niagara falls branding am 1400 solid gold soul frequency 1400 khz format urban oldies audience share 1.0 sp 08 p2 r & r 1 power 745 watts class c facility id 56104 transmitter coordinates 42 55 34.00 n 78 50 28.00 w 42.9261111 n 78.8411111 w 42.9261111 ; 78.8411111 former callsigns wxbx 1990 1991 wgkt 1991 1993 affiliations abc radio owner entercom entercom buffalo license llc sister stations wben wgr wwkb wtss wkse wlkk website official website wwws 1400 am is a radio station broadcasting an urban oldies format . licensed to buffalo new york usa the station serves the buffalo niagara falls area . the station is currently owned by entercom and features programming from abc radio . 2 3 it is owned and operated by entercom communications . it has a transmitter in buffalo east of delaware park while it has studios located on corporate parkway in amherst new york . contents 1 history 1.1 14 rock 1.2 14 karat gold wgkt 1.3 rebel radio 2 programs 3 other uses 4 references 5 external links history edit wwws went on the air in 1934 as wbny and has featured an assortment of famous radio personalities including john otto danny neaverth and casey kasem . during its tenure the radio frequency has featured numerous call signs most notably wysl which was the station s calls through the mid 1980s and disparate formats ranging from beautiful music to top 40 to heavy metal to its present format of solid gold soul . in the 1960s and early 1970s the station was owned by top 40 format innovator gordon mclendon of dallas texas well known for helming legendary top 40 stations in the continental u.s. such as klif in dallas texas and waky in louisville kentucky whose ownership caused many of its personalities to use the station as a springboard to national or international prominence . under mclendon s ownership young personalities who would later become prominent on radio and television in the upstate new york region including kevin o connell george hamberger and jim mclaughlin got their first foothold in buffalo then a top 20 radio market at wysl . the station s ability to develop emerging talent made it competitive in the immediate buffalo city and inner ring suburban area despite a weak signal especially when compared with 50 000 watt format rival wkbw which could blanket upstate new york by day and the eastern seaboard of north america by night . in a particularly singular example of the station s wide impact in 1961 dj ron baxley after recommendations from mclendon became program manager during the summer of 1961 for the offshore pirate radio station radio nord beaming broadcasts to stockholm sweden . radio nord was financed by mclendon and his business partner clint murchison . the wysl calls would end up on a news talk station in rural livingston county serving the nearby rochester metro area in 1987 not long after the buffalo station dropped the call sign . 14 rock edit in the 80s this station was known as 14rock . in the late 1980s until september 1990 the station simulcasted sister station wphd . 14 karat gold wgkt edit in august 1988 wphd general manager harv moore hooked up with local radio enthusiasts to program wgkt . this format used some of the local hits of the 1950s 60s and 70s . moore who was co hosting the morning show on wphd fm with robert taylor hired seth fenton from wack in newark ny outside of rochester to become the morning drive host on 14 karat gold . fenton used the air name of chip douglas for his morning show . the tiny tot of the kilowatt art wander soon became the afternoon host as the host of a sport call in program featuring discussion about the bills and sabres . both fenton and wander would survive the next programming changes to rebel radio . rebel radio edit the frequency is perhaps most infamously known for a one year period from september 1990 to september 1991 when it operated as 14x rebel radio . under the call letters wxbx the station broadcast a mix of hard rock and heavy metal just before grunge music began to dominate the airwaves . the brunt of the music aired was from glam metal bands such as poison ratt winger slaughter and the scorpions . despite the popularity of the format the timing was bad for this format hence its brief run . ted shredd the afternoon drive dj on 14x would go on to work at wedg 103.3 the edge as part of the popular shredd and ragan show . meltdown was one of their full time dj s and was well known for his powerful dynamic in your face voice . fenton changed his on air persona from chip douglas to the fatman and hosted the morning show until his departure to become operations manager at wcjw in warsaw . in 1991 the station began simulcasting sister station wufx which would become wedg . in may 1995 wwws changed from business news to abc radio urban gold . 4 programs edit wwws runs a urban oldies soul music format . it has local jocks don robinson and james cornelius . wwws also airs two syndicated shows one pure soul and inspirations . during the week the station is automated . after the crtc ordered shutdown of cjrn of niagara falls ontario canada in october 2012 5 canisius college athletics broadcasts have since moved to wwws . other uses edit the wwws call letters which stand for w 3 soul were once used by a station in saginaw michigan now wtlz . the station aired a similar format to the current wwws . references edit buffalo niagara falls market ratings . radio & records . wwws facility record . united states federal communications commission audio division . wwws station information profile . arbitron . stark phyllis june 3 1995 . vox jox . billboard . 107 22 104 . broadcasting decision crtc 2012 550 cjrn niagara falls non renewal of licence crtc october 10 2012 external links edit query the fcc s am station database for wwws radio locator information on wwws query nielsen audio s am station database for wwws v t e radio stations in buffalo niagara falls market by am frequency 550 770 930 970 1080 1120 1230 1270 1300 1330 1340 1400 1440 1520 by am frequency 88.3 88.7 89.3 89.9 90.7 91.3 92.9 93.7 94.5 96.1 96.9 98.5 99.5 101.7 102.5 102.9 103.3 104.1 104.7 106.5 107.7 noaa weather radio frequency 162.425 162.525 162.55 by callsign keb98 w207bb w275bb w284ap wbbf wben wbfo wblk wbny wbuf wcou wdcx fm wdcz weck wedg wfbf wgcc wgr wgrf whld whtt fm wjjl wkse wlkk wlof wlvl wmsx wned fm wng541 wspq wtor wtss wufo wwg32 wwkb wwws wxrl wyrk defunct wfwo 89.7 fm new york radio markets albany schenectady troy binghamton buffalo niagara falls elmira corning hudson valley nassau suffolk long island new york city olean plattsburgh poughkeepsie rochester syracuse utica rome watertown other new york radio regions ithaca jamestown dunkirk north country saratoga see also list of radio stations in new york hamilton niagara radio toronto radio v t e entercom am radio stations kcsp kezw kfh kfxx kifm kjce kmbz kmtt knss kwod kyys waxy wben wbzu weal weei wgr wilk wkzn wmc wmfs word wpet wqxi wrko wroc wssp wvei wwkb wwl wwwl 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