB-TV - - Buffalo, News 4. Call letters stand for W e're IV 4 B uffalo; originally WBEN-TV until 1977 Channel 7: WKBW-TV - ( ABC ) - Buffalo, 7 Eyewitness News
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1945 advertisement showcasing the WNBF-FM transmitter site. [2] By 1950 WNBF-FM was generally a secondary outlet, primarily simulcasting WNBF (AM). [3]On October 31, 1940, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) awarded the first fifteen commercial FM station construction permits, including an assignment on 44.9 MHz in Binghamton to the Howitt-Wood Radio Company, [4] which was issued the ...