WBNS (AM)

WBNS (1460 AM) — branded 1460 ESPN Columbus — is a radio station that broadcasts from Columbus, Ohio. The station currently broadcasts a sports talk format and carries ESPN Radio programming. It is owned by Tegna Inc., along with WBNS-FM (97.1 MHz.) and WBNS-TV (channel 10). The WBNS radio stations' studios and offices are located in Columbus's Brewery District neighborhood; WBNS (AM)'s transmitter tower is located in East Columbus.

WBNS
Programming

City	Columbus, Ohio
Broadcast area	Columbus, Ohio
Frequency	1460 kHz
Branding	1460 ESPN Columbus
Slogan	ESPN Columbus
Format	Sports radio
Affiliations	ESPN Radio Ohio State Sports Network
Ownership
Owner	Tegna Inc. (RadiOhio Incorporated)
Sister stations	WBNS-FM, WBNS-TV
History
First air date	1922 (1922)
Former call signs	WCAH (1922–1934)
Call sign meaning	Wolfe Bank Newspaper and Shoes
Technical information
Facility ID	54901
Class	B
Power	5,000 watts (day) 1,000 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates	39°57′06″N 82°54′23″W
Links
Website	www.971thefan.com

Overview

The station was founded in 1922 as WCAH, originally owned by the Entrekin Electric Company of Columbus. The Wolfe family, owners of The Columbus Dispatch, bought the station in 1929 and, in January 1934 changed the calls to the present WBNS–the call letters stand for Wolfe Banks, Newpaper and Shoes—the businesses controlled by the Wolfe famil. (The WBNS stations maintained common ownership with the Dispatch until 2015, when the Wolfes sold the newspaper and related assets to New Media Investment Group.) WBNS was the longtime Columbus affiliate of the CBS Radio Network, and in the present-day serves as the AM flagship of the Ohio State Sports Network.[1]

After various formats over the decades, including full service, Top 40, and MOR, in 2009 WBNS began simulcasting with WBNS-FM, which had previously aired an adult contemporary format. This was intended to improve the nighttime coverage for the station's longtime sports talk format, as well as Buckeyes football and basketball. The AM station must reduce its power to 1,000 watts at night, resulting in reduced coverage outside of Columbus itself. However, the FM station was branded as the main station, under the moniker "97.1 The Fan."

In 2011, the simulcast ended. The AM station began offering additional ESPN network programming and announced plans to create original local content such as an MMA show called "Ground & Pound", as well as a coach's show for the local MLS team, the Columbus Crew. On January 5, 2012 it was announced that the station would carry Cleveland Indians broadcasts in Columbus for the 2012 season, marking the return of the Indians after their absence from the Columbus market for the 2011 season.[2]

WBNS is one of five stations remaining in the U.S. to broadcast from a Blaw-Knox tower, a tower with a distinctive diamond-shaped cantilever design.

On June 11, 2019, Dispatch announced it was selling its broadcasting assets, including the WBNS stations, to Tegna Inc. for $535 million in cash. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter of 2019, pending Federal Communications Commission approval.[3] The sale was completed on August 8.[4]

References

OSU Radio Network - Ohio State Buckeyes.com
Indians radio affiliates - Indians.com
Miller, Mark K. (June 11, 2019). "Tegna Buying Dispatch's WTHR, WBNS For $535M". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheckMedia. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
"TEGNA Completes Acquisition of Dispatch Broadcast Group’s Leading, Top Ranked Stations in Indianapolis, IN and Columbus, OH", Tegna Inc., 8 August 2019, Retrieved 8 August 2019.

External links

ESPN 1460

WBNS in the FCC's AM station database
WBNS on Radio-Locator
WBNS in Nielsen Audio's AM station database

FCC History Cards for WBNS

Radio stations in the Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area

By AM frequency

By FM frequency

LPFM	92.7 94.1 96.7 98.5 102.1
Translators	92.9 W225CM W225CS 95.1 95.9 96.7 98.3 98.7 99.3 W257CU W257EQ 102.9 104.5 W283BO W283CL 104.7 105.3 W287CL W287CP

Digital radio
by frequency & subchannel

By call sign

Defunct

Ohio radio markets: Akron; Canton; Cincinnati; Cleveland; Columbus; Dayton; Lima; Marietta; Toledo; Youngstown–Warren

Other Ohio radio regions: Ashtabula; Ironton; Mid-Ohio; Sandusky; Southern Ohio; Wheeling/Steubenville

See also: List of radio stations in Ohio

¹ = Operating under a "Shared Time" agreement on the same frequency.

² Now internet-only

Sports radio stations in the state of Ohio
By AM frequency	630¹ 850 970 980 990 1230 1240 1330 1340 1350 1360 1390 1390 1410 1430 1440 1460 1530 1540
By FM frequency	92.3 93.1 97.1 106.5
By callsign	WARF WBBW WBNS WBNS-FM WCKY WCWA WFOB WFUN WING WJAW¹ WKNR WKRK-FM WMPO WNCO WNIO WONE WRGM WSAI WTIG WTOD WWGK WWSR WYPC
By city	Akron-Cleveland Ashland Ashtabula Cincinnati WCKY WSAI Cleveland WKNR WWGK Cleveland Heights-Cleveland Columbus WBNS WBNS-FM Dayton WING WONE Fostoria Lima Massillon Middleport-Pomeroy Ontario St. Marys, WV-Marietta¹ Toledo WCWA WTOD Wellston Youngstown WBBW WNIO
See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Ohio See also ESPN Radio Fox Sports Radio CBS Sports Radio NBC Sports Radio Yahoo! Sports Radio Sports Byline USA ¹ = Licensed to serve St. Marys, West Virginia, but directly services the Marietta, Ohio market.

ESPN Radio stations in the state of Ohio
Full-time affiliates	Ashtabula WFUN Cincinnati WCKY Columbus WBNS Columbus WBNS-FM Cleveland WKNR Cleveland WWGK Dayton WING Lima WWSR-FM Logan WLGN Mansfield WRGM AM/FM Marietta WJAW Massillon WTIG McConnelsville WJAW-FM Middleport WMPO Portsmouth WNXT
Part-time affiliates	Archbold WMTR Bellefontaine WBLL Celina WCSM Centerville WKBV Findlay WFIN Marietta WMOA Paulding WKSD Uhrichsville WBTC West Middlesex WWIZ
See also List of ESPN Radio affiliates See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Ohio See also ESPN Radio Fox Sports Radio CBS Sports Radio NBC Sports Radio Yahoo! Sports Radio Sports Byline USA

Tegna Inc.
sorted by primary channel network affiliations
ABC	KBMT KIII KVUE KXTV WATN-TV WFAA WHAS-TV WJXX WNEP-TV WOI-DT WQAD-TV WVEC WZZM
CBS	KENS KFMB-TV KFSM-TV KHOU KREM KTHV KYTX WBNS-TV WFMY-TV WLTX WMAZ-TV WTOL WTSP WUSA WWL-TV
The CW	KCWI-TV KSKN WCCT-TV WLMT
Fox	KIDY KMSB ¹ KXVA WPMT WTIC-TV WUPW ² WZDX
MyNetworkTV	KTVD KTTU ¹ WATL WUPL
NBC	KARE KCEN-TV / KAGS-LD KGW KING-TV KPNX / KNAZ-TV KSDK KTVB / KTFT KUSA KWES-TV WBIR-TV WCNC-TV WCSH / WLBZ WGRZ WKYC WTHR WTLV WXIA-TV
Other stations	Estrella TV KMPX Independent KONG MeTV WALV-CD Quest KTBU
Radio	WBNS WBNS-FM
TV networks	Subchannels: True Crime Network Quest Cable: NewsWatch 15
Defunct	KBMT-LD KIDZ-LD Northwest Cable News TXCN
Other asset	Captivate Network (part owner)
Acquisitions	Belo (King Broadcasting Company) Dispatch Broadcast Group Multimedia
¹ Owned by Tegna, Gray Television operates KMSB & KTTU through a SSA. ² Owned by American Spirit Media, Tegna operates WUPW through a SSA.

Ohio State Buckeyes football
Venues	Recreation Park (1890–1897) Ohio Field (1898–1921) Ohio Stadium (1922–present) Woody Hayes Athletic Center (practice)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Illinois (Illibuck) Michigan (The Ten Year War) Penn State
Culture & lore	History Block O Brutus Buckeye "Across the Field" "Buckeye Battle Cry" "Carmen Ohio" "Hang On Sloopy" Marching band Neutron Man The Ten Year War Snow Bowl (1950) 1969 Michigan game 1973 Michigan game The Kick Holy Buckeye 2005 Texas game 2006 Michigan game 2016 Penn State game
Media	WBNS-TV WBNS WBNS-FM Ohio State Sports Network
People	Head coaches All-Century Team NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
National championship seasons in bold

Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball
Venues	The Armory (1897–1918) Ohio Expo Center Coliseum (1918–1956) St. John Arena (1956–1998) Value City Arena (1998–present)
Rivalries	Michigan
Culture & lore	Brutus Buckeye Buckeye Nuthouse WBNS WBNS-FM Ohio State Sports Network
People	Head coaches Retired numbers Statistical leaders
Seasons	1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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